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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

Genealogy Pants - Spring Cleaning: Matching Binders to Digital Files

Genealogy.com - Another Sort of A to Z: Your Genealogy Filing System How to Store and Catalog Your Research

Have Early Massachusetts Ancestors? This might be your lucky day

From Diane Gould Hall, this article includes a great example of filing digital copies of pages from ebooks that contain information about our ancestors.

How to Organize Digital Files for Genealogy Research (YouTube)

How to Organize your Genealogy Files With Binders

How To Organize Your Paper Files

JL Beeken: MRIN Filing System

The MRIN Filing System+ is a digital genealogy filing system based on Marriage Record Identification Numbers, metadata and nested folders for the most comprehensive and multi-dimensional search capability.

Legacy Family Tree Webinars - From Piles to Files: Organize Your Genealogy

By Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG.

Legacy Family Tree Webinars - Mastering Digital Filing for Genealogists

By Cyndi Ingle

Organize Your Digital Files: Tips from Genealogy Guy Drew Smith (YouTube)

Organizing Genealogy Files by James Tanner (YouTube)

The FamilyRoots Organizer Color Coding System

Mary E. Vassel Hill taught at BYU as an instructor in family history and genealogical research starting in 1992. In 1995 she joined the staff of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and is an instructor in various aspects of genealogical research. She is an accredited genealogist in the Mid-Atlantic states. The workshop she developed on setting up a paper filing system in this day of the computer has been particularly popular.

ThoughtCo - How to Organize Your Genealogy Files

By Kimberly Powell.