Lesson #6 Filing System for Pedigree Charts and Family Group Sheets

FILING SYSTEM FOR PEDIGREE CHARTS AND FAMILY GROUP SHEETS

Lesson #6

Supplies needed;

1. 4 fine line ,waterproof, acid free pens ; black, red ,blue, green

2. 3 or 4 pkgs Insertable Tab Dividers (clear ) “Avery” works the best

3.15 generation Pedigree Chart

4. Colored file folders - black, red, blue , green ( for research filing system )

5. Colored dots - black, red, blue, green

6. One or more three ring notebook binders ( 2 inch recommended - if your files are very large buy additional notebooks and divide your research into the four basic lines using colored notebooks

! NOTE: I like the kind that you can inset a pedigree chart on the cover - this clarifies which line is in the notebook and you can also insert a label in the binding to identify the line during storage in a book case or on your desk.

Filing Permanent Records

( these are records you have researched and documented that they are accurate )

A.15 generation pedigree charts - underline in four colors starting with your grandparents;

Paternal (father’s line ) -Black

Paternal-maternal ( father’s mother ) -Red

Maternal-paternal ( mother’s father)- - Blue

Maternal-maternal - ( mothers’s mother ) -Green

B. In PAF5 create a cascading pedigree charts (5 or 6 generation) and following color-coding when printing names on insert tabs . Also record chart number from your 15 generation pedigree by the corresponding name.

C. File a family group record for each family on your pedigree chart behind the corresponding pedigree charts ..you can put a colored dot on the FGR

Research Records

(these are individuals you need further information on )

Folders-use the four colors when doing research- have them correspond with your pedigree charts. For example, if you are researching on your father’s mother’s line put research in a red folder. Put a red dot on research family group records. Make a file for each married couple and their children. When children get married make another folder for them and put a colored dot on their family group record

For collateral lines -when a child on your direct line marries put their family group record in a plain manilla folder with a yellow dot indicating a collateral line and a colored dot to identify pedigree line

Put a Time-line and a research log and documents in each folder you are researching. Add to your permanent file when all research is completed and Temple ordinances are performed.

If you want to use notebooks to store your research in then use colored notebooks to correspond with your color coding system.

Remember - before you begin any research you have to know where you are - you cannot go forward until you know where you have been.