As I get started into this new year, I continue to remain focused on reducing the clutter I have in my genealogy files. A few days ago, I took some time to deconstruct a research binder I put together for a part of my genealogy research. This was a binder I initially created about 14 […]
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Intro: This post is #5 is a series I am writing about my digital photo/file organization processes. In previous posts, I covered 1) how I gather my photos into one place, 2) how I name my files, 3) how I backup my digital photos, and 4) how I establish a structure for my files. Here,
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Today is Christmas and one of the things I enjoy about the time off work and spending it with my family is having time to do things for myself too. As my Christmas present to myself, I buckled down the past two days and spent HOURS making more progress with my physical photo collection. I
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Don’t you love it when you feel like you’ve made an accomplishment? I’ve been working intensely on increasing efficiency in my digital photo management this week and I hit a milestone last night – I couldn’t be happier! Let me explain… This past July I shared my latest upgrade to my photo organization strategy —
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Intro: This post is #4 is a series I am doing on my digital photo/file organization. In previous posts, I covered how I gather my photos into one place, how I name my files, and I described my backup plan. Here, I will discuss the structure I have set up for my files. There are many
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In my ongoing quest for improved organization, I’ve picked up a new system – it’s called the “Sunday Basket” and it is designed by Lisa Woodruff of Organize 365. The premise of the system is simple – get a basket and every time you remember you have something to do – you put it in
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As I write this, we are in the midst of photo saving month here in September – which is perfect timing for this current post as I continue in the sharing of my digital photo management processes. Post 1 was about gathering photos in one place and in Post 2 I shared my file naming
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This post is part of a series I am writing on my digital photo/file organization, based on a presentation I recently presented. I first gave an overview of the talk. I then shared information on taking the first step in photo organization by gathering all files in one place. Here, I will talk about how
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Last week, I posted about a presentation I did for the Genealogical Society of Maury County on digital photo management and shared some of the details of my presentation. In follow-up, I thought it would be helpful to share details of my specific approach. This is the first in a series of posts where I
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Back in March of 2014, I blogged about a set of medical appointment cards that my maternal grandmother kept throughout her lifetime (note – most of the images in that post are broken – I need to fix that). The cards are amazing if you ask me, because while they appear, at first, to just
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