Personal Challenges in Family HIstory Work

My overriding challenge:  What to do with the paper?  Years ago when I first began my serious research (I had dabbled quite a bit previous to the in-depth commitment to research my genealogy)...the stark  truth was papers and files grew from a single notebook, to file folders, to hard copies of documents, and even though I was an early enthusiast for the computer, the internet, and for e-mail, I find myself at the age of 74, loaded down with boxes of loose papers!

Not only boxes seem to be multiplying, but there are the file cabinets, file boxes, the stacks, the piles--all of which have at one time or another been in a state of organized madness, but with moves, illness, etc., organization of physical sources and charts and photos are scattered from one room to the next, from closets to shelves.

More on this topic, later.  Get ready for the tornado, the hurricane, or whatever natural disasters would compromise even further, my current state of disarray.  I am trying to upload my data to the FamilySearch Family Tree on a regular basis.  I have also "stored" my information with Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, WikiTree.com, and the WeRelate.org, site.  I'm sure there are other sites I have "played" with, but right now, I will leave this suggestion with you:  Put your family tree everywhere on the internet you can find...it almost goes without saying...we are talking deceased persons only, here!

I even have a family tree at FindMyPast!