Hi Russell..........I've tried just about any system I could find
suggested on the net and the one that suits me the best is using the
MRIN number. I tried the colour coding but that got a bit out of
control. I don't make extra copies of documents for children who have
married and left their parents MRIN folder, I just have a pointer to
their new location and I don't relocate them to a new folder unless they
are important to my line of ancestry. Any information gathered on
siblings (marriages and children) stay with the main family .
Hard copies of documents are numbered with the MRIN plus a number, so it
would be M256-03. If a person has married twice (or more) their ID's
would be M256/259
My physical files are in a filing cabinet in hanging files and not
folders as suggested in "Organizing Your Paper Files" mainly because I
already had the cabinet and stationery.
I found that using this method, when I get a lot of information to deal
with from different branches of the family, I refer to the marriage list
for the MRIN I've printed out and just stick the paper work in the
relevant folders until I can deal with it........whereas before, it
would pile up in the IN tray!
I do have extra folders for each of the main surnames with research
material filed in them, folders for maps, pedigree charts,
locations.....but you develop these as you find the need to file stuff
that doesn't belong to a particular family.
I found the hardest task was finding a filing system that works for you,
once that happens it all falls into place........hopefully.
Cheers
Wendy L
Russell Anderson wrote:
I am sorry if this question has been asked many times before. Is there
an archive where I can review previous answers?
I am trying to figure out a good filing system. I have read about
filing by MRIN number, also a color system. I also read the user guide
for ByGones. In the past I have just numbered my documents and made an
index for each family that listed the documents and their number. But
I want to get serious and setup a system that will be flexible and
useful.
I can see where ancestors will have some impact on the best system.
For instance with Patronymics it is good to use a geographical
organization and I do have both Danish and Swedish ancestry. But this
seems like such a common question that surely there must be some
consensus on the most reasonable system.
I would also like to get some feedback on database software. Is it a
good idea to use a system like ByGones? Does Legacy provide enough
support to keeping track of my documents? Are there better products on
the market? Maybe an add-on to Legacy?
I am a new user of Legacy and I am finally taking serious my
Genealogy, but I don't want to start down a path that is going to
complicate my life.
Thanks,
Russell
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