Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Tame the Paper Tiger~Get Organized!

Being Genealogically organized instead of challenged will save you time.

You will need to organize :

  • Genealogical Society Newsletters
  • Correspondence
  • Computer Printouts from the Internet and Databases
  • Photocopies
  • Vital Records
  • Photographs
  • Books
  • Maps
  • Log Sheets
  • Web Sites
  • Catalogs
  • Ancestor Timelines
  • Workshop/Class information

Your Living Room Floor is NOT
large enough to be used as your storage area!

Helpful Web Sites to help you get organized

Family Tree Magazine has many free genealogy forms to help you get organized
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/freeforms/

A Research Log will help you to keep on track!
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/images/31825_ResLog.pdf


Helpful books to help you get organized available
at Lake County Public Library

Managing a genealogical project / by William Dollarhide.
by Dollarhide, William.
Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1991.

Organizing your family history search : efficient & effective ways to gather and protect your genealogical research / Sharon DeBartolo Carmack.
by Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo, 1956-
Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books, c1999.