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Ancestry/Genealogy

Viva_La_Revolution

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1. You could try this..

Reply to rhett o rick (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 12:59 PM

Jun 2012

Free Color-coded Genealogy
Research Filing System

This free resource will walk you through a very easy to follow process for organizing your genealogy research.
http://barrysblog.mygenshare.com/lunch_and_learn/color_codes

I've been using OneNote to finally get my stuff organized, and it's going pretty well

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Help. I am trying to come up with a file system for filing geneological data by person. [View all] rhett o rick Jun 2012 OP

You could try this.. Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2012 #1

Thank you. nm rhett o rick Jun 2012 #2

Which template in OneNote do you use? The other thing hasnt sent me a response yet. nm rhett o rick Jul 2012 #3

just the blank one Viva_La_Revolution Jul 2012 #6

This is very helpful, thanks. The names on the tabs, George, Amali, Coroline, Rudol, etc. what rhett o rick Jul 2012 #7

George, then his wife, then each child in order of birth. Viva_La_Revolution Jul 2012 #10

Thanks again. That's very helpful. nm rhett o rick Jul 2012 #11

You're welcome. nt :) Viva_La_Revolution Jul 2012 #12

Thanks for posting Rosie1223 Jul 2012 #9

I have 2 sets of files, 1 by surname and 1 by county Rosie1223 Jul 2012 #4

How do you subdivide by surname? nm rhett o rick Jul 2012 #5

I'm trying chronologically at the moment. Rosie1223 Jul 2012 #8