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A simple system for organizing family history files, key filing principles, and links to alternative filing system descriptions. | A simple system for organizing family history files, key filing principles, and links to alternative filing system descriptions. | ||
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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. | *'''''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 context]].''''' Get to know the kin and neighbors and the roles they played in your ancestor’s family. | *'''''[[Research a Family in Community Context|Study families in community context]].''''' 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. | ||
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'''One File Folder''' (a manila file folder) contains: | '''One File Folder''' (a manila file folder) contains: | ||
#[[ | #[[Family group record: roadmap for researchers|family group record]] (required) | ||
#[[ | #[[Use Appropriate Forms|pedigree chart]] (optional) | ||
#maps of family settlements (optional) | #maps of family settlements (optional) | ||
#[[Research Logs|research log]] (required) | #[[Research Logs|research log]] (required) | ||
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#'''''File Name.''''' The first part of your document number is the name of the file (same husband’s name and dates as on folder tab), ''for example'', William FRAZIER 1826-1881. | #'''''File Name.''''' The first part of your document number is the name of the file (same husband’s name and dates as on folder tab), ''for example'', William FRAZIER 1826-1881. | ||
#'''''Next Available Number.'''''If you already have 7 documents in the file, the next available number is 8. Append the next available number to finish your complete document number, ''for example | #'''''Next Available Number.'''''If you already have 7 documents in the file, the next available number is 8. Append the next available number to finish your complete document number, ''for example'' | ||
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Start over with number 1 in each different family’s folder. | Start over with number 1 in each different family’s folder. | ||
== '''Practical Matters''' == | == '''Practical Matters''' == | ||