There are a variety of ways one can organize and track their research while they are working. I find it particularly helpful to have an open word document where I can paste screen shots of record images, paste copies of index entries, and type in my own notes. I put a footer on these documents and page numbers.
I should have put a date and time stamp on them as well as I occasionally print them out and take notes on them as well and knowing which one is the most recent one is a good thing. There are programs one can use to manage your research, but this works for me–and can easily be saved as a PDF file to be placed in the same digital folder where I have saved individual image files of the records that have had screen shots inserted into the document.
Another advantage to this is that I don’t have to try and read my handwriting later.
You may have another approach. That’s fine. The thing is record what you find, your notes, and your process. That will make analysis and entry of the information in other programs or genealogical databases much easier.
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I like your method! I have usually done something similar when saving those images, but in two separate files entered into a new folder. Yours is much more contained and takes much less storage space. Thanks!