Many a genealogy researcher will admit to having papers, pictures, files, boxes, books, etc.both online & paper that they wish they had organized [better] as they were collected. This will be about one person who is finally meeting that need by herself. No professional organizer. No team of family and/or friends coming to help. There are articles & books, good ones, on how to organize but I’ve yet to see one that takes you personally through the process. This category will do that.
I HATE doing it, and I hate it even more when I was the one who made the clutter! If you carry a laptop or an iPad for researching genealogy away from home, you may need to check that you haven’t downloaded the same file multiple times. If your device
Or How to Deal with Frustration Concerning Genealogy Productivity You know I thought when I got my office cleaned — okay, okay, it’s not 100% done yet, but it’s close! Anyway, I thought when I got my office cleaned, I’d be getting tons of genealogy done… I do get more
Deleting a Person Does NOT Cleanup Associated Place A good software program should never delete a “field” (text) in a database if the field is in use. In other words, if you delete Mary Smith from your database and the place associated with her is Hillbilly Holler, NotAReal County, Alabama, USA
So Why Don’t “Clean a Messy Office” Articles Work? Because they do NOT **REALLY** tell you how. If they do, the “how” comes well after the work is underway. Have you ever wanted to yell — “IF I KNEW HOW TO START, I WON’T HAVE A VISIBLE PILE IN THE
Geez! I get it looking good and someone trashes my desk for me again! Whoops. Just looked in the mirror and the someone is me. The mess is as bad as the last time. How on earth!!!! I had such good intentions too. I made this statement yesterday while volunteering