![]() Are you going to collect and “process” your newly found material or collect it “all” then process it? If you choose the latter where are you going to store the data until your process it? These are all considerations and the Guild recommends that you take the time to decide what method and approach works for you and your study. Many members focus on their study using the Guild of One-Name studies publication, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom: the art of a One-Name study includes a stage called “Collect” which is nothing more than collecting material from either one or more data sets and citing the source for the material. Take your time to assess this because changing your study organisation in the future will be a big task and one that will most certainly impinge on your research time! Perhaps extract one family from your records and reflect on how much information is located within that record and how you want to be able to access it going forward. What is important is that before you begin your study in earnest test out a few ideas to see how they work. Or perhaps you decide to use a combination of all three. An option could be to have a digital study archive where material is stored online, either in the cloud using a facility such as Dropbox ( via a website or by using a powerful note storage facility such as Evernote ( or OneNote. ![]() With a large study, the chances are you will receive enquiries from others therefore you will need to be able to find any relevant information. ![]() There are a great many study organisational considerations how big is your study going to get? If it is a large study then copious amount of paper may become a storage issue. That means One-Name study material in paper, notebook and digital format. Of course, we still visit archives, but that is a discussion point for another day! Now in this digital age, with many indexes and records available online it is easy to get carried away with searching and acquiring records for your study. That meant visits to archives and transcribing records which meant vast quantities of notebooks and copies of documents. Many members of the Guild began their studies before the internet was easily available. What is the right method? Well that depends on you and what you have energy for. As with any task the key to success is the right method and tools and that also applies to how a One-Name study is organised.
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