Organize Your Genealogy
<a href="https://lisalisson.com/category/organize-your-genealogy/"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-7429 size-full" src="https://lisalisson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/genealogy-organization-horiz.png" alt="Taking time at the early in your genealogy research to organize your genealogy will save you time and frustration in the future." width="800" height="600" /></a> <p style="text-align: left;">You are not far into your research when you realize you desperately need to organize your genealogy research!</p> <p style="text-align: left;">But how?</p> <p style="text-align: left;">You have digital files, paper files, AND photographs. Information on your ancestors can quickly become overwhelming!</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Taking time at the beginning of your genealogy adventure - I mean research! - to set up your organization system will save you time in the future. You will immediately be able to find previously researched files. That leaves more time for genealogy research!</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>What is the best way to organize your genealogy files?</strong> The best organization system is one you will use. I recommend starting with the post <a href="https://lisalisson.com/2017/01/03/what-you-need-to-know-to-organize-your-genealogy/">What You Need To Know To Organize Your Genealogy</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Need more in depth help? <a href="https://lisalisson.com/services/">Check out my consultation page. </a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/areyoumycousin/">Check out the <strong>Are You My Cousin? Facebook page</strong> to keep learning!</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Explore these links to posts on genealogy organization: </strong></p> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2017/03/27/how-to-research-genealogy-in-20-minutes-a-day/">How to Research Genealogy In 20 Minutes a Day</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2017/03/13/what-genealogists-ought-to-know-about-photo-organization/">What Genealogists Ought To Know About Photo Organization</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2016/07/21/how-to-back-up-your-genealogy-research/">How To Back Up Your Genealogy Research</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2016/07/14/organize-your-genealogy-using-a-timeline/">Organize Genealogy Using a Timeline</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2016/07/07/6-smartphone-apps-to-keep-your-genealogy-organized/">6 Smartphone Apps To Keep Your Genealogy Organized</a></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lisalisson.com/2015/12/31/organize-your-genealogy-in-2016/">Organize Your Genealogy!</a></li> </ul>
How to Research Genealogy In 20 Minutes a Day
This post may contain affiliate links. See disclosure policy here. How many of you have sat down to do a quick look-up on an ancestor…..and dinner was suddenly cereal again? (Ahem.) Researching your ancestors is exciting, fascinating, overwhelming and time consuming. Most of us don’t have 2-3 hours a day to research. We do need to sleep sometime. Reader Emma recently wrote: I’m trying to get back into doing my research– so right now I’m making a plan to carve out time AND be productive in getting back into the swing of things. I would like to spend 20 to 30 minutes a day doing research. My challenge is where…
From Chaos to Order: Where To Begin Organizing Old Photos
This post contains affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for more info. I recently shared that I am an organizing junkie….and a flunkie! I desperately want my genealogy nice and organized. I want my files easy to find. I’ve worked hard to achieve that. I may not have a perfect system (does one even exist?), but I do have a system that works for me. You do, too, right? If you are still struggling with organizing your “paper” genealogy files, read more about that is this post. Now…where do you begin when organizing old photos? One of the great things about being our family historian is relatives send me photographs…
How to Create Your Genealogy Research Plan (& Why You Should!)
I am a little embarrassed to admit this to you, my genea-friends. Sometimes when I am researching my genealogy, I find myself wandering down rabbit trails. Distracted. Repeating previous research. [Hopefully you won’t judge me!] When I find my research heading down rabbit trails, that indicates one thing: I am researching without a plan and that is not a good thing. I’ve learned to stay off those “oh, so tempting” rabbit trails by creating a genealogy research plan BEFORE I began my research. Why You Want to Create a Genealogy Research Plan When I mention creating a research plan, your mind immediately went back to high school and those dreaded term…
What You Need To Know To Organize Your Genealogy Files
Know the basics to organize your genealogy files successfully. Learn how to start with a organization system you build for your own genealogy research. Every year January rolls around and I get the organizing bug. I love researching new organizing systems. I might be an organization junkie. [Okay, I AM an organizing junkie.] I am also an organization flunkie. I see all of those pretty organized homes. organized calendars/planners and even organized genealogy files. Pretty, color coded files and binders. Beautiful, nested folders in Dropbox. Perfectly organized photo display walls. I jump into organizing an project but never last more that a couple of weeks. I have just never been…
