by chin_gigante » Fri Apr 04, 2025 6:04 pm
ShotgunTheRifle wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 3:11 am
I was just curious after this question was posted. Because I've been wondering, How do you guys store your research? Do you have word/pdf files for each individual you are researching? Do you sort it all by family's, or by years? If you were to just give this guy your hard research, what would that consist of?
I have developed the habit of taking notes in a new Word document when I read a book or any other source, and I store these in folders organised by family. When one source applies to multiple families I might split my notes into multiple documents. For instance, for the 25 Years After Valachi senate report, I have one document in my Genovese folder on Cafaro's testimony, and another in my Cleveland folder for Lonardo's testimony, etc.
I also save my own copies of sources when possible because you never know when things could be taken down.
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I was just curious after this question was posted. Because I've been wondering, How do you guys store your research? Do you have word/pdf files for each individual you are researching? Do you sort it all by family's, or by years? If you were to just give this guy your hard research, what would that consist of?
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I have developed the habit of taking notes in a new Word document when I read a book or any other source, and I store these in folders organised by family. When one source applies to multiple families I might split my notes into multiple documents. For instance, for the 25 Years After Valachi senate report, I have one document in my Genovese folder on Cafaro's testimony, and another in my Cleveland folder for Lonardo's testimony, etc.
I also save my own copies of sources when possible because you never know when things could be taken down.