My system is very similar to Dede's. Filing by MRIN means I have to look up the number first so I file by Surname and name the files very specifically. I like to see things at a glance and not keep clicking back and forth to different folders. I have a rotten short term memory so it's not good for me to open one folder, remember what was there and then click to another.
I think somebody is going to complain pretty soon about this thread because it's not "on topic"; both Legacy groups are like that, but I am enjoying learning how everyone does this. Thanks for sharing. Kathy On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Dede Holden <[email protected]> wrote: > Alan, > > Here's my electronic system, for what it's worth. Under My Documents, > I've set up a folder for each of the primary surnames I'm researching, > e.g., Darsey Family History, Holden Family History, etc. Within these > folders I store census images by date and other documents by surname > then first name, then type of document. At first I started storing by > MRIN#, using the file system suggested on the Legacy website, but I > found that it was not easy for me to find what I was looking for. > Since most of the images that I'm storing digitially are censuses, it > helps me to see by year exactly who I have census records for. Also, > I've found that many times, I have more than one family on a single > page of the census, since the family members tended to live close to > each other. It's easy to see if I already have a copy of the image. > The particular format I use for the census image is this - 1860 > Surname First name County State US Census. If the family is split > across two pages, I put p1 and p2 at the end of the file name. This > method insures that all the 1860 census images are stored together, > alphabetically by surname. This is just my system and it works for > me. > > If you ever anticipate publishing to a website, please heed what those > with website experience are telling you. I think the key is to find > the system that works best for you. I've learned that it is really > trial and error until you find what you're comfortable with. You are > wise to try to organize. It will save you lots of time in the long > run. > > Dede Holden > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Alan Jones <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 > > > > -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. 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