How To File And Store Your Old Document Findings

How should I file and store my findings?

A lot of people when they're taking notes will do it on file paper, or they might use worksheets which you can download from the internet. Or you may choose to use a software package, or you could feed it all into a laptop computer. You might choose then to arrange the information that you've discovered into family group sheets, which basically are one set of parents and their children. And then file all the information together family by family, with the latest generation at the top and then going back in time. Also file negative results because it's important to remember exactly what searches you've done. And results that perhaps don't seem immediately relevant - always keep them - because in the light of further research you might find that they turn out to be relevant after all.