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== '''<span>Practical Matters</span>''' == | == '''<span>Practical Matters</span>''' == | ||
''''' | '''''Each ancestor is in two families''''' (once as a child, and once as a parent). Log and file sources for events prior to marriage in the father’s folder. Log and file events starting with marriage in the husband’s folder. | ||
'''<span></span>''<span>When a source lists more than one family:</span>'''''<span></span> | '''<span></span>''<span>When a source lists more than one family:</span>'''''<span></span> | ||
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'''''2nd marriages, in-laws, and step-children.''''' Log and file sources about these relatives in the file of their closest relative that is on your pedigree. | '''''2nd marriages, in-laws, and step-children.''''' Log and file sources about these relatives in the file of their closest relative that is on your pedigree. | ||
''''' | '''''Computer note keeping.''''' Computers are great for genealogists—but they are not the final storage medium. Keep your research notes on computer if you like, but make a paper copy at the end of the day. Your descendants may not know how to boot your computer, but they will be able to read your paper printouts. | ||
''''' | '''''Make paper copies of electronic sources''''' such as Internet sites, email, fax, or telephone interviews. | ||
'''''Do NOT create one huge research log for all families.''''' Such a log is not useful as a table of contents to a particular family’s source copies. | |||
'' | '''''Individual folders and locality folders.''''' Some researchers like to expand the basic one family = one folder system by also creating a folder for selected individuals, or sometimes all the people in one locality. These are options, but doing this creates questions about which folder gets which sources. | ||
== '''<span>Links to Other Sites about Organizing</span>''' == | == '''<span>Links to Other Sites about Organizing</span>''' == | ||