I've been spending time labeling files .... and finally have the beginnings of the Mary Hill system set up in my filing drawers. I've adapted it somewhat - I prefer legal sized folders and because of this, I didn't buy folders with the middle tabs for siblings. I've colour coded the hanging folders, inside folders and labels with the four colours. I will have to come up with a plan for siblings - maybe plain coloured folders with only coloured labels for siblings - not as easy to visually scan as middle cut tabs though. I also only started with enough folders for direct line families up to 10 generations. I have MANY more families to create folders for. But I also realized that I only cleared space for the folders, not for any contents so I have some more decluttering and expanding to do.
The process is only highlighting all the gaps - all the family information I have no sources for and the possible errors strewn throughout my records. It really does need to be a back to basics approach once I have assessed what I have.
