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Article #8Re: Keeping track of paper files
From: Wes Groleau
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:10
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:10
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On 07-29-2010 16:59, Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:39:38 +0200, Steve Hayes > <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote: > >> One of the perennial problems of genealogical research is keeping track of >> paper files. As time goes by you accumulate mounds of paper, piles of paper — >> notes, letters, family group sheets sent to by related and unrelated people, >> certificates, photocopies of wills, and much much more. >> >> This is how I do it: >> >> http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/keeping-track-of-paper-files/ > > > I just pile all mine into those folded-up-assemble-yourself banker's > boxes, scribble something on the outside of the box, and shove the > boxes under the bed. :-) That's what I used to do, except that I have a waterbed with no "under," so the boxes are all over the house. My new system enables me to start throwing them away a few at a time after making sure they're on-line. -- Wes Groleau Worksheet for Saura’s “Carmen” http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/russell?itemid=997
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