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*'''''[[Document AS YOU GO!|Organize and document AS YOU GO!]]''''' Before you start research have a research log and well-documented family group record in hand. After research do not lay your head on your pillow until you have finished your paper work and filing. | *'''''[[Document AS YOU GO!|Organize and document AS YOU GO!]]''''' Before you start research have a research log and well-documented family group record in hand. After research do not lay your head on your pillow until you have finished your paper work and filing. | ||
*'''''Hierarchy of research goals.''''' Have an overall goal to share your research findings with others. Thereunder have a goal to research a cluster of families—usually families that settled near each other. Thereunder have a goal to thoroughly document the events in one of those families before starting research on the next family. Have a goal to '''''understand''''' that family, and why they behaved as they did. Thereunder have an objective to document one event at a time in one person’s life in that family. If the first search fails, continue with that objective with different sources, jurisdictions, or repositories. Don’t give up until you find a source to document the selected event or exhaust all the possibilities trying. | *'''''Hierarchy of research goals.''''' Have an overall goal to share your research findings with others. Thereunder have a goal to research a cluster of families—usually families that settled near each other. Thereunder have a goal to thoroughly document the events in one of those families before starting research on the next family. Have a goal to '''''understand''''' that family, and why they behaved as they did. Thereunder have an objective to document one event at a time in one person’s life in that family. If the first search fails, continue with that objective with different sources, jurisdictions, or repositories. Don’t give up until you find a source to document the selected event or exhaust all the possibilities trying. | ||
*'''''[[Research a Family in Community Context|Study families in community | *'''''[[Research a Family in Community Context|Study families in community contex[[category:Organizing records]]].''''' Get to know the kin and neighbors and the roles they played in your ancestor’s family. | ||
*'''''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. | ||
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#[[Family group record: roadmap for researchers|family group record]] (required) | #[[Family group record: roadmap for researchers|family group record]] (required) | ||
#[[Use Appropriate Forms|pedigree | #[[Use Appropriate Forms|pedigree char[[category:Organizing records]]] (optional) | ||
#maps of family settlements (optional) | #maps of family settlements (optional) | ||
#[[Research Logs|research | #[[Research Logs|research lo[[category:Organizing records]]] (required) | ||
#[[Copying Sources|photocopies of source documents]] (required) in order by your document number. | #[[Copying Sources|photocopies of source documents]] (required) in order by your document number. | ||
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#Keep the file '''folders in alphabetical order''' by the name of the head of the household. | #Keep the file '''folders in alphabetical order''' by the name of the head of the household. | ||
#A metal or plastic '''clasp''' to hold paper in the file is optional. | #A metal or plastic '''clasp''' to hold paper in the file is optional. | ||
#Compile and print a well-documented '''family group record''' to put in the folder. Ideally there would be at least one [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|source | #Compile and print a well-documented '''family group record''' to put in the folder. Ideally there would be at least one [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|source footnot[[category:Organizing records]]] for every event on the family group. Also, you are encouraged to [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|add custom events]] beyond birth, marriage, and death. For example, show events like censuses, migrations, land purchases or sales, and wills on the family group record as well. | ||
#Prepare a [[Research Logs|'''research log''']] to put in the folder. List all the sources you searched, and describe your search strategies on this log. | #Prepare a [[Research Logs|'''research log''']] to put in the folder. List all the sources you searched, and describe your search strategies on this log. | ||
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In order to be organized, commit to start with the research already organized as you start on the family. And commit to keep it that way as you go. | In order to be organized, commit to start with the research already organized as you start on the family. And commit to keep it that way as you go. | ||
'''''Prepare for each new search.''''' While looking at the family group record for the family, pick a research objective (one person in the family, and one event in that person’s life) to research. Write that objective on the family [[Research Logs|research | '''''Prepare for each new search.''''' While looking at the family group record for the family, pick a research objective (one person in the family, and one event in that person’s life) to research. Write that objective on the family [[Research Logs|research lo[[category:Organizing records]]]. Select a source you hope will document that event and write the [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|source footnot[[category:Organizing records]]] data on the research log. Get most of the information for the footnote from the catalog of the repository where you are working. Write the footnote data on the research log BEFORE you look at the source. | ||
'''''Follow-up on each search.''''' To stay organized, it is important to commit to finish the paperwork and filing BEFORE the next search begins. | '''''Follow-up on each search.''''' To stay organized, it is important to commit to finish the paperwork and filing BEFORE the next search begins. | ||
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Do these nine tasks before starting another search. | Do these nine tasks before starting another search. | ||
#[[Copying Sources|Photocopy the | #[[Copying Sources|Photocopy the sourc[[category:Organizing records]]]. | ||
#Write [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|footnote | #Write [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|footnote dat[[category:Organizing records]]] in the margin on front. | ||
#Write on back your full document number. | #Write on back your full document number. | ||
#Finish your [[Research Logs|research | #Finish your [[Research Logs|research lo[[category:Organizing records]]] by filling-in your document number and summarizing the search results. | ||
#Transfer each piece of family history data from each new source to your family group record. | #Transfer each piece of family history data from each new source to your family group record. | ||
#Cite ALL sources found for each event on your family group record. | #Cite ALL sources found for each event on your family group record. | ||
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*[http://www.cyndislist.com/organize.htm Cyndi’s List: Organizing Your Research]. Links to dozens of Internet sites about organizing genealogical research files. | *[http://www.cyndislist.com/organize.htm Cyndi’s List: Organizing Your Research]. Links to dozens of Internet sites about organizing genealogical research files. | ||
*[http://www.qnomad.com/divifile/ | *[http://www.qnomad.com/divifile/ DiviFil[[category:Organizing records]] empowers you with Faceted Classification, an organization method used by librarians, in organizing your research.<br> | ||
*[http://www.arkansasresearch.com/Guide/Organizing.htm Organizing Your Family Records] in ''Beginner’s Guide to Family History Research.'' Deals with a computer program filing system, family group records, research notes, correspondence, supplies and photography.<br> | *[http://www.arkansasresearch.com/Guide/Organizing.htm Organizing Your Family Records] in ''Beginner’s Guide to Family History Research.'' Deals with a computer program filing system, family group records, research notes, correspondence, supplies and photography.<br> | ||
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{{H-langs|en=Organizing Your Files|pt=Organizando Seus Arquivos|es=Organice sus archivos}} | {{H-langs|en=Organizing Your Files|pt=Organizando Seus Arquivos|es=Organice sus archivos}} | ||
[[Category:Beginners]] [[Category: | [[Category:Beginners]] [[Category:File_Organizatio[[category:Organizing records]]] [[Category:Organizin[[category:Organizing records]]] [[Category:New to Genealog[[category:Organizing records]]] | ||