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*'''''Research the easiest events first.''''' What you learn from easier documents will help you find more difficult to locate sources. | *'''''Research the easiest events first.''''' What you learn from easier documents will help you find more difficult to locate sources. | ||
*Do NOT reorganize the way described below until you pick up research on a family—no mass reorganization of all files at once. | *Do NOT reorganize the way described below until you pick up research on a family—no mass reorganization of all files at once. | ||
*Do not be discouraged if | *Do not be discouraged if you filing system is not perfect. We get better with experience. | ||
== Easy System: One Family = One File Folder == | == Easy System: One Family = One File Folder == | ||
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== Setting Up an Organized System == | == Setting Up an Organized System == | ||
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="6" | {| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="6" border="2" align="right" width="274" | ||
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| | | bgcolor="#ffff99" align="center" valign="middle" | '''Tip:''' Do NOT change your old files to a new note keeping system all at once. Start slowly with just the one family you are researching right now. Wait to organize the file of another family until you start research on that family.<br> | ||
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{| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders" | {| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders" | ||
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| | | align="center" valign="middle" | William <br>FRAZIER<br>1826-1881<br>8<br> | ||
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</center></div> | </center></div> | ||
Start over with number 1 in each different family’s folder. | Start over with number 1 in each different family’s folder. | ||