Ta-Dum:
Option # 1
(preferred): Acquire a genealogy software program (see links below);
the program will generate reports/forms, if desired, either blank, or
after you have entered the data.
Option #2: Print
forms off from the Internet or from a book. Look at the links below
for links to free, printable forms.
I utilize paper
forms to send info to folks who don't utilize the computer and also,
I use them as worksheets.
Organization of
Paper Records:
1. Use folders
2. Use notebooks
Arrange your
materials by family group OR arrange alphabetically OR
by type of record. For example, you might want to keep all
census records together in the person's folder, all death
certificates together, etc. Or, arrangement of documents could be
in “time” order. Birth certificate first, marriage, second and
so forth. The web links below, probably say it better than I do.
Original
documentation such as your mother's birth certificate (handed down or
certified) should be kept in a protective plastic sheet holder or in
a box for archival purposes; scan all original documents.
Use CD's, Flash
Drives (aka “memory sticks”, etc.), the “Cloud”, external
hard drives, etc. for back-up. You can also “back-up”
your genealogy by sending copies to
I would begin, if
this is the direction you want to go, by using folders for each
family group, then when you have collected several items, you can
either create a notebook for each family group or just keep using
folders, whichever, you choose. Another option, one used by a
professional genealogist with whom I converse, is to arrange your
names in alphabetical order. There's a little more to it than that,
but I will send you some web links on that topic. For example, you
can order the items in a folder or notebook by the type of record
(census in one place, death certificates in a separate location, etc)
OR, you can order the docs in order of the person and then the date
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