Here I am helping a client navigate tru their large disorganized box of
genealogy.
All kinds of documents, hand scribbles notes so much unledagable, obituaries from newpapers, photos, charts, & a large notebook etc... Oh where to begin ???
So I set about to do help organize. So to begin, decide which Families ar ethe 4 main ones. That is the 4 grandparents family. My example is Spiegel, Putman, Sylvestre & Du Cap.
Label 4 separate boxes. Each item to be scanned by human eyes to see which box it belongs.
Then after the hours separating all the papers & photos it's on to organize. Plus decide where to have a Tree started. As in Family Tree Maker , PAF or even Ancestry.
It's great there are some Family Group sheets already filled out. Looking for the most current date & the oldest date. Voile! Names now to go to the message boards see if I can find help for this family. No Family name board in Ancestry. Now to try Genforum. Theres one here Yea!. Not much but its a start.
So now to inquiry about this family. It could be a responce right away or in months to a year or 2 so now its paitence. But not to worry. I have other places to help me organize this wonderful box of genealogy.
Now I have the charts in order only took 2 hours. I had to weed out the duplicates. Next I organized the photos alpa. Lucky each photo had a label with names on the back. That was pretty quick work.
The binder had scarce resource and private collection notes. They are readable & some were type written. These places I never heard of before. I used the plastic sheet cover to slide the charts [family group sheets] in numerical birth order. These notes & references what to do with them ?
O.K. used a card file with alpha tabs to place the notes in. I just went by the first letter I could make out and filed them. These we be gone over soon with a fine tooth comb & a magnifying glass better to see the letters my dear.
References I will scan those into my computer then cut & paste in correct placement.
All kinds of documents, hand scribbles notes so much unledagable, obituaries from newpapers, photos, charts, & a large notebook etc... Oh where to begin ???
So I set about to do help organize. So to begin, decide which Families ar ethe 4 main ones. That is the 4 grandparents family. My example is Spiegel, Putman, Sylvestre & Du Cap.
Label 4 separate boxes. Each item to be scanned by human eyes to see which box it belongs.
Then after the hours separating all the papers & photos it's on to organize. Plus decide where to have a Tree started. As in Family Tree Maker , PAF or even Ancestry.
It's great there are some Family Group sheets already filled out. Looking for the most current date & the oldest date. Voile! Names now to go to the message boards see if I can find help for this family. No Family name board in Ancestry. Now to try Genforum. Theres one here Yea!. Not much but its a start.
So now to inquiry about this family. It could be a responce right away or in months to a year or 2 so now its paitence. But not to worry. I have other places to help me organize this wonderful box of genealogy.
Now I have the charts in order only took 2 hours. I had to weed out the duplicates. Next I organized the photos alpa. Lucky each photo had a label with names on the back. That was pretty quick work.
The binder had scarce resource and private collection notes. They are readable & some were type written. These places I never heard of before. I used the plastic sheet cover to slide the charts [family group sheets] in numerical birth order. These notes & references what to do with them ?
O.K. used a card file with alpha tabs to place the notes in. I just went by the first letter I could make out and filed them. These we be gone over soon with a fine tooth comb & a magnifying glass better to see the letters my dear.
References I will scan those into my computer then cut & paste in correct placement.
