It becomes easy to lose track of the family lines if I introduce each generation separately. If I introduce each line as it comes up, for instance the line descending from John Chugg, will it be too long to get to the line from William?
My original research record was the long sheet and it went front-to-back from the parents through their family: Philip and Johanna, John, Eliza, Eliza Jane, Leander Neri, Eva May, etc with each individual numbered after the initials of the parents: John was PJ1, Betsy PJ1a, Eliza PJ1a1, Eliza Jane PJ1a11, Leander Neri PJ1a12, Eva May PJ1a121, which made some ease in locating a sheet in a book dedicated to that line. I do not think it would serve as well in this format. And I stopped numbering pages after I became dependent on electronic files!
John Chugg, married twice and having fourteen children, had ninety two grandchildren and two hundred seventy (or so) great grandchildren. Can you see the difficulty of using too many gadgets as the numbers, or keeping track of who was in the third or fourth generation and then if it should be the fourth generation beneath Johanna or John!
But I have these all in my PAF.5 file. I have been trying to identify and locate all the descendants of Johanna Stanbury Chugg. I continue to locate more when I do research, as I did last night with finding obituaries for Fern Borkman and Bill Fackenthall.
How shall I proceed? I am going to look at others' work and ask questions and give it thought. I want to relate the story of this family as fully as I am able and in a way that you can read and comprehend as well as use for your own research. Please return. Soon, I hope.
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