Organizing

Still working away on hubby’s family tree, organizing all the paper - print and digital- I’ve accumulated so far.

With 120+ people in the tree - not including siblings and others listed in things like the census - there’s a lot to keep track of. Good news is, I’ve got most of the names and BMD dates (birth, marriage, death) penciled in for all 4 branches, going back 4 to 7 generations. Whoop!

Now I’m looking for confirming documents - birth registrations, obituaries, news articles, passport applications - and fun tidbits to make things more interesting. Two of this week’s favorite finds - stumbled onto a link to George Edward’s obituary … with the misspelled last name. No wonder I couldn’t find it before. Also love the physical descriptions in the passport application - the usual height, weight, eye and hair color, plus ‘Forehead: “high” and Nose: “sharp”.’ Definitely including that in the final product.