Personal Historian Software Program Part 2—how I Started!



Just thinking about this project has been overwhelming to me!  I have 50+ years of my own history to write and 43 years of my husband’s history—that is 93 years total!  

The thought that has kept going through my mind has been:  the longer you wait the more you are going to have to catch up

New Year’s day, I got started by gathering and collecting information.  First I went through my documents that I already had on my lap top and copied and pasted them into Personal Historian—very quick and easy.  Next, I began gathering my flash drives and copied and pasted the information from them into Personal Historian.  Finally, I began gathering papers, letters, etc.  I only bring a few at a time to my work area so I don’t get too overwhelmed at the pile I have.  Since I can input the information in any order, I grab whatever looks interesting to me that day.  The software will automatically organize my topics and chronological.  After I am done transcribing the document, I then place it in a sheet protector and add it to a binder.  I will probably organize the binder into subjects at a later time.

While I am transcribing or copying and pasting, if I remember something, I close out the current “topic” and add a new “topic” while it is fresh on my mind, then I return back to my original work.  Since I began, I have 137 topics in my file and 50 topics in my husband’s file.  Working on these together, I can copy the same things into each of our files; for example a letter my son sent to both of us can go in each of our histories.  


An unexpected way to use this software, on the next post!


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