Ron I used to put everything into one surname folder (for each direct ancestor surname), but it got too unwieldy. I probably have at least 10,000 digital files. That's when I put everything in subfolders.
Mary On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Ron Walter <ronwal...@sonic.net> wrote: > Cathy,**** > > ** ** > > As a contrarian **** > > ** ** > > **1. **I throw EVERYTHING into only one folder**** > > **2. **I use this naming scheme for EVERY file: > bbbb.lastname.firstname.yyyy.descriptor; since I have many German > ancestors and they all seemed to be named Johann Friedrich, I started the > scheme with bbbb (birth year); yyyy is the year of the document or > picture; descriptor is something like ‘federal.census’, ‘state.census’, > ‘tombstone.picture’, ‘death.certificate.’, ‘marriage.record’, etc.**** > > **3. **Then I use Windows Explorer’s search function to find the > specific documents I’m looking for – for example, if it is a specific > person, I enter ‘bbbb.lastname’ or for all the family members I enter the > family ‘lastname’ or for all the marriage.records just enter > ‘marriage.records’.**** > > ** ** > > As they say, YMMV.**** > > ** ** > > Best**** > > Ron**** > > ** ** > > **** > > ** ** > > *From:* Sentz [mailto:ro...@nycap.rr.com] > *Sent:* Friday, March 15, 2013 3:52 PM > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Organization of Photos, Scanned Documents and etc.** > ** > > ** ** > > I am in the process of deciding how to best reorganize things, since I > don't have that many individual records yet and need to do some major clean > up with my source citations. Prior to getting Legacy, I set up 2 Genealogy > folders with sub folders by Surname and then Surname with the head of > household under both My Documents and My Photos in Windows 7. In my mind > at the time I was thinking that Pictures/Photos should be separate from > images of documents, census records, family documents, death records, birth > records, etc. Using the Surname organization seems to work along with the > "filing cabinet" in my head so that I could find things easily. How do > some of you organize your photos and scanned docs? Do you put them in the > same "Picture" folders? Seems like it would be more efficient, eventhough > they may be a different type of media. **** > > **** > > Geoff Rasmusen uses the Geographic filing system. I see the logic behind > doing this, but will likely stick with the Surname filing for now. **** > > **** > > Cathy**** > > **** > > Researching Conger, Landmark, Lilly, Hobaugh, Hoyle, Kent, Lindquist, > Nyberg, Petrie, Seeley, Sentz et al**** > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2641/6142 - Release Date: 03/02/13 > Internal Virus Database is out of date.**** > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp**** > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
