For census records, I use something like this: 1870 DC M593_126 Pg 494 Christian Faunce.jpg
It took a long time to make all of them consistent, but they are all in this format. It is also easier to find them when you have the date, state, roll and page number. The name helps too. I also separate all census records by year. Putting them all into one folder is a nightmare. The only time there would be a duplicate is if it were for the same family and continued to the next page then I add a 1 & 2 to the end of each file name. In the source text I put any remaining text that would come after the page number such as the ED, date of that page, an address/district if there is one, and image number (Ancestry.com). For older photos/negatives, I keep a database and assign my own numbering scheme which is also the file name. I have thousands of images so any other way would not be practical. For digital images I've been using whatever number the camera assigns to each photo mostly because I'm too lazy to change it. Ancestry.com uses a cryptic naming system for most of their images so I've renamed most of them as well otherwise it's impossible to find exactly what you're looking for. All of this takes a long time, but it's worth it in the end. Bill Boswell -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 7:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Add an Event "Census" to Everyone Hi Deborah, >The only solution I've come up with is to create an event for each > individual called "census" and then assign the census records to that >event. That's how I do it - now! I started off by ignoring the Events section, assigning all pictures of censuses, B,M & D registrations, etc. to the general category for the person and all the printed census records to the general notes. It made everything too difficult to read and keep track of, so I'm in the midst of changing everything to the event category, no small task with over 5000 people to do. Most importantly though, do be careful how you name your pictures. I started off by naming them, for example, John Henry Peter Smith birth.jpg or JHP Smith birth.jpg and 1891 census-JHP Smith.jpg With the huge number of Johns, Henrys and Williams on the list of document images, the files area was a real mess. What a dough-head I was! Who is the most important factor in genealogy? the person, of course. So now I'm in the process of renaming all the images as Smith John Henry Peter birth.jpg and Smith John Henry Peter-1891 census.jpg Women are named with their maiden surname for photos taken before marriage, for example, a baby picture, but as an adult with their spouse and children, I name them Jones Smith Mary Jane-th.jpg It makes it much easier when checking the files area on my hard drive, to see what I have and don't have for each person, but again, what a chore renaming and reassigning all the images. When I have actual photos of the person, I make a 33 dpi by 50 dpi cropped photo and name it - Smith John Henry Peter-th.jpg. that way, I can search the files for "th" and find out instantly who I have photographs for and who I don't. Helen Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp 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/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
