Over the past week, I have started to really organize all the papers, notes, etc I’ve been collecting into a workable system. My mother found a copy of Dollarhide’s “Managing A Genealogical Project” so I am using that system and I believe it is going to work out quite nicely for me. So, now, I have several three-ring binders set up by surname and over the next few weeks will start working on writing up family group sheets. Currently, I rely on my website and still will as a primary source, but want to have it on paper as well.
I have posted before about possibly “finding” a distant relative and over the past couple of weeks, we both agree that the preponderance of evidence leans towards us being related! So, I have a new family member – a fifth cousin!
I am from NC so let me give a shameless plug here – the UNC Chapel Hill North Carolina Collection has released a new database – the North Carolina Collection Biographical Index. It allows you to search and get a list of sources where the individual of interest is mentioned.