One point to think about is what is the image or document are saving,
since that will have an impact on the way that you name it.
So, for census records I have a folder Census, below that I have COUNTRY
YEAR, like England 1841 etc. Below those I have images identified by the
town or village, page number (from the image) and the unique identity
downloaded from Ancestry etc. That way I can quickly an entry by
location and year, and can use the same image against multiple people.
That only changes for the UK 1911 which are uniquely identifiable by the
head of the family, plus the downloaded name.
For BMD records, I usually list those under /BMD/UK/Birth etc/ and use
the person, or persons, referred in the image, plus the downloaded name.
Note that I always keep the original file name from the download, since
this is generally unique and all that I need to do is prefix it to
identify it.
For locally copied images that is not an issue, but it would be best to
keep these under control; so John Smith 1, John Smith 2 etc.
Regards
Chris
------ Original Message ------
From: "June" <mai_l...@aapt.net.au>
To: "Legacy User Group" <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Sent: 09/05/2020 11:01:18
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
A good point Jenny. Next week I am going to take a series of imagines from
different generations, and using ideas from those who responded I will try
each one and see what I think.
Regards - June
When you end up with 5,000+ people in your file you would end up with 5,000+
folder and all the duplication! I would definitely sort by type, not by
individual.
And to address a point made by someone else, duplicated names can be very
confusing, and sometimes they are even born the same year. The RINs
assigned by Legacy are unique for each individual so there can be no
confusion. I also use the RIN as part of a UserID, which includes an
indication of which Grandparent branch the person belongs to and which
generation.
Jenny
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