Genealogy Workshop: Organizing Your Research & Using Genealogy Forms

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Saturday, September 23rd, 2017
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Sarah Hamster has long been a practicing believer in organization and use of hard copy forms. Her methodical approach is aimed at both providing family history information to the current generation and to handing her research to a relative to be maintained in the future.

This workshop will be a combination of two of Sarah’s popular workshops on organizing and using forms, and the 2 hours will be divided into two parts as follows:

Goal of Part 1: How to manage the mountain of research notes, documents, photographs, and family mementos including: Is there one right way to organize family history research? Are there forms that can help with organization? (sample forms provided) How to store paper records? File folders, envelopes, binder? (examples) What can be done to organize both scanned and hardcopy family photos? (examples) Reference number systems - should they be used? When? Which system? How should source citations be included? Suggestions on how to get started.

Goal of Part 2: How to use genealogical forms to best advantage including: What are the main types of genealogical forms? When should each type of form be used? (e.g. pedigree form versus family group sheet) What are transcription/extraction forms and when should each be used? How should completed forms be organized? Are the interactive forms available on the internet practical? A package of sample forms will be provided as part of the workshop.

Due to the popularity of our workshops we are asking attendees to register in advance by emailing [email protected]