Volume 8 Issue 8 The Mason Log Mason County Genealogical Society  Thursday, May 5th  7:00 p.m.  12th & Connection— Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints  Membership Dues to: Marilyn Lawson  Singles: $15.00 yearly Couples: $20.00 yearly The News That Was 2 At The Library 2 Your Story 2 Google Cheat Sheet 3 The Art of Becoming Organized 4 Inside this issue: The causes of clutter are usually caused from four reasons. 1. It’s a Reminder: You leave the item out so that you will remember to finish the task, take it with you, or some other unfinished task. Unfinished tasks re- main so for many rea- sons—lack of interest, too many other commit- ments, we deceive our- selves into thinking we will finish it. Be honest and decide if it you will finish it or not. Then dispose of it or schedule a time to finish the task. 2. It’s Difficult to Put Away: You must make a trip up or down stairs or possibly out to the garage to put an item where it belongs. Maybe the file cabinet is al- ready full, or you need to make a new file. Cre- ate an easy to store place until it can be tended to. 3. Lack of Decision- making: This is a rea- son that is quite often overlooked—they don‟t understand that it is their inability to make a decision that causes the piles to stack up. They make piles of papers, magazines, whatever “for now”. Until you are able to make deci- sions about the piles, they can stay there for years. 4. No Place Estab- lished: You can‟t put an item away if you don‟t have a place for certain items. Maybe its paperwork with no ap- parent connection to any known papers. It takes creating or purchasing the needed storage for these items to clear this type of clutter. As you can tell the pre- ceding examples are pretty vague, but they all can apply to the fam- ily historian. Do you have clutter with your research? Can you apply any of these rea- sons to that clutter? Take the time and see if they apply and if so, rec- tify the situation. Organizing for the Creative Per- son: Right-brain styles for conquer- ing clutter, mastering time, and reaching your goals, Dorothy Lehmkuhl & Dolores Cotter Lamp- ing, Three Rivers Press, NY, 1993 Clutter May 2011 A search engine is a web- site that contains powerful programs called data- bases. A database stores information in a way that all pieces of information are quickly retrieved through an elaborate sys- tem of indexes and related items. Database websites can be contained on a single computer, known as a server, or on a number of computers, known as server farms. The servers take in a re- quest for information, search their database in- dexes, and give back the results. When you search on most search engines, they only show the top 10 or so matching the request. Usu- ally they are the ones with the most links, and are paid to be positioned in the top. The one you seek may not have the money to pay for a top position or not wish to have many links. It pays to try several search engines and sev- eral variations of your quest. May Meeting What Is A Search Engine? , OCR Text: Volume 8 Issue 8 The Mason Log Mason County Genealogical Society  Thursday, May 5th  7:00 p.m.  12th & Connection— Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints  Membership Dues to: Marilyn Lawson  Singles: $15.00 yearly Couples: $20.00 yearly The News That Was 2 At The Library 2 Your Story 2 Google Cheat Sheet 3 The Art of Becoming Organized 4 Inside this issue: The causes of clutter are usually caused from four reasons. 1. It’s a Reminder: You leave the item out so that you will remember to finish the task, take it with you, or some other unfinished task. Unfinished tasks re- main so for many rea- sons—lack of interest, too many other commit- ments, we deceive our- selves into thinking we will finish it. Be honest and decide if it you will finish it or not. Then dispose of it or schedule a time to finish the task. 2. It’s Difficult to Put Away: You must make a trip up or down stairs or possibly out to the garage to put an item where it belongs. Maybe the file cabinet is al- ready full, or you need to make a new file. Cre- ate an easy to store place until it can be tended to. 3. Lack of Decision- making: This is a rea- son that is quite often overlooked—they don‟t understand that it is their inability to make a decision that causes the piles to stack up. They make piles of papers, magazines, whatever “for now”. Until you are able to make deci- sions about the piles, they can stay there for years. 4. No Place Estab- lished: You can‟t put an item away if you don‟t have a place for certain items. Maybe its paperwork with no ap- parent connection to any known papers. It takes creating or purchasing the needed storage for these items to clear this type of clutter. As you can tell the pre- ceding examples are pretty vague, but they all can apply to the fam- ily historian. Do you have clutter with your research? Can you apply any of these rea- sons to that clutter? Take the time and see if they apply and if so, rec- tify the situation. Organizing for the Creative Per- son: Right-brain styles for conquer- ing clutter, mastering time, and reaching your goals, Dorothy Lehmkuhl & Dolores Cotter Lamp- ing, Three Rivers Press, NY, 1993 Clutter May 2011 A search engine is a web- site that contains powerful programs called data- bases. A database stores information in a way that all pieces of information are quickly retrieved through an elaborate sys- tem of indexes and related items. Database websites can be contained on a single computer, known as a server, or on a number of computers, known as server farms. The servers take in a re- quest for information, search their database in- dexes, and give back the results. When you search on most search engines, they only show the top 10 or so matching the request. Usu- ally they are the ones with the most links, and are paid to be positioned in the top. The one you seek may not have the money to pay for a top position or not wish to have many links. It pays to try several search engines and sev- eral variations of your quest. May Meeting What Is A Search Engine? , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2011,May+2011.pdf,May+2011.pdf Page 1, May+2011.pdf Page 1