TAKING TIME TO CLEAN UP MY DESK
Taking Time to Clean up my Desk Source: Bing clip art I doubt that I am the only family historian who has a file cabinet full of files all neatly labeled. Or filed neatly in alphabetical order in a drawer in a file cabinet. I also have neatly labeled files on my computer for all those digital records that have been saved from email attachments, archive downloads, and great finds from Google searches. So why is there a 15" deep pile of family documents on my desk? They are not neat, not really organized (unless you count the ones with the same name that are paper clipped together). At this point I am really pretty disgusted and discouraged at having to clean up this mess. I have been researching one family line on Ancestry, Find A Grave, and Family Search. Found all kinds of really cool stuff. Got really excited about the chase. Kept collecting info. Source: Bing clip art Now I have a stack of stuff to file because I did not keep it up as I was working on it. Plus, part of