Getting organized and new estate finds......
My wonderful father bought me a new computer for my birthday - best part he did it two months early! I moved over most of my business records, archived some and ditched the rest. The genealogy part of my records, well that will take on a different approach. I did move pictures and all the information to a "My Passport" portable drive for the time being. I am redoing my files, yet again, to standardize all my files both computer and paper. Looking at all I have saved and the numerous copies of the same documents/pictures that were on the old computer I can see things need to change. I am going to continue with my marriage number folders. That has worked for me and the way I think about the records - smaller family units. I am going to create a master list of every sub-file that I want in the each family folder. I am also going to have a new photo system. I am debating now on file naming standards beginning with vitals such as MRIN, b (birth) m (marriage), d (deat
