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<DIV><SPAN class=580562701-18012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Marilyn:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=580562701-18012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I am
one of those anal people who has to be organized cause I started out doing the
same thing as far as making too many copies that I already had. I first
organized each of my lines by a different color. Then I start a file with
a family name. If it is a major family name then I write the surname
followed by birth, census, marriage, land, military, death, group sheets,
correspondence, pictures and miscellaneous. Then if one of those files
gets too big a create another file by my direct lines name for example: Smith,
John A. or by surname Smith - Census - Oregon. This helps me stay
organized and keeps me from recopying things. My correspondence I have a
sheet stapled to the cover that lists the names of those people and addresses
that I correspond with for that particular family. I also have color-coded
notebooks with summary sheets for each of my categories I.e., birth, census,
etc. that lists everything that I know about anyone of a particular surname and
whether the documentation is in my file. This sounds like a lot of work
and it is but its nice if you have to recreate any of your trees due to losing
information on your computer or other such things. It also helps when if
you didn't start documenting your sources of your research in the beginning to
go back and do it now.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=580562701-18012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Penny
in Alaska</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>MMDSchwartz@cs.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 17, 2004 2:31
PM<BR><B>To:</B> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[or-roots] Barnes family connection<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10">Les,<BR><BR>No need to be embarrassed! I certainly don't
expect others to remember who I'm related to. I can barely remember
myself. One of the most difficult things for me about this new genealogy
hobby is figuring out how to organize stuff (so far big stacks of paper by the
computer, by the desk, by the file cabinet, etc.). I have been known to
print off the same information 3, 4, or even 5 times, each time thinking it's
new! And I have written to people, thinking they were a new contact, and
later realizing I'd been in touch with them before. I HOPE it's not just
me that does that. <BR><BR>I think this could produce an idea for a new
"reality" TV show. A team could go in and organize all your genealogy
stuff so you would never AGAIN follow the same lead twice.<BR><BR>Les, may I
ask what CRS disease is?<BR><BR>Marilyn S.</FONT>
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