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Subject: RE: [APG] HEEELP!!
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:46:05 -0600
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Ahhh, my kingdom for a visit by the Clean Sweep people!! Maybe one of
you California genealogists can get on the show so I can live
vicarously!!

Lynn

-----Original Message-----
From: Yolanda Campbell Lifter [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:36 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [APG] HEEELP!!

I would also be interested in hearing about any good organizational
ideas.

Anyone out there doing business as a Professional Organizer for
Genealogists? I would if the TLC show Clean Sweep would tackle my
office. : )


Yolanda Campbell Lifter
Malabar, FL

http://www.ohiofamilyresearch.com


----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:28 AM
Subject: [APG] HEEELP!!


> Hello list,
>
> I'm sitting here in my office and embarrassed to admit this to my
fellow
> genealogist. But I'm in a huge mess. I feel like the little cartoon
Mary Hill uses
> in her "Organizing Your Family History" lecture. The one where the
> genealogist is hidden by the stack of papers<G>. For those who have
been to this class
> you know what I'm talking about.
>
> Anyway, here is my dilemma. I have tons of stuff, not just limited to
my
> office.<G>
> I have it in my kitchen, bedroom, office, bathroom, etc. Things that
pertain
> to genealogy. Whether it be the latest magazines, my own family
history, a
> project I'm working on for a society or a client or even an up coming
lecture.
> It is all a MESS!!
>
> Every month I organize the whole darn thing and make an oath to myself
I will
> keep it organized. Then something happens like I need an article here
or a
> book there or just to plainly work on family information, etc. I bring
the items
> out and never seem to be able to put the book, magazine or file back.
It then
> becomes a pile. And then I need it again I search and search. thus
causing
> the huge mess all over again.
>
> Now, I have taken Mary Hill's presentation. I have obtained books on
> organizing, read articles, etc. and I always start a new oath to be
organized but
> never following through. grrrr
>
> Are there any ideas from the members of how they have conquered this
problem?
>
> I swear I want to go on one of those shows like DIY so they could help
me
> with my dilemma. But honestly I think to myself "I would hate for
another
> genealogist to see my place in such a mess" and conclude I should be
better. I say
> just organize it Cindy and make sure you file it back. But I have
tried this for
> years.
> To make my problem worse, I think I must keep everything, even the
littlest
> scrap of paper with genealogical information. <G> I tell myself that
if I get
> rid of it I will be looking for it again someday. And sure enough I
do.
>
> I have years and years of genealogical magazines, Journals,
quarterlies, etc.
> Enough to fill a whole book case. Which takes up a whole closet by
it's self.
> If you were me would you give them to the locale genealogical society?
How do
> I know which articles to keep? Most I have learned so much from, and
go back
> to them often because I have found them to be valuable. But this
causes
> another problem. I have to tear the shelf's apart in order to know
which publication
> the article is in going most of the time one by one.
>
> If anyone has some ideas, I would be truly grateful.
>
> Thanks for hearing me out <G>
>
> Cindy Hofmeister
>
>
>



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