In my earlier post, mentioned that I had indexed my “documents” using Microsoft Excel. This is a screenshot of this index. In the first column, I have the folder the file is in. In my previous post, I mentioned that when I first started transcribing my research, I set up a Microsoft Word file for… Continue reading My Index in Microsoft Excel
Category: Organising your research
A continuation of my Happy New Year post – organising my family history research
While I had been at my sister’s, I had started a preliminary attempt at an index of my preliminary research by renaming files before adding them to the index. Before I continue, I'll go through my previous attempts at organizing my family history research. I first started researching my family history at the end of… Continue reading A continuation of my Happy New Year post – organising my family history research
My process for searching Ancestry
As part of my research process, I use the Search button on a person’s profile to search for records. Since I want to download the records to my computer, I prefer not to use the hints, or at least not to begin with. If I use the hints, I have to attach the record to… Continue reading My process for searching Ancestry
My Genealogy Do-over
A while ago, I wrote some posts about Getting organized with Microsoft Access, Getting Organised with Microsoft Access an Update, and Getting organized for my genealogy do-over. Three months later, I haven’t made much progress. In my previous attempt, I had just been working with the image files, but I knew I had some information… Continue reading My Genealogy Do-over
Getting organized for my genealogy do-over
In previous posts, I have shared a database I set up to organize my genealogy research. A month has gone by, and I haven't made all that much progress, but I have made a couple of small adjustments to my database. My document entry form now has an additional field: a yes/no field to indicate… Continue reading Getting organized for my genealogy do-over
Getting organised with Microsoft Access – an update
Back in February I wrote the post Getting Organised with Microsoft Access, where I shared how I set up a database to keep track of the documents I had, and to see what records I still needed to find, as I wanted to download as many records as I could before my subscription to Ancestry… Continue reading Getting organised with Microsoft Access – an update
Getting organised with Microsoft Access
For many years now I have been trying to work out a system of organising all my family history research. My subscription to Ancestry is due for renewal at the end of March, and I’m not sure whether I will be able to afford to renew it. I therefore want to find as many records… Continue reading Getting organised with Microsoft Access
Preserving your memories: Digitizing your photos
I recently came across the post “Plan Ahead: Protect Your Genealogy from Disaster” on the Ancestry blog. In September 2011, I moved from suburban Melbourne to Numurkah, a country town in Northern Victoria. While in Melbourne, I never considered the dangers of original documents being destroyed, but here in Numurkah, it’s been a different story.… Continue reading Preserving your memories: Digitizing your photos
My computer filing system
My computer comes with both the C drive for the operating system and a D drive for data. Although I could keep my photos and other images in the Pictures folder on the C drive, and documents in the Documents folder, I prefer to leave the C drive for the operating system, downloaded programs and… Continue reading My computer filing system
Short course – Organizing Genealogical Information
RootDig.com is running a Short course - Organizing Genealogical Information. Find out more details at http://rootdig.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/short-course-organizing-genealogical.html
