ON A comment on how our unpublished research notes may serve future generations. Perhaps you, like me, have noticed an increasing volume of comment and lament on the destruction and loss of important genealogical research when older colleagues cease their active research or pass on. But some of us do not act on the fact that only prior planning will result in their preservation. If you are over 60 years of age, make a plan now and start writing letters to local societies to find out which ones are equipped and interested in retaining, cataloguing and displaying files filled with rough working notes.
Location is important.
If you have ceased your research on the family 'Jones' which pioneered in the Bay of Quinte region, first investigate giving that file to the Quinte OGS Branch. They have a library and will catalogue it immediately. There is no particular merit in keeping your collection of surnames together. If your second file is Ballagh and that family lived in Elgin County, that is where that file should go. Find out what level of sorting and cleaning each society would prefer.