On 02-Feb-19 07:43 AM, Valerie Garton wrote:
Thanks but I am not trying to find a specific file I am trying to tidy them all up.
There are just a few file TYPES which you are likely to have much contact with and these can be stored pretty much wherever you want them to be. These files are .fdb (your family file), .ged (probably tree imports from Ancestry or elsewhere), media files such as .jpg or .pdf (the former will probably be pictures or photographs and the latter likely to be documents) and backup files created by Legacy which are .zip.
The two important things to bear in mind are that you must know where to find these files when you want them and that Legacy must know where to find them. It helps a great deal if you develop a consistent, logical system for naming and storage WHIcH MAKES SENSE TO YOU.
When you install Legacy it will create a folder named Legacy Family Tree in your Documents folder which is a standard Windows system folder and probably on your C: drive. Within that Legacy Family Tree folder will be subfolders, two of which are named Data and Media. If you want to keep things simple, keep your family file(s) in the Data folder and your media files in the Media folder. You will probably want to create more sub-folders within the Media folder: mine are named Churches, Graves, Houses, People, Places, Schools, Ships (I think that's fairly self-explanatory.)
As it happens, I have all my SOURCE media and documents in a different place with very obvious folder names (Baptism Register, Newspaper Archives, Death Certificates ... that sort of thing.) The files all have names which indicate exactly what they are, so images of Baptism Registers all have names beginning "Bap - " and contain the name and RIN of the person concerned. But that's just MY system - yours may be completely different. But make it easy on yourself - BE CONSISTENT and LOGICAL!
Gedcom files which you import from, for example, Ancestry and other files which you download from the Internet which most likely be saved to Downloads, which is another standard Windows system folder.
I am sending this post to you offlist as well as replying to LUG so it should be easy for you to find if you want to refer to it again. I hope it's useful.
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