My Trails into the Past

As I get older, I begin to realize that time is against me and although most of us don’t know how much time we have left on this earth, it is not as long as the time I have had already. It’s the downslope of the bell curve. It is time to assess the status of the “genealogy stuff” as my children say. Digital My digital genealogy is well organized. I have four folders labeled for my maternal and paternal sides and my husband’s maternal and paternal sides. I like to say I’m researching my children’s ancestors. At this point, they don’t really care and are not likely to take up the hobby. My genealogy folder I also have folders for other smaller topics such as DNA, photo permissions, and software backup. Within the four family folders, I have organized the folders by surname, numbering them so they appear on the top of the list. Below that, I have Research folders by state because many of the localities have more than one surname who lived there. My Research-Texas probably has the most ...