University of Illinois Extension

Why keep track of household records?

Family records are always changing

Some guidelines

Where to keep important papers

Using a safe deposit box

Your files: Active and inactive

Annual review day checklist

For further reading/ References

 

 

 

A loose-leaf record book designed to help you keep your records in order, All About Us, is available from the Illinois Cooperative Extension Service for $8. By making full use of the All About Us record book, you can avoid burdening others and yourself with the panicky question, "Where is it?"

The publication includes 12 chapters covering family history, money matters, and handling affairs at the death of a family member. By filling in and updating this organized family and personal record, you enter information then forget about it until it is needed. Order from: University of Illinois Information Services, 69-C6 Mumford Hall, 1301 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, or call 217-333-2007.

A software package for home computers (DOS version), plus the All About Us book, is available for $20, which includes shipping. Contact your county Extension unit office for ordering information or order from IlliNet Software, 548 Bevier Hall, 905 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, or call 217-244-5956.

Cude, B. (1993). Our family's records. Circular 1327. Urbana: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.


 

 

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