I have yet another newbie question about Adobe photoshop. It sounds like a lot of you use it. Do you use the photoshop elements or photoshop cs3?
I just wondered which is easier to use to get what you want accomplished. Thanks, Christina On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 1:43 PM, M. Brenzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So what do you do if you later find another family on the same page as > DorseyWE? Do you make another copy of the same page but name it for the > head of that household? And what about when the person you are connected to > is a boarder in a house? Have the file named for the head of household who > has no connection whatsoever to your family? Just curious because I find it > easier to have generic names for my documents so that I can attach them to > as many people as necessary. > > Mary > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 1:56 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Cc: Penny > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Linking files to Legacy 6.0 > > All of my census images are in this format. > > Year US Census, State, County, City or Militia Dist, last name and initial > of head of household. > > Example: > 1880 US Census, Georgia, Clarke, Athens, DorseyWE > > They then line up by Date and Location and are easily found. > Works for me. Most of my Census images have been saved in .gif or .tiff > format but it does not matter as I sort by image name not type. > > ---- Penny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Help! I can see how pdf would have it's advantages. Among other things, > it > > would simplify those census images where one family continues from the > > bottom of one page to the top of the next by combining them into one > file. > > > > I can't quite figure out the best way to name my census image pdfs, > though. > > > > Bearing in mind all my census sources are from the U.S. & I want to use > > Geoff's MRIN filing system plus J.L.'s way of referencing digital > images in > > a digital library: What I'd like to do is lump my census sources into > year > > plus state (or at most, year plus state plus county) and put the rest of > the > > information into the citation detail. I'm wondering how best to name > the > > digital census pdfs in my digital library, given all the above. > > > > I suppose I could just name these pdfs "yearstatenumeral" (1880texas1) > or > > "yearstate_countynumeral" (1880texas_coryell1) with the consecutive > numbers > > on the end being the differentiator among them. Do you think that > sounds > > workable? > > > > Right now, all these images are jpgs and digitally filed in folders of > the > > family surname(s) found on them; I have duplicates in the many instances > > where more than one family surname is found on the same image. It's > going > > to be a big project to put them into pdfs & rename them, so I want to be > > reasonably sure where I'm going with this. > > > > What do y'all suggest? J.L.? Anybody? > > > > Thanks! > > Penny > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "JLB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:25 PM > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Linking files to Legacy 6.0 > > > > > > >I like to link pictures to sources so mostly I do source records as > > >graphics. Most of my Master Sources exist as pdf as they're multiple > pages > > >of text, for example a cemetery listing. All are linked by number using > the > > >MRIN filing system, which also cross-references to a folder full of the > > >digitized versions. Pretty big folder but it works fine. If you haven't > > >read about it yet: > > > > > > http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/2007-06-01-mrin_filing_revisited.shtml > > > > > > I would say the only benefit to pdf's as far as Legacy goes is being > able > > > to open them directly from a gallery inside Legacy. Generally I would > copy > > > and paste the text directly into the appropriate Notes field. There > are > > > some documents (mixed text and graphics) that don't easily fit in any > of > > > the above solutions. I put those into the general organization of my > > > family history which is set up in a family folder structure that is > > > defined the same way in Passage Express. I think it comes down to how > you > > > imagine sharing your history. > > > > > > JL > > > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > > > http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > -- Nobody is Perfect I am Nobody Therefore I am Perfect Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
