Katy, you bring up a good question and a good point ... one that ties this all back to the Legacy list and why I want to get the names source names right before I do much with Legacy and attaching images.
I have started using "_" underscore for spaces i.e. between first and last name and middle name. and a dash between fields. Not sure why but it seams right. Doe_John_B-Obituary.pdf. I am still working out how and where to put the word Obituary and if i want to include the RIN and how. Your 2nd question about if you attach an image to Legacy then reorginize the file structure or names is a key Legacy question and one reason I have NOT attached any source files to Legacy except for testing. If you move an image Legacy can't find it and will just complain. If Legacy had a feature to move or at Least let you rename a file that Legacy was linked to and you did the move/rename inside Legacy then you would not have your links messed up. Nice feature but I am sure it is not on the top of the Legacy Developer's list of features to even consider. For those wondering for a naming standard I am leaning to a variation of something Jenny M Benson was doing. Off line she offered to send me more details and filing structure once she had it all together. I am sure she would be happy to off list forward to others as interested. Even on list if others would not complain. Alan ** On 7/24/2010 11:18 PM, Kathy Meyer wrote: > One question though, I've noticed many people name their files using a > dash "-" to separate fields. Is there a reason that you use that as > opposed to say a period "." or underline "_" or just a space? I hope > no one complains about this thread because I am really learning an > awful lot here. > > Another related question: If I attach an image to my Legacy file > (using this filing system or any other) and then later get organized > and change how I file my images/documents on my hard drive, won't that > confuse Legacy? Because won't it go to the original place on the HD > that I attached it from? Or is that image now permanently stored in > the Legacy multi media back up as a separate, copied file? > > Thanks, Kathy > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Rick Merrill<[email protected]> wrote: >> After reading how all ya'll store you images I think I must the only one >> doing it my way. Let me explain. >> >> I first started filing them by MRIN, but that only lasted a couple of weeks >> because it was hard to find the families images that I was looking for. I >> always had to referance back to Legacy. >> >> First off I made a folder on C drive becasue if you put the images under My >> Documents and later change operating systems the location of My Documents >> keeps changing. Next I make a folder for each letter of the alphabet: A, B, >> C ect. Then as I have census images for SSDI for Marriage Certificates I >> make a folder for the family. >> >> The format is:LastName, FirstName MiddleName& WifeName MadainName. >> >> I always put the couples full names, I figure there may be serveral George >> Mozingo's. But there is probably only one George Jackson Mozingo who >> married a Catherine Cox. But if I ever to come across a second couple with >> exatly the same full names then the second one I find will have a 2 or some >> thing after the name. >> For example: >> >> C:/Genealogy Records/A >> /B >> /C >> >> /M/Mozingo_Andrey-Jackson-&-Angnes-Mae-Smith >> /M/Mozingo_George-Jackson-&-Catherine-Cox >> >> /Mozingo_George-Washington-&-Annie-Dunnam >> >> Then in each folder I lable the images in like manner: >> >> Mozingo_George-Jackson-&-Catherine-Cox-census-1880 >> Mozingo_George-Jackson-&-Catherine-Cox-census-1900 >> Mozingo_George-Jackson-&-Catherine-Cox-census-1920 >> Mozingo_George-Jackson-&-Catherine-Cox-marriage-certificate >> Mozingo_George-Jackson-SSDI >> Mozingo_Catherine-Cox-SSDI >> >> By doing it this way I can go straight to the family I want and see what I >> have on the family and see what I might be missing, such as the 1910 census >> for George and Catherine Mozingo. >> >> Rick Merrill >> >> >> >> >> 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
