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From: "Henry Cranford" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Re:Clooz and Filing systems question
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:39:11 -0600
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Teresa:
You can add images into Clooz and then enter the images file path onto
the document form. See www.clooz.com for a demo download. This site provides
answers to many questions. In addition Clooz has a rootsweb list just like
TMG. The programmer for Clooz can be contacted through the web site
and sometime through the Clooz's rootsweb list.
Clooz is an very good filing program and TMG is an excellent genealogy
program. They both help organize a genealogical project. They complement
each other with some overlap. --Henry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Teresa Ghee Elliott" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 12:19 PM
Subject: RE: [TMG] Re:Clooz and Filing systems question


> Henry,
> Does Clooz allow you to add in scanned documents? I am leaning towards
> adding an exhibit to each of my sources in TMG. (I use one source per
> document) So essentially in TMG, I would then be able to not only know
> where to find the source, but could also SEE the source if I needed too
> as well. That would (in theory) eliminate the need to have the source
> on paper at all. (Assuming I would ever get brave enough to get rid of
> the paper documents).
> Mainly I would be curious as to what you can store about a document in
> Clooz that you can't currently store in TMG? I guess, I would need to
> play with it more to see the benefits, and there just isn't that much
> more time in the day. <G>
>
> Teresa Ghee Elliott
> For Rutherford County TN Cemeteries
> www.Rutherfordcemeteries.home-page.org
> For TMG sentences
> www.tmgsentences.home-page.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry Cranford [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 12:54 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [TMG] Re:Clooz and Filing systems question
>
> There are three main elements in any genealogical filing system: 1.
> type
> of document, 2. geographical location, and 3. time. For example in a
> census,
> there is the type of document census (CEN), the location (New York,
> Kings,
> Brooklyn), and the time period (1900). The result would be (CEN New York
> King Brooklyn 1900). This entry can be divided further by surnames and
> then
> by number of entries. The end result would look like the following: CEN
> New
> York King Brooklyn Murphy 0001.
> The Clooz program is an electronic filing cabinet which allows you
> to
> enter the information on a document and then file it away for safe
> keeping.
> You then use this program to bring up the information instead of pulling
> the
> physical file. If you do need the physical file it exists and is
> relatively
> easy to find. The main strength of Clooz is there is only one copy
> needed of
> any document. It is a document driven filing system while TMG is an
> event
> driven program.This saves filing space and effort, especially when new
> information is added.
> Clooz does not replace a genealogical program such as TMG. Clooz
> does
> help in finding and entering information. It is especially strong in
> allowing potential relatives to be entered.
> The filing system used in Clooz can be used in the Reference Fields
> of
> TMG and in the labeling of the physical files.
> Yes it is time consuming to enter the data into Clooz. But it is
> also
> time consuming to use TMG. In fact, genealogical research is time
> consuming.
> The combination of TMG and Clooz allows a level of organization that is
> almost impossible to duplicate. The combination is like the old
> commercial
> for an oil company's motor oil which shows an engine being rebuilt
> because
> the oil had not been changed: "you can pay me now or you can pay me
> later"
> was the company's statement. A person can spend a lot of time using both
> programs now or they can spend even more time in the future trying to
> find
> the desired documents and information.
> --Henry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:34 PM
> Subject: [TMG] Re:Clooz and Filing systems question
>
>
> > I file my documents according to type rather than surname. I have
> several
> > categories, i.e.: births, marriages, deaths, obituaries, articles,
> genealogies,
> > etc. I then give each document a number (birth 0001, birth 0002, obit
> 0001).
> > I'm using CLOOZ, though you could use Access or another database.
> Each
> > document goes into a separate acid-free sheet, a label with number is
> put
> on upper
> > right-hand corner of the sheet (and same number in pencil on
> document),
> and
> > the document is filed in a notebook according to number.
> >
> > Now that I have finally discovered how to make custom sources, I also
> add
> the
> > Clooz/document number as part of my custom source. That way when I
> print
> out
> > a document with sources, I can easily go to the original source.
> >
> > Hope this is clear. It's taken some time to go back and do this with
> all
> my
> > documents accumulated over the years (I'm still working on it), but it
> has
> > made me feel so very much more organized! Since I put only the bare
> minimum into
> > Clooz, it goes rather quickly.
> >
> > Filing by document type by whatever number is next takes no thinking
> and
> does
> > not require duplicating documents for different family members.
> >
> > Lillian Cain
> >
> >
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