Diane MacLean Boumenot specializes in southern New England genealogy research, including work on her own ancestors, who were among the original settlers of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. She publishes her genealogy adventures on her website,
Thank you for the great presentation. I love the idea of putting a son or daughter in the file name for a family member’s children who are not my ancestor. I will be implementing this into my file names.
Thank-you for this video. I’ve also decided that storing on my own computer’s Explorer works best.
Suggestion – For surnames I also use their bday before their name – as a file name- so the family is sorted chronologically.
I needed the reminder to gather all my files from various places!
Does this method work well with the Legacy program? In other words, when Legacy uses a pathway to search for a location on my computer, will this method of organization in this video work well with Legacy?
Cheryl Colyer
Thank you! This is basically what I am trying to do, but have gotten way behind. Really helps to see/hear that what I’m doing can work. I’m tackling my desktop horde of genealogy related files today!
I am forever looking for files on my computer. I am embarrassed to say, sometimes I think I’ve found new discoveries but it is what I’d already downloaded in past but not filed. I make the mistake of trying to rename everything, get overwhelmed and give up. Not this time.
Thanks!
Learn how to create a torn edge effect on an image to enhance your genealogy photos. Greenshot, the program featured in the video, is a free download for Windows and US$1.99 for Macs.
Learn how to create a torn edge effect on an image to enhance your genealogy photos. Greenshot, the program featured in the video, is a free download for Windows and US$1.99 for Macs.
Would you like to make a recording of your PowerPoint presentation? If you have a microphone and webcam (most laptops do) you can do it right within PowerPoint. This video will show you how.
Would you like to make a recording of your PowerPoint presentation? If you have a microphone and webcam (most laptops do) you can do it right within PowerPoint. This video will show you how.
Have PDF, Will Upload: Print Your Book on Lulu.com
Have you written a book and saved it as a pdf document? Now it's time to get that book printed. This video will show you how to print your book on the print-on-demand website lulu.com.
Have you written a book and saved it as a pdf document? Now it's time to get that book printed. This video will show you how to print your book on the print-on-demand website lulu.com.
Just as some New Englanders left their declining farms and headed west, industrialization arrived in New England and our ancestors' lives and records changed forever. The days when deeds and probate would solve genealogical problems gave way to a dizzying array of new census collections, state mandated vital records, poorhouse, prison and asylum records, sturdier cemetery markers, and military pensions. Let's re-teach ourselves as we trace 1800's ancestors.
Just as some New Englanders left their declining farms and headed west, industrialization arrived in New England and our ancestors' lives and records changed forever. The days when deeds and probate would solve genealogical problems gave way to a dizzying array of new census collections, state mandated vital records, poorhouse, prison and asylum records, sturdier cemetery markers, and military pensions. Let's re-teach ourselves as we trace 1800's ancestors.
Looking for Rhode Islanders in the Revolutionary War era, or 1865-1935? The Rhode Island colonial and state census collections offer amazing details, but each enumeration is quite different. Looking for all men 16 and over in 1777? Exact dates of birth? Civil War service? Name of school attended? Learn how to navigate the arrangements online and match family members to their records.
Looking for Rhode Islanders in the Revolutionary War era, or 1865-1935? The Rhode Island colonial and state census collections offer amazing details, but each enumeration is quite different. Looking for all men 16 and over in 1777? Exact dates of birth? Civil War service? Name of school attended? Learn how to navigate the arrangements online and match family members to their records.
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Thank you for the great presentation. I love the idea of putting a son or daughter in the file name for a family member’s children who are not my ancestor. I will be implementing this into my file names.
Thank-you for this video. I’ve also decided that storing on my own computer’s Explorer works best.
Suggestion – For surnames I also use their bday before their name – as a file name- so the family is sorted chronologically.
I needed the reminder to gather all my files from various places!
Does this method work well with the Legacy program? In other words, when Legacy uses a pathway to search for a location on my computer, will this method of organization in this video work well with Legacy?
Cheryl Colyer
Thank you so much for making a short and precise presentation that makes it a simple approach and very visual to understand and implement!
Cindy Foreman
Thank you! This is basically what I am trying to do, but have gotten way behind. Really helps to see/hear that what I’m doing can work. I’m tackling my desktop horde of genealogy related files today!
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I am forever looking for files on my computer. I am embarrassed to say, sometimes I think I’ve found new discoveries but it is what I’d already downloaded in past but not filed. I make the mistake of trying to rename everything, get overwhelmed and give up. Not this time.
Thanks!
Great information. I have been doing research for 40+ years and am converting from the mixture of paper and digital to digital. This is such a help.
Excellent quick and easy-to-do organization system. I like the “+” sign before an important folder to keep it at the top of the folders! So useful.