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    GENEALOGY RESEARCH How to Organize the Notes, Papers, Documents, Emails, Scans, Computer Files, and Photographs for Family Research
    GENEALOGY RESEARCH How to Organize the Notes, Papers, Documents, Emails, Scans, Computer Files, and Photographs for Family Research
    GENEALOGY RESEARCH How to Organize the Notes, Papers, Documents, Emails, Scans, Computer Files, and Photographs for Family Research
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    GENEALOGY RESEARCH How to Organize the Notes, Papers, Documents, Emails, Scans, Computer Files, and Photographs for Family Research

    By D. M. Kalten

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    With visuals, this book was designed as an easy read with easily understandable visuals, this book will get you organized with all of your notes, papers, documents, family stories, photographs and other items that you have and as always happens, are still searching for.  It also advises on what to do after you are organized with some tips.  
    Between old documents, papers, notes and photographs that you have had, you may have found that a lot of information for your early family members can be found on the web.  You’ve probably noticed that it adds to your collection of treasures with it turning into a confusing mess.  The thought of ‘what should you do to keep organized’ may be running thru your mind and you are probably overwhelmed with feeling very disorganized.  Many who have been doing genealogy research (family research) for a long time have had an organization problem and at some point got tired of all the assorted confusions and clutter, both with paper and within their computer.  There are usually a lot of photographs from older to newer time frames to organize and do something with also.  The time comes to seriously get organized.
    Seriously getting organized with all of the treasures that are now clutter usually means that you will most likely find that you have things you forgot about and at some point you will realize that you actually had information you didn’t realize you had.  Organization will help eliminate errors plus show you what information you already hold within those treasures.
    What can you do?  The answers are within this book, sometimes with options as each has their own personal preferences. Following these pages is your easy way to organization.  You will find tips on what not to do and those are wise to follow to avoid added work and wasted time.  Organize and then move forward!
    This was formerly published until the title of How to Organize Genealogy Research with color views on the pages which forced a higher price. Views in this book are in black and white.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKalten
    Release dateJan 16, 2015
    ISBN9781507077337
    GENEALOGY RESEARCH How to Organize the Notes, Papers, Documents, Emails, Scans, Computer Files, and Photographs for Family Research
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    D. M. Kalten

    Having raised a dyslexic son, I did a lot of searching for things that he enjoyed listening to as he would try to follow along as I read to him. Most were historic items that helped teach him history with stories about dogs being his favorite. The historic words did make him think along with helping him retain the spellings and meanings of many words, plus I would explain situations with the stories. Those collections, that took years to build, are now going into book forms.

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      GENEALOGY RESEARCH How to Organize the Notes, Papers, Documents, Emails, Scans, Computer Files, and Photographs for Family Research - D. M. Kalten

      Dedication

      This work is dedicated to YOU, the person who would like to preserve the existence and history of family members.

      You are the person who is willing to take the time to put things down to pass on to future family members and share with those now living.  You deserve credit for your time and efforts.

      CONTENTS

      Dedication

      Introduction

      Forward:  Simply Put

      Chapter 1 –

      Simple Tools Needed

      Chapter 2 –

      Where to Begin with all the Papers

      Chapter 3 –

      Organizing the Computer

      Chapter 4 –

      What Genealogy Program and Some Tips

      Chapter 5 –

      Old emails with family information

      Chapter 6 –

      Census and Other Visuals

      Chapter 7 – Photographs

      Chapter 8 –

      Summaries: How To and Why

      Chapter 9 - Down the Road and Optional

      Chapter 10 - Sources - Oh My!

      Closing Note

      A note from the author:

      Introduction

      This book is designed as an easy read to get you organized with all of your notes, papers, documents, family stories, photographs and other items that you have and as always happens, are still searching for.  It also advises on what to do after you are organized with some tips. 

      You may have found that a lot of information for your early family members can be found on the web and that adds to your collection of treasures found with it is turning into a confusing mess.

      The thought of ‘what should you do to keep organized’ may be running thru your mind and you are probably overwhelmed with feeling very disorganized.  Many who have been doing genealogy research (family research) for a long time has or has had an organization problem and are tired of all the assorted confusions and clutter, both with paper and within their computer.  There are usually a lot of photographs to organize and do something with also.

      What can you do?  The answers are within this book, sometimes with options, as each has their own personal preferences. Following these pages is your easy way to organization.  You may find that you have things you forgot about, or information you did not realize you actually had.

      You will find tips on what not to do within this book and those are wise to follow to avoid added work and time.  Organization will help eliminate errors and that organization may show you some missing facts.

      There are free programs listed on some pages to help you. I have no connection to any of them.

      Forward:  Simply Put

      Do NOT work when you are tired.

      - It is too easy to do errors.

      - It is too easy to try to take shortcuts.

      - It is too easy to totally confuse yourself and miss steps or forget something.

      - It is too easy to attach a person to the wrong person and suddenly realize one day that you have (example) your child as your parent or a grandchild of your own listed as a sibling to one of your parents.

      ROUTINE:

      - This book gives you the basics of what you need to do and puts it in a format to follow.  If you choose to change your own routine, that is fine.

      - Do NOT miss any steps.

      - Make yourself a ‘Routine List’ that works for you after you understand everything within these pages.

      Your OVERALL Goals:

      - Organize and file all paper documents.

      - Make and Organize genealogy computer files.

      - Scan all original documents.

      - Scan Photographs, Bible pages, etc.

      - Email organization of old contacts and information.

      - Retaining every little fact that there is that you currently have.

      - Working with a genealogy program.

      Chapter 1 –

      Simple Tools Needed

      Trying to get your family paper treasures organized does require a few things, some of which you may already have.  Without the proper items it would be like trying to boil water without heat.  You will FIRST need to make sure you have these items.  I will refer to them as your ‘tools’ and they are NOT expensive. 

      It will be assumed that you have a computer, HOWEVER if you do not have a computer just substitute the word ‘paper’ in place of it where it is applicable throughout these pages. 

      ...

      If you do not have a computer, you would be very wise to get one.  Some think they have to learn ‘THE computer’.  NO, you have to learn some basic, very simple computer basics (like how to turn it

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