Richard, thanks for the reply.... i am primarily interested in electronic filing and not paper filing. Anything that i keep on paper would be the "one" off type things that i might still try and scan but there is something unique or special and I had a physical copy.
On 7/24/2010 5:03 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: > First question. Are you looking for a file system to record your paper copies > of downloads, or a diffeent system for only the digital stuff? All my > downloads eventually make it to paper, so I am using my system set up in > Windows DOS days. So my PDF/JPG are stored on paper and also in hard drives, > etc. The paper ones have the file names written on the printout. > I have also made scrapbooks which contain up to 30 photos per page, including > photo name, as an index to all work. Even documents are there, though to > small to read. > Rich in LA CA > > --- On Sat, 7/24/10, Alan Jones<[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Alan Jones<[email protected]> >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Source Names >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 12:26 PM >> Sometime back I asked on the >> list about the advantages/disadvantages >> of attaching sources Images (PDF/JPG) to Legacy. The >> responses I got >> indicated there was not a huge advantage and much was more >> for do it >> because it seemed like the right thing to do. >> >> I have realized that as I capture more and more sources >> electronically >> that I don't have a good naming scheme or file folder >> organization >> system to find the files later. I may have an image >> of source document >> that has information on several people or I may 5 or 6 >> source documents >> for 1 person. >> >> Has anyone come up with a good system of folder names/file >> names? >> >> I had also thought about using some numbering source info >> from Legacy. >> That might work but then how best do I handle looking for >> files if not >> in Legacy (or maybe that is not an option). >> >> I have not found a web site with any good details. >> How do other Legacy >> users handle this? >> >> thanks >> >> Alan >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 > > > > > 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
