How I organize my genealogy

Alrighty then - so here is a video on how I organize my own genealogy. This video was created to show you my method and the importance of finding a method that works for you. Remember - that with organizing information - it has to be organized in a way that works for you. Sometimes not one specific way will work for you.

Hope you enjoy! And as always - I LOVE the comments you guys leave me. Thank you so much!

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[OpeningDoors2ThePast]

GREAT video! It's nice to see a young person interested in genealogy. What or who got you started? I wish my filing cabinet was that organized. :o( And yes, I just said today that I needed another binder. It will make binder number 5. I'm slowly moving towards e-files. The binders are beginning to be a hassle. Thanks for the video.

[Elyse90505]

Thanks. My Aunt is the one who got me interested in genealogy - and long story short I've been bitten by the genealogy bug ever since.

Congrats on getting another binder! By the way - be careful on the e-files, make sure that you update them a bunch, back everything up, and that other family members know how to access the information (I know it sounds morbid, but we won't be around forever and we want our descendants to be able to discover our research)

[familytreeuk]

hi, this is superb stuff. Great to see how other people do their filing systems - there's always ways to improve it, so thanks for the tips :)

[Elyse90505]

Thank you! Keep checking back become I am hoping to make another video in the next week or two that shows how I've updated my organization system. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[valmer37]

Great videos! Keep it up!

[Elyse90505]

Thanks so much!!

[aharrell99]

I've been doing genealogy for over 20 years and I learned some things by watching your video. My favorite tip was to color code the file folders based on parental lineage. Great job, thank you so much for sharing. This video should be number 1 on youtube!

[tlacuilopilo]

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE genealogy, but you have to be the prettiest genealogist I have ever met... hands down.

Anyway, I also used to be into genealogy when I was a teenager, and still am. Have researched all the way to ancient Egypt. Genealogy DOES break down racial bias, trust me. Greetings from Mexico!

[Duchess9000]

I have been researching my own family tree since I left school and have a question. I think your filing system is a good one, and I am going to try it, but not sure how.

My question is for example my grandfather's surname is Merritt, so if say Sarah Merritt married say Thomas Cooper. How do you file this sort of things?

[jgdinola]

Very impressive! Thank you for sharing this and teaching us how to do this. I think I will follow your format since (like you) other styles have not worked well for me. Look forward to seeing your other videos. Great job!

[cleaverkin]

I use a lateral file rather than a regular file cabinet - some docs like wills and deeds are often legal-size and won't fit in regular files w/o folding. I have enough of them that it would substantially add to the thickness of my files.

[Riley0143rsj]

@commando1126 Hey im 12 too! Im only in the 1820s though :(

[commando1126]

Lol I'm 12 and into geneology, I've already traced back to the 1500s, this helps, thx

[ShellTard]

dude!! I'm 16, and I am too lol.

[tgsstaff]

thank you for showing this off. I have my charts in a binder so I can keep it beside me so when I need it. I have a file box for everything out like all my print offs that I don't want to carry with me if I need to go anywhere with my stuff. so much easier to just pull out a folder on someone and then look in my binder for that person and there is everything I need. I also have my family group sheets in my binder so I know where they are.

[Wildernessgirl94]

oh my god! i thought i was the only teenage girl interested in this stuff! message me back please!!!!!

[SAdoughnutgirl]

Thanks this has given me some ideas on how to organize all my family stuff