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Ancestoring: Paper Filing Systems

By Michele Simmons Lewis.

Ask Yvette – How to Organize Files for Dutch Ancestors New!

Blog post describing how to organize files of your ancestors based on the Ahnentafel numbering system. The example is from the Netherlands but the system works anywhere.

Digital Folder Organizing & Naming Made Easy

From Michigan Family Trails by Diane Gould Hall.

FamilySearch Wiki - Genealogical Filing Systems (National Institute) New!

FamilySearch Wiki - Organizing Your Files

File Naming Convention for Digital Photos, Scans, and Documents

By Calvin Knight.

Find Your Folks - Color Genealogy Filing System

Genea-Musings: My Ancestor Family File Folders and File Naming Convention

Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 1

By Ben Sayer of GenealogyTools.com

Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 2

By Ben Sayer of GenealogyTools.com

Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 3

By Ben Sayer of GenealogyTools.com

Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 4

By Ben Sayer of GenealogyTools.com

Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 5

By Ben Sayer of GenealogyTools.com

Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 6

By Ben Sayer of GenealogyTools.com

Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 7

By Ben Sayer of GenealogyTools.com

Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 8

By Ben Sayer of GenealogyTools.com

Genealogy File and Folder Organization System for Mac, Part 9

By Ben Sayer of GenealogyTools.com

Genealogy Pants - Getting Organized: My Binders

Genealogy Pants - Getting Organized: The Digital Side New!

Genealogy Pants - Spring Cleaning: Matching Binders to Digital Files New!