Bob, Initially let me comment on the file name which you give at the end of your post: '6100 Marriage Records, XYZ County, TN' is not an acceptable file name as it contains commas. Commas are only used to define a path and to include them in a file name can only cause confusion. It is also helpful when posting to include the extension (.txt, .jpg, .pdf etc.) so that we know what sort of files we are taking about. PDFs, TXT for example are stored in the Files option and jpg. tiff and so on in pictures, there are other options for sound and video.
I will make the assumption that your 'Legacy --> Data --> Detail Sources' is in the Legacy default of C: i.e. C:\Legacy\Data\Detail Sources\ and not in somewhere like C:\My Documents\Legacy\.......... You only need to ensure the the folders which contain your files are in the same place in the path on your second PC as they are on the first. Provided that the are in C:\, as I stated, then they should automatically be found. If Legacy does not find the documents then use the 'browse for yourself' option to direct it to the folder in which you have stored it, then click on the missing file. The Repository in the Master Sources has nothing to do with the storage of pictures or documents, it is only a place where you record where you originally found the documents which you are using. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Robert Runion Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 12:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Digitized Files I knew this would be a chore to explain, but will make another try. I shouldn't have addressed the 'file carry' to another PC - it distracted from what information I need. I have 700+ digitized files in a folder under 'Legacy --> Data --> Detail Sources'. Most files are .pdf, but some are .jpg, .doc, .xls, etc., that I moved via a 32 GB flash drive. The files are in a folder named the same in PC #1 and PC #2. Can you explain how to take one digitized file in 'Detail Sources' (say it is named '6100 Marriage Records, XYZ County, TN') and add it to the Master Source, so that when I put a marriage event under Uncle Bob and Aunt Tess, I can access the digitized file from the event? Bob On Nov 8, 2010, at 4:56 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES wrote: > Remember, in Legacy the program does not save photos, etc., just addresses > of them already on a hard drive. So if you want the photo in multiple > places, the space used is only the address, not the photo, so adding to > multiple people/events/sources takes only the keystrokes/characters of the > address. Reading what you said, you did not add them to your 'home PC', to > a different one? If you carry the directories with all the photos to the > 'home PC', then when after placed on the drive, Legacy will go looking for > the photos, and when you assist by finding a photo in a subdirectory, it > will look in the same subdirectroy to find the companions. If 10 > subdirectories, should take 10 lookups. > Rich in LA CA > > > --- On Mon, 11/8/10, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Digitized Files >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 2:32 PM >> Bob, >> >> You say: >> >> I have scanned a lot of research files'/source documents >> into my PC - about >> 700 of them - and would like to add these files as a part >> of the Master >> Source. >> >> And later: >> >> I thought I had it figured out, but when I returned the >> file to my home PC, >> the work I had done was lost or at least I was unable to >> see the added >> digitized files. >> >> Are you saying that you entered them in one machine and >> then put the file >> into another. If so, what sort of file (extension) and how >> did you transfer >> them, where were they on the first machine and where are >> they now on the >> second? >> >> If this is not what you mean please explain. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: RUNION ROBERT >> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 10:22 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Digitized Files >> >> I have a problem and need some help that I am unable to >> find in the Legacy >> textbook or in the help files. I have scanned a lot >> of research >> files'/source documents into my PC - about 700 of them - >> and would like to >> add these files tas a part of the Master Source. If I >> can do that, then >> when adding the Master Source to a specific group of >> persons, the digitized >> file can be seen if one wants review the document. My >> concern is that in >> adding the digitized file to a Master Source, how do you >> add it - as a >> 'Picture' or 'Repository' (not sure about this part) or >> other? Also, when >> setting up the 'Location' for these files, how do you >> arrange this? I've >> been working around this for two weeks and still can't >> figure it out. I >> thought I had it figured out, but when I returned the file >> to my home PC, >> the work I had done was lost or at least I was unable to >> see the added >> digitized files. >> >> I know this request is vague, so perhaps someone who is >> adding his/her >> digitized files to a source could give me a step-by-step >> procedure of how >> you do this, or point me to a legacy site that discusses >> it. >> >> Bob >> 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
