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Develop some kind of filing system which will grow with you as your research expands. When you first get started simple box, notebook, or portable filing cabinet will probably be sufficient. Later these may expanded to larger filing systems or collections of notebooks. The [[Organizing_Your_Files]] is a good article about a system for organizing your files. Although that system may be more involved than what you need when you first get started, its good to keep in mind where you may eventually be headed. | Develop some kind of filing system which will grow with you as your research expands. When you first get started simple box, notebook, or portable filing cabinet will probably be sufficient. Later these may expanded to larger filing systems or collections of notebooks. The [[Organizing_Your_Files]] is a good article about a system for organizing your files. Although that system may be more involved than what you need when you first get started, its good to keep in mind where you may eventually be headed. | ||
=== Computer Programs === | === Computer Programs === | ||
Computer programs can be helpful in organizing the information you have found, locating previous notes, and documenting how you determined the places and dates you have decided upon. It is helpful to make connections between your paper files and computer files so that you can related these two records. The [[ | Computer programs can be helpful in organizing the information you have found, locating previous notes, and documenting how you determined the places and dates you have decided upon. It is helpful to make connections between your paper files and computer files so that you can related these two records. The [[PAF and Other Genealogy Software]] page discusses the free Personal Ancestral File (PAF) program and has links to free and commerical programs that run on Windows and MacIntosh operating systems. Find a program that suites you and use it to start recording and organizing the information you have found. As you record information in the computer program, reference your paper files in a way that will let you locate this information later. | ||
== Rules of the Road == | == Rules of the Road == | ||