The timeline I have at my fingertips is so simple, just a list of events in chronological order from 1957 to the present, with few details.
I keep it on a text file because that opens instantaneously, whereas Excel takes a couple of minutes, and as I said before, it's on my dock.
I have the year first because that's what I'm mostly looking for, mainly to date photos. The dashes are really spaced tabs:
Year ---- -Date ----------Country -------City ----------------Event ------------
1966 -----Sept 15 ----- England ------- London ----------Arrived w, Linda and Lauren Stayed with Mum
1966 -----Oct------------England -------London ----------Met up with Judy and Bruce
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1966 ----- Nov 16------ Turkey--------- Yalova -----------Arrived with Linda and Lauren. Waited hours for Cracker Box Bus with Howard
1967 ----- June -------- Turkey---------Karamersel-------Howard on TDY - The girls and I moved on base - Turkish movers packed away
---------------------------------------------------------------the baby food, diapers, etc. while I had to go pay local taxes, and were gone when
---------------------------------------------------------------I came back. A big mess!
I do have many database files with more detailed stuff, but this is quick and handy. I'm getting better and more ideas from all of you!
For kicks I Googled timeline and was amazed that there are programs, forms you can download, and all kinds of information out there.
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