This tip has to do with keeping your files organized…

Once you’ve become a grave hunter with some experience you will begin to notice that your map, and other document collection is piling up… Here is a tip to keep those files organized… Your gonna want to keep them all together in a portable business binder type file… These can be found in any office supply place, or stores such as Wal-Mart, Meijer, Target, etc… They are fairly cheap I picked up one for under 2.00 last night… You might also want to pick up a pack of individual file folders to go in that business binder… A pack of those can cost anywhere under 5.00 I think I paid 3 something for a pack…

Now once you got your file thing established your going to want to use about 3 to 4 of the files you bought… I label mine with titles such as “Maps”, “Map’s w/names”, “Misc Things”, and “Name lists”… The “maps” folder will be used for cemetery maps you’ve collected, the “maps w/names” folder will be used for name lists that have a map included on them… The “name lists” folder will generally be used for the documents that just have a list of names of notables be they the ones you created or obtained from the cemetery, and the “misc things” folder will be used for general documents such as cemetery histories, etc…

I’ve found that keeping things organized is a good practice for any grave hunter… Especially in one of those portable plastic folders… That way when your in the cemetery they are easily accessable and easy to put away once your done for the day grave hunting…