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== <span></span>'''<span>Setting Up an Organized System</span>''' == | == <span></span>'''<span>Setting Up an Organized System</span>''' == | ||
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| '''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 a family when you start research on that family.<br> | |||
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# <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>Write the name of the husband (and his birth and death year, if known) and his wife’s name and dates on the '''manila folder tab'''. The same husband’s name and dates should appear on every piece of paper in the folder.</span><span></span> | |||
# <span> <span><span></span></span></span><span>Write the name of the husband (and his birth and death year, if known) and his wife’s name and dates on the '''manila folder tab'''. The same husband’s name and dates should appear on every piece of paper in the folder.</span><span></span> | |||
# <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>Keep the file '''folders in alphabetical order''' by the name of the head of the household.</span><span></span> | # <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>Keep the file '''folders in alphabetical order''' by the name of the head of the household.</span><span></span> | ||
# <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>A metal or plastic '''clasp''' to hold paper in the file is optional.</span><span></span> | # <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>A metal or plastic '''clasp''' to hold paper in the file is optional.</span><span></span> | ||
# <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>Compile and print </span><span>a well-documented '''family group record''' to put in the folder. Ideally there would be at least one [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|source footnote]] 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.</span> | # <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>Compile and print</span><span>a well-documented '''family group record''' to put in the folder. Ideally there would be at least one [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|source footnote]] 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.</span> | ||
# <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>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.</span> | # <span><span><span></span></span></span><span>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.</span> | ||