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35 How To Label And Organize Digital Genealogy Files

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This digital organization system can be used for your paper files by utilizing binders for each surname or if needed for each individual. In this post i will provide you with information on how you can and should keep your digital genealogical files organized.

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Spend some time searching your computer files for anything related to genealogy.

How to label and organize digital genealogy files. For file naming ideas see the family curators tips for e a s y digital file naming to organize digital files. Keep it short and avoid special characters. Create digital folders for your genealogy digital folder organizing file naming made easy finding your documents with the click of a mouse folder name made easy 72 comments.

Digital genealogy files are easier to organize if you first get them sorted by type. Whether youve collected years of paper or pixelsor bothit can feel daunting to get it all under control. How to label and organize digital genealogy files.

To set up and use file folders to organize your genealogy records you will need the following basic supplies. Jl beeken december 17 2013 at 1025 pm. The boxes need to be strong preferably plastic with horizontal inner ridges or grooves for letter size hanging files.

By organizing genealogy digital files on your computer you will be able to pull up photos and documents just by searching a name that is if you label all of them as you save them. A filing cabinet or file boxes with lids. When i scan a photo into my computer i label it by the full names of the subjects in the photos.

Organizing your genealogy files and keeping them organized can be a challenge. Look in your my documents or documents folder and sub folders for text files photos downloaded files and other genealogy documents. When designing an organization system it is important to find a system that works well for you.

Use a simple file name beginning with the name date and event. This is the ninth article in our series going digital with genealogy. Use a dash or underscore instead of a space and begin dates with the year.

Professional organizer and genealogist janine adams shares her strategies for organizing genealogy research. I was going to write this post later in this series but instead i moved it up to the front since n.

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