Genealogy Workflow: Organizing Files & Research 📁

Learn my genealogy workflow from how my computer is arranged, my filing system, keeping your genealogy files organized, and the proper genealogy research process. From top to bottom in one episode.

Episode 215

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TIMING
0:00 Intro
0:24 What is GenealogyTV?
0:40 Handout Info
0:55 Setting Up Your Workspace
2:22 How to use split screens on Windows
3:08 How to set up multiple monitors
5:00 Configuring dual monitor setup for Windows 10
6:35 Your At-Home clean desk policy
7:21 Genealogy notebooks and scrapbooks
8:14 Your Primary Family Tree
9:13 How to upload your tree to another service with GEDCOM
9:26 Public vs Private Trees
10:11 Why make a Private & Unsearchable Tree on Ancestry?
11:21 How do I make my ancestry tree private?
12:00 Good Research Habits and the 200 Year Rule
13:25 How to organize digital files
17:28 The Research Process
17:53 Steps in Research Process
21:00 Research with a Purpose
21:33 Research Notes
22:37 Making a research log
23:56 Keep Research Notes
24:56 Reasonably Exhaustive Research
25:46 F.A.N. Club Strategy
26:17 Trifecta Strategy
28:28 DNA Cousin Matches
29:15 Ancestry Public Member Trees
30:45 Collaborate With Others with Member Connect
31:08 Handout & Conclusion
31:34 Outro

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