Over time you will find that RINs are not constant. If you export
your file to a new Legacy file and do not check Maintain RINs, they
will be renumbered. After being bit with this several times over the
years, I decided to keep the information pertinent to the subject of
the photo. In place of RIN, I use birth year.
Jim
On Apr 15, 2007, at 10:16 AM, Johnny V wrote:
One of the best ways I found to organize and classify pictures and
documents for my genealogy is a standard naming convention using
the format;
LastName_ First_Middle_RIN_PhotoNumber (0001, 0002, etc.) for
individuals,
LastName_MRIN_MarriageNumber (1, 2, etc.) for marriages,
DocumentName_LastName_First_Middle_RIN_DocumentNumber (0001, 0002,
etc.) for Documents,
Headstone_LastName_First_Middle_RIN for headstone pictures, etc.
Using this naming convention, you can easily distinguish between
people of the same name using their RIN of the database and also
locate different items such as Manifests, Census, Headstones, etc.
in a flash.
I keep all the photos and documents in the Legacy folder on Drive C
in subfolder Pictures, this way when I want to share any info with
relatives they are very easily located.
Hope this helps
John Valencic
On 4/14/07, Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-
Jukkara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sally
Saving your images as a .tiff file is the commonly accepted 'best
way' to
keep digital copies of your original. This would then become your
'master
copy'.
From that you could make .jpgs to whatever file size you deem
appropriate
for use (website, email atch, Legacy image, etc).
As for where to file your digital images, opinions on this will
vary. I
have one folder under my Legacy directory titled "Images". Within
this
folder I have several sub-folders. My preference is to keep all
'people'
images in one sub-folder titled "Photograph". I also have digital
images of
buildings, monuments, correspondence, newspaper articles, census
records,
documents, etc. These are also all filed in separate sub-folders
according
to their subject category.
How you title your images is also a matter of personal preference.
I prefer
a simple numbering system (File ID). For example, my "Photographs"
are
labeled P0001, P0002, P0003, and so on. My "Documents" are labeled
D0001,
D0002, D0003, and so on. The same applies to my other image
categories.
Legacy allows you to capture details of each image by providing
image fields
such as "Caption", "Date", "Description", and "File ID". And also
permits
assigning images to specific individuals. This is where I record the
necessary details about each image.
Unfortunately as yet Legacy only provides one report format for this
information. The report sorts by File ID. Suggestions have been
submitted
to also include an alphabetical sort and other image report options.
Until then one must use a supplemental program to report details of
the
images. Many people use MS Access since Access is directly
compatible with
Legacy's data base. However, this requires a reasonable
understanding of
the Access program and its interface with Legacy to generate the
desired
reports. Not a lighthearted undertaking.
Once Legacy establishes a more sophisticated report capability for
images,
the process will be simple and efficient.
If I can help further with any specific questions, feel free to
email me
directly.
Gary
O'Fallon IL, USA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:LegacyUserGroup-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sally Macias
> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 7:45 PM
> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
> Subject: [LegacyUG] About Picture Filing
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to organize the pictures. With an
HP scanner
> the image goes to the HP Solutions Center which apparently stores
the
scans
> by date. I've been opening them and doing some modest editing, then
saving
> them in TIFF format to an external hard drive. Then I open the tiff
images
> in Photoshop Elements and do more dramatic editing and save as
jpeg on
> external drive, in folder of edited images, to post to MyFamily
website
and
> to use in email. This seems like a lot of manipulating for each
image and
> at this point I still have to add the image to Legacy. I've got
multiple
> copies of each image but not really a backup since they're in
different
> formats and stages of editing and sizes. Before adding too many
more I
need
> to figure out a filing system--in separate family folders,
> lastnamefirstname+brief description or date if I have it, is what
I'm
> thinking so far. Is there a better way to do this? What are the
rest of
> you doing to organize your photos, what programs are you using?
>
> Sally Macias
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