At first it’s surprising how often our ancestors names are misspelled in artifacts. After a short time it becomes commonplace. All family historians need a method for dealing with this common occurrence. Capturing the error while simplifying information retrieval is a matter of including the misspelling in the citation, followed by the correct name in square brackets. This approach is recommended in Elizabeth Shown Mills’ must-have book, Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace
Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 9
Many Mac users don’t know that folder icons can be changed. Using unique folder icons is important because it helps you to quickly find the desired folder without reading through a list of folder names. After a short time with new folder icons you will find navigating in the Finder takes less mental effort. What genealogist wouldn’t rather save brain power for pursuing elusive evidence? Changing icons is a medium difficulty task and it’s made easier by following along with the video below.
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Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 6
Subjects of your genealogy research are often found in records of places. Censuses, city directories, and such are about all the people in a place, not just your person of interest. Because of this I recommend storing copies of these records within the places folders when using my recommended genealogy file and folder organization system for Mac. That doesn’t mean the references to your family aren’t important. You want to be able to quickly find records in which your subjects appear and with this system you can.
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Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 5
Organizing genealogy files about more than one person can be tricky, frustrating, and can waste space. Using my recommended genealogy folder system for Mac along with Finder aliases ends all that.
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Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 4
Learn how to use Macintosh Finder aliases to save time and space when you have files related to one person with multiple names, for instance married and maiden names. This will help you stay organized so that your genealogy research will go faster and smoother.
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