Resolution to organize update
I have been busy this past week, so be on the lookout for more posting next week. I have been cleaning out the genealogy storage and hope to begin digitizing records and pictures tonight. I figure digitizing will take me a good 40 hours of work, getting quicker as I learn the process. I have quite a few Pitt County, NC land records to digitize. I think I have more than a few duplicates. I have some good Briley pictures to digitize, some of our Briley family cemetery, so I will be looking at forming a Flikr group to privately share these photos. I feel like I am where I should be at this point in the restart process. Good luck on your resolutions! … Read entire article »
Filed under: 2010 goals, organization
2010 Genealogy Goals
Since I have taken such a long break from actually working on my genealogy, I have some very basic goals for this new year. I have 4 goals this year: Organize, organize, organize! I need to get back into the nitty gritty of my paperwork and remember the exact things I am looking for and where I left off. I also want to switch genealogy programs, and may just manually enter as much as I can from my paperwork before importing my research GEDCOM. Which leads me to my second goal - Digitize, digitize, digitize! I have a DVD burner and a scanner, use them! It is much easier to look up digitized information and share it than it is to dig through tons of paper, that ages and collects dust. It is also easier to carry DVD’s … Read entire article »
Filed under: 2010 goals, Carnival of Genealogy, organization
