Family history organization

Generally, it is one or two people in a family generation who are the keeper of family heirlooms, photos, documents, etc and who also be the one to do the family history research. IF this is you, here are a few suggestions for attempting to put some organization to the family collection. You basically need

September 2024 Update: The Research Ties program mentioned in this blog post is no longer available. Are you ready to take your Family History efforts to the next level and actually get orga…

It’s been well over a month since I last posted on this blog, and despite the fact that I’ve been itching to get back to it, life in general just seems to keep getting in the way. But that’s quite okay, life’s for living and that’s what our time on this earth is all about. Summer on the farm: shifting sheep Besides the very busy Christmas period that I’ve no doubt we all experience, life on the farm has also been so busy, busy, busy lately. Whenever I think that I’m about to get a free hour…

I recently shared online some pictures of my Family Tree Filing system and organisation and it proved to be popular amongst fellow Family History Researchers, so I thought I would expand and explai…

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Binders are a great tool for organizing and sharing family history research. Learn how to create your own family history binder with our comprehensive guide.

Discover a few ways that you can insert photos when writing you family history to improve the look of your published book. #writingfamilyhistory #genealogy #familyhistory #FHFanatics #FamilyHistoryFanatics

For Christmas 2016, I put together a family history binder for my father-in-law. I began at the beginning of September with the intention of including both his paternal and maternal lines, but with…

Set up some simple file folders for your family history — you’ll be glad you did! This fellow chose yellow folders, but since it’s your family history you can choose any color you wan…

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As you progress with your research, recording family history should become an integral part of your process, and you should choose a system that is easy for you, and others, to understand. There are many ways you can organise your genealogical research, such as using a filing system or computer program and making notes using

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The Minimalist Family History Pages Template for Canva is a multi-purpose design to help turn your family history into a shareable and lasting legacy.

This is the sixth and final post of my Family History Binder series. Click here to go back to part one. In each section of my binder, I placed copies of every document I had about each individual i…

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This is the second post in my Family History Binder series. Click here to go back to part 1. Here are the materials I used to create my family history binder: Avery 3-Inch Extra-Wide Binder –…

picture from Bowl Full of Lemons website Wouldn't you love to be this organized! I was on Pinterest the other day and I saw this...

Quick Background: Almost 20 years ago I was using binders. There are two basic ways to organize paper files in binders. The first is by family and the second is by document. I am a very visual person and I like to see all the documents for a family so that is what I chose. However as I did more research if I stuck with one family per binder then I wouldn't have enough storage and when I went to go visit someone who wanted to see my work they were too bulky. If I put more then one person in a…