The following is a Plus Edition article, written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.
I am fortunate that I get to travel a lot and I talk with genealogists most everywhere I go. One question I am often asked is, “How should I organize my genealogy notes in the computer?”
My usual answer is: “Who cares?”
Of course, many of the genealogists who asked the question look shocked when I give that reply. Yes, I am serious. I find that many genealogists do not understand the power or the ease of use available in modern computerized filing systems. This article is an attempt to clear some of the mysteries.
Think about Google for a minute. It is one of the largest search engines and has indexed billions of documents. Does Google organize them by names or by locations of by any other hierarchical method? No!
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