Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Convention - Filing System

[Lisa Young]

Don't you have lots of documents for persons whose birth year is unknown 
at the time you get first documents?? - I would think many have only the 
roughest estimate for DOB at time document is collected (for example, 
when all you have is a will, or a mention in someone else's document). 
Just curious.

Lisa
Glen Ballard wrote:
There has been a lot of talk about how to file paper documents.  Here is how 
I handle this situation which doesn't require using RIN, MRIN, or UserID.

First off, I scan every piece of paper document and photo.  I asign a name 
to this item as follows:

Last-First-YOB.jpg (YOB=Year of Birth.)  (I use .tif for archival purposes 
and .jpg, thumbnail images, for web and attachments in Legacy)
The following are a few examples:

Smith-John-1894.jpg (photo)
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