JL, I can't think where you got that from, it's certainly new to me, and I would be very interested to hear an official comment on this.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:23:06 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] pictures and scanned documents > > RIN's and MRIN's are fine unless you have to renumber them for some > reason defined by tech support. I've never had to do such a thing, but > I believe how it works is that if you have the Deluxe version and there > was a problem you'd have a choice between numbering the MRIN's or the > RIN's. One way around if you're concerned is to put the MRIN also into > the User ID field. > > JL > JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists > http://www3.telus.net/Jgen/jlog.html > > Boyd Miller wrote: >> File names for such a diverse collection of information is always going to >> be a matter of personal preference and the degree of organisation we want to >> go to. I only have a couple of hundred images so far but this is growing >> rapidly. I generally label them this way, but with more or less information >> as is required so that I can easily find any particular file. >> >> Census - downloaded images of original census pages (Ancestry images or >> transcriptions and similar), scanned images and, photos of census docs. >> File name: [census year date], [place], [head of house name], [original >> image file name] >> >> Certificates - scanned images of birth, christening, marriage death, and any >> other relevant certificates. File name: [surname, given names], [type of >> certificate], [date, or original image file name which includes date] >> >> Monuments - cemetery headstones, monuments with names. File name: >> [principal surname (and sometimes given names) on headstone], [oldest date >> of death], [cemetery and/or location] >> >> Pictures - photos or scanned images of individuals or groups, scanned >> documents not covered elsewhere relating to an individual. File name: >> [surname, given names], [approx or actual year date], [identifying note, or >> a, b, c where several pictures otherwise similarly labelled] >> >> Places - photos, maps, scanned pictures of places. File mane: [place], >> [date], [significance] >> >> Each of the five groups of files is subdivided into my two main family >> databases. I like the look of the JGEN system but I've yet to get that >> deeply into it. I'd rather not use RIN or MRIN numbers because they are not >> permanent, and I haven't used any User ID numbers, but that may be a better >> index link. However many of the images are used with more than one >> individual or marriage or source. >> >> I would like to see anyone else's system before my collection gets so big >> that I'm unwilling to change it all to something better than I have at >> present! >> >> Boyd >> _________________________________________________________________ Make a mini you on Windows Live Messenger! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/107571437/direct/01/ 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
