Lyceum Course - Basic Genealogy - Filing System
- Use One Which Fits Your Research Goal
- Pedigree
- Family Tree
- All Same Surname
- One Sample System - Fits Pedigree
Alphabetize Surnames, Keep Children in Birth Order
Not Usually Necessary to go to Next Generation Down
Each time find new surname, start another Surname file
Each time find another ...aunt/....uncle add another Child file
- Surname Adams - Your Surname at birth
- You - James Adams (if Janet Adams, material will be
with folder of spouse)
- Father - Frank Adams (include your Mother material
after marriage - Francine
Baker)
- Child of Father - Frank Adams
- Child of
Father - Frank Adams
- .....
- No file for You
- .....
- Child of
Father - Frank Adams
- Grandfather - George Adams
- Child of Grandfather - George Adams
- Child of
Grandfather - George Adams
- .....
- No file for Frank Adams -
has own file under Adams
- .....
- Child of
Grandfather - George Adams
- .... Adams
- Unknown Adams - Material on present research for next
possible Adams ancestor
- Baker - Surname of your Mother
- Maternal Grandfather - William Baker (include
material for Spouse - Mary Zins )
- Child of Maternal Grandfather - William Baker
- Child of
Maternal Grandfather - William Baker
- .....
- No file for
Your mother - see her husband Frank Adams
- .....
- Child of
Maternal Grandfather - William Baker
- Surname C....
- Surname D....
- ......
- Surname Zins
- Alternate System - One file per person (alphabetical) Surname, Given Name
If many folders/persons need note in each folder showing how they
relate to others.
- A computer folder system can be organized just like the family tree.
© Prepared by Jay
January 30, 2006