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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] TMG-L@rootsweb.com
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 18:54:41 -0400
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Ted Meikle wrote:
>The problem I see with filing by name is when you have a source
>document with a dozen names in it. Either you end up filing a dozen
>copies of the same document, or you spend time inserting
>crossreferences in every surname file, or you end up surname files
>that do not have all information in them for the particular surname.

I don't find this to be a problem usually unless I get way behind on my
filing. Most documents don't contain references to many surnames. and
many only to one or two. So it doesn't take long to note the
cross-reference for the other surnames.

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