You've really clarified things for me, so I see how your organization plan works. Others have been very kind to help me off line.
Thanks so much, Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 4:43 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Back to Photo File Basics > <snip> > I keep my genealogy information in a set of FOLDERS (not directories) by > surname, then by couples with that surname. So using Connie's idea, within > each surname folder, I will also have a folder for land records, military, > photos etc., as needed, or am I already missing something > </snip> > > Hi Diane, > > Let me expand on my original post just a bit... > > As you will note I have all files by their 'group' headings and then divided > by surname... rather than by surname and then divided by group. > > Not sure if one way is better or not, but this way works much better for > me... > > Hope this helps :-) > Connie > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I have all my pics in their own folders under 'general' headings... > > Legacy Photos > Census > Andersen,Alva,1860.jpg > Andersen,Alva,1870.jpg > Andersen,Paul,1850.jpg > Andersen,Paul,1860.jpg > Christensen,Lars,1831.jpg > Christensen,Lars,1850.jpg > Documents > Andersen,Alva,Naturalization.jpg > Larsen,Samuel,Death.jpg > Larsen,Samual,Naturalization.jpg > Headstones > Andersen,Alva.jpg > Andersen,Deanna(neeChristensen).jpg > Batson,Charles.jpg > Batson,Eva(neePowers) .jpg > Land Deeds > Andersen,Paul,Smith-KS,1880.jpg > Andersen,Paul,Smith-KS,1881.jpg > Andersen,Paul,Buffalo-NE.jpg > Batson,William,Edwards-IL.jpg > Batson,William,Worth-MO.jpg > Letters and Postcards > Locations > Maps > Misc > Military > News Articles > People > -Chart Photos > Andersen,Paul.jpg > Andersen,Nanceen.jpg > Anderson > Andersen,Paul,1889.jpg > Andersen,Paul,1910.jpg > Andersen,Nanceen,1904.jpg > Batson > Batson,William,group,1913.jpg > Christensen > (and so on) > Publications > Research Files > Newspapers > > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
