Actually, Word is a great way to do this...thanks to Greg's award winning, free File Cataloger. ;-) Create one doc for each item...probably use the name in the top line, as that will easily become the title of the page. Add a scan of the obit and any info on the page. Stuff them all in a folder and run Greg's tool. It'll quickly create a table for you with all the file names...and also hyperlinked to the file. You'll also get a few extra columns to add additional info such as their lineage and maybe family name or their generation number? And the tool also adds a macro that allow you to easily sort any col by clicking the col header. Very similar to what Linda was describing to do in Excel. And Excel would work well, too. The only difference is that this tool will automatically hyperlink all the docs for you in each row so you don't have to do that manually. I use this tool/method for my code and support libraries so I can easily sort by keywords to find the answer ASAP. You can download it here: http://www.mousetrax.com/downloads.html Know that you must have a min of Word 2000 to use it, however! Dian D. Chapman Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP MOS Certified, Editor/TechTrax Free MS Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 12:55 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Obituaries- how to keep them organized? There's lots of ways to do this, Robert. But, Word would actually be my last choice, I think If they're all in Outlook, then you could just put them in a folder and use the search feature to search the contents (unless they're in attachments in Outlook? Or are they actual emails?) I guess we'd need to know what form they are in now. Word docs? Emails? If they are actual emails, Outlook's search would work. Or, since they are printed, you could organize them in books, then set up an Excel file which included a few columns -- date of death, funeral home, last name (if male), or maiden name (if female), location of birth, and location of death, and add a column which identifies which book they are in....then you can use Excel's find feature or filters and sorting to find what you want and then go to the book where they are located. You could also set up a folder of the photos, then just link to the pictures in the Excel file also. Of course, Access could do this for you also, but it's probably not necessary, especially since you say you don't know Access well. I believe you do use Excel quite a bit, no? There are probably endless possibilities, but first we need to know what format they are currently in. When you say they are in Outlook, what do you mean? Linda F. Johnson Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com All outgoing mail checked by Norton AV. If you received a "bug" that looked like it came from me, it did NOT! -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Carneal Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 12:36 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Obituaries- how to keep them organized? As a genealogist, I belong to several genealogy groups that have connections to my family lines. When someone posts an obituary, I do two things. One, I print it and stick in a 3-ring binder. They are all in badly out of order, any kind of order whether by name, location, birth date, death date, or by cemetery. I had been printing them all, saving them in a three ring binder, no order, no sorting. If I want to find one on Jeannette Wilson Brown, I have to go through all of them until I do find it or discover I don't have it. It might take three days. 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