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Article #26Re: Keeping track of paper files
From: Lesley Robertson
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:04
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:04
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"Steve Hayes" <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote in message news:l39b561509l4fu2bne1pjo37oq3patbo8j@4ax.com... > On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 13:30:00 +0200, "Lesley Robertson" > <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote: > >> >>"Steve Hayes" <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote in message >>news:mfn956plo8pfga54gmmhh7pv8cdgg5mccr@4ax.com... >>> >>> 3. Some people try to organise paper files into categories. >>> >> >>I do it by generation, counting mine as generation zero and my >>parents >>as 1. Then from left to right, imagining I'm reading a standard tree >>with the male on the left and the female on the right. > > So where do you file a family tree that shows 7 generations? Each couple's section starts with an "egg timer" tree showing them central, with their parents and children. Any info on their sibs goes into the same file. My family history splits neatly into Maternal (S.Africa) and Paternal (Scotland) and I have a separate file showing the trees starting with each parent (from FTM, it happily prints multi-page trees), with notes showing which file contains the main info on each person. It works for me - it's also the system I devised when starting and it would be far too much work to change. Lesley Robertson
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