Kay, I'll do my best to answer your questions below.
First, treat the filing lesson as guidelines. If you find something that works a little better for your system or way of thinking, do it. Whichever rules you set, just be consistent in following them. Having said that, if a person marries multiple times, for easy of remembering, you can file the family group record for each marriage behind the direct line. Again, this is just a preference. If it makes more sense to you to file each behind their own marriage, then do that. Personally, when these other marriages have offspring, I file their documents behind their specific tab. If others have questions about this particular filing system, it is explained at www.legacyfamilytree.com/filing.asp. There are many systems out there. We all agree on one thing though - we should be organized. Also feel free to contact Karen Clifford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) of Genealogy Research Associates who co-authored the lessons with me. Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kay Fordham Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LegacyUG] Questions for Geoff Rasmussen on his Family Archival Notebooks Filing Tutorial I've read Geoff Rasmussen's tutorial on Family History Archival Notebooks and believe his system of filing by MRIN will work just fine for me. My family discoveries have not occurred in orderly fashion; hence, a set of parents and their offspring may be scattered across several books due to widely separated MRIN numbers. I don't see this as a problem because of the cross-referencing on various charts/reports. I like having family group records and source documentation together for easy review. Geoff, you state in the tutorial that we should contact you with questions -- so these are for you. I am confused about handling multiple marriages. You address this issue with two separate statements: (1) "If the person married several times, all documents are placed behind the direct-line family connection,." and (2) "If the person married several times, but there is no direct-line (such as a grandparent) relationship, the documents are filed behind each individual marriage the record applied to with documents about the person's death filed behind the Family Group Record representing the last marriage." #1 appears to apply to my mother who had a child by her first marriage (me) and none by the next two. I assume I am to file all of her family group records behind the first marriage since this is my direct line. What if she had a child with each marriage? Each of these children would be in a direct line but with a different father - how is this handled? I don't understand #2 at all. To whom does this apply? Perhaps you could expand on the two "rules" above. Thank you! Kay Fordham Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
