Reviews for Managing A Genealogical Project. A Complete Manual For The Management And Organization Of Genealogical Materials. Updated Edition

The average rating for Managing A Genealogical Project. A Complete Manual For The Management And Organization Of Genealogical Materials. Updated Edition based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-06-06 00:00:00 Marlin Robinson William Dollarhide bridges the gap in this book between genealogical approaches that are too simple to account for all the collateral family members researchers are now admonished to document, and the frustration of trying to organize one's resulting massive paperwork without any logical system at all. He suggests coupling the Ahnentafel numbering system with the Henry numbering scheme as the way to keep all persons who are researched individually identified. Thank you Mr. Dollarhide. That hybrid, coupled with Sharon DeBartolo Carmack's 3x5 index card system and her simple color scheme separating each portion of the paternal and maternal families (and in my case including an adoptive branch as well) has energized my reorganization of genealogical materials. Carmack's ORGANIZING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY SEARCH does not review favorably Dollarhide's hybrid numbering system, but no one gets everything right all the time. Her book is equally invaluable in clarity and usefulness. Dollarhide lists 4 simple techniques for better organizing one's research results, concentrating on ones documents and notes first of all: Use only 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper in your files; separate everything by surname of interest; and then separate by surname and source location of the document or information found; and fourthly, "give every sheet a number so that an index to the records can be made." Best to read his book for his clarity of approaching what can be a most complex accumulation of documents, notes, and leads.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-06-05 00:00:00 Renan Silva Nascimento Having done genealogy (off-and-on) for 35+ years, I have an unmanageable amount of paper; the file drawers, boxes, cases, bookshelves and rolling carts of documentation have taken over our home. Without a better system, I will never be able to organize the hundreds of thousands of bits of information into a story of our family. Over the years, I have adopted a number of genealogical organization systems that seemed great at the time. However, my tree is now heading towards 10,000 members; previous schemes are unable to handle the load. Thus, I eagerly paid for a copy of William Dollarhide's book on genealogy organization.