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From: Gray Matters <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Filing System
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 14:15:25 -0500
References: <4.1.20010601113940.01373f80@pop.mis.net>
In-Reply-To: <NDBBJHBLFKALFMAHCDBIOEHOCDAA.sharon.gabel@acsalaska.net>


What I do (idea stolen from Sharon DeBartolo Carmack's Organizing Your
Family History, or whatever it is called) is file by surname and then for
each surname I have a separate file folder for type of document: births,
marriages, land records, probate, census, whatever, adding them only as
needed. That is, I start with a simple surname file--when I've accumulated
several documents, I divide them by type of document, and keep the surname
file for odds and ends relating to that surname. This works well for
me--I'm not methodical enough to put documents in a specific numerical
order, but I AM capable of at least sticking them into the right folders...

Best wishes,
Martha Grenzeback


At 08:49 AM 01-06-2001 -0700, Sharon Gabel wrote:
>How is it possible to find a document filed only by surname if one has MANY
>documents concerning that one surname. I am struggling with my filing
>@#$=&*!!!


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