Here’s the next in my occasional series of bite-size Quick Tips. Click on the Quick Tips tag for my other Quick Tips. Because I tend to write longer posts, I wanted to provide a quick-to-read (and quick-to-write) post every couple of weeks on a small topic that pops into my head. This one helps me keep an eye on the work I need to do.
Have a place for your unprocessed digital files
If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you know I refer to my backlog all the time. When I talk about my backlog, I’m talking about the documents that I have downloaded and renamed, but not extracted information to add to my Reunion database. My backlog doesn’t stress me out (too much) because I know exactly how large it is and I know where all the documents are.
In my case, I download all my documents to my Surnames folder. It is only after they’re processed that they’re moved into an individual ancestor’s folder. Thus any unfiled documents (which will always float at the top above the subfolders because they start with a year) are easily visible. This is a sanity saver for me. I would hate the idea that I’d lost track of any unprocessed documents.
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