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Keith nuttle

OT Sort of

Legg inn av Keith nuttle » 18. februar 2008 kl. 2.25

I have been actively working on my family's genealogy for about a year.
One of the problems that has come up is organization. I have
downloaded images of census and such and have it fairly well organized.

My big problem is emails from other researchers. What are the techniques
other researcher use for this information so it is

independent of the email program?

Organized so the information can be easily found.


What file type is best. pdf. eml, etc.

Christopher Jahn

Re: OT Sort of

Legg inn av Christopher Jahn » 18. februar 2008 kl. 6.22

Keith nuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:l85uj.11524$J41.11499@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net:

I have been actively working on my family's genealogy for
about a year.
One of the problems that has come up is organization. I
have
downloaded images of census and such and have it fairly well
organized.

My big problem is emails from other researchers. What are the
techniques other researcher use for this information so it is
independent of the email program?

Organized so the information can be easily found.


What file type is best. pdf. eml, etc.


I organize my digital files by surname, and then I have folders
for census images, legal documents, correspondence, and so on.
Don't waste time with ".eml" files, hardly anything opens them.
PDF is probably your best bet, or copy and past the content into
a text document.

--
}:-) Christopher Jahn
{:-( http://soflatheatre.blogspot.com/

No matter how bad it is, there's always worse.

Hugh Watkins

Re: OT Sort of

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 18. februar 2008 kl. 15.34

Keith nuttle wrote:
I have been actively working on my family's genealogy for about a year.
One of the problems that has come up is organization. I have
downloaded images of census and such and have it fairly well organized.

My big problem is emails from other researchers. What are the techniques
other researcher use for this information so it is

independent of the email program?

Organized so the information can be easily found.


What file type is best. pdf. eml, etc.


In FTM 16 I copy paste into notes which also end on WorldConnect

print out on paper goes in the individuals own file if you keep paper

An paperless office managemant system is good
eg
http://www.nuance.com/paperport/
PaperPort Professional 11 is the most productive and cost effective way
for everyone in your office to scan, organize, find and share all of
your documents including paper, PDF, application files and photographs.
PaperPort Professional combines the efficiency of document management,
the convenience of advanced scanning capabilities and the power of PDF
document creation and assembly to simplify information sharing and archiving


but I prefer to do research, keep digital recordss on line and avoid
paper other than notebooks in the archives

Hugh W








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singhals

Re: OT Sort of

Legg inn av singhals » 18. februar 2008 kl. 16.37

Keith nuttle wrote:

I have been actively working on my family's genealogy for about a year.
One of the problems that has come up is organization. I have
downloaded images of census and such and have it fairly well organized.

My big problem is emails from other researchers. What are the techniques
other researcher use for this information so it is

independent of the email program?

Organized so the information can be easily found.


What file type is best. pdf. eml, etc.


Copy'n'paste emails including headers, into (a) the right
person's NOTES in your genie program or (b) a word/wp
document and save it in any format you think you'll be able
to read in 10 years.

_I_ prefer (a); others prefer (b). I also tend to print off
really important stuff and put it in a file-folder in the
metal 4-drawer file cabinet.

FWIW, YMMV, etc etc

Cheryl

Michelle, Sabrina's Mom

Re: OT Sort of

Legg inn av Michelle, Sabrina's Mom » 18. februar 2008 kl. 16.40

"Hugh Watkins" <hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Keith nuttle wrote:
I have been actively working on my family's genealogy for about a year.
One of the problems that has come up is organization. I have downloaded
images of census and such and have it fairly well organized.

My big problem is emails from other researchers. What are the techniques
other researcher use for this information so it is

independent of the email program?

Organized so the information can be easily found.


What file type is best. pdf. eml, etc.


In FTM 16 I copy paste into notes which also end on WorldConnect

print out on paper goes in the individuals own file if you keep paper

An paperless office managemant system is good
eg
http://www.nuance.com/paperport/
PaperPort Professional 11 is the most productive and cost effective way
for everyone in your office to scan, organize, find and share all of your
documents including paper, PDF, application files and photographs.
PaperPort Professional combines the efficiency of document management, the
convenience of advanced scanning capabilities and the power of PDF
document creation and assembly to simplify information sharing and
archiving


but I prefer to do research, keep digital recordss on line and avoid
paper other than notebooks in the archives

Hugh W

Paperport 11 is an excellent program.


As far as digital images go, emails etc..I too have individual surname
folders and subfolders with different categories. However, I prefer to keep
the emails in the .eml format. Good luck!

Michelle
http://callmeshell.blogspot.com

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