This is actually a major decision, most of us start genealogy with a few records, photos etc. and as the years go by it grows to thousands. Personally I wish I'd have had better insight when I began, so give all suggestions much thought. The one thing that is very helpful to me is that I have one Legacy_pics_docs file with many subfolders. Anything that I have attached to Legacy, I have in this folder, I may have duplicates/high resolutions of the same in other Surname folders. If someone wants a copy of what they've seen on my website or that I've posted on findagrave.com, I know immediately to go to this one file. I then have Surname subfolders, but I do combine some lines together for lesser reseacher lines. I name the files & folders with the Surname first (curry_george-w_1825-1860) , (I don't always add the date, but over the years, I've found numerous ones with the same first & last name, so adding a dob or dod helps me.) I keep separate folders for my photos and separated from documents, i.e. Curry pics Curry docs If I were to start over, I'd seriously consider having pictures and documents together in each surname subfolder. A word of caution, when I started, I'd name the document, i.e.: wwi_draft_curry_james, thinking this would be good to have all WWI Draft Registration together, but as the years have gone by, how I wish, I'd named everything with the surname first that way all items for that particular individual would have been together. Now, with having my own website, it would be a lot of trouble renaming all items. Hope this helps, consider all ideas, but try as best you can to plan for many more items attached to Legacy. Syble LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 5:51 PM 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 > >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
