Legacy doesn't really care how you set up your files but if it's organized well and then you lose your hard drive or switch to another computer, if your multimedia files are stored in the same way, it's much easier for you to re-link your photos/files. Legacy stores the links to your images, not the actual image copies. Everyone stores their files in a different way; I would personally never store mine the way Geoff does because I would never find a thing that way. Mine are stored by surname. But that's outside of Legacy program functions that we are allowed to discuss in this group so you won't get a bunch of responses here. You might search the archives because I'll bet there has been a mention of types of file organization here and there. There is a webinar (free) that's coming up about organization that you may want to sign up for. Even if you can't make the actual webinar, sign up for it so you'll get notifications and then you can view it in the archives afterwards. The webinars are AWESOME aren't they? This is a good example of how a webinar on Legacy functions overlaps into all sorts of great information that we can use in our research, including learning about Geoff's filing system :-) PS: If I did use Geoff's method, I would definitely make subcategories as you mentioned if there were more than a certain number of occurrances; for me that might be 5. i.e., if I had 5 or more people in the same cemetery, I'd break it down further. You have to decide for yourself what makes sense to you and how you think others that you had it down to will make sense of it.
Kathy On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 1:45 PM, R&C Sentz <[email protected]> wrote: > I am in the process of reorganizing the images and linking them to > individuals. As Geoff Rasmussen suggested, I have set up country folders > with subfolders for the states and then the counties related to place of > origin for various photos or docs. > > Should further folders be set up for city, town, cemeteries etc. where > there are a lot of images for the county? > > > __________________________________ > Sent from eM Client | www.emclient.com/get > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<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<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog > (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com<http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/> > ). > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > -- Kathy Meyer Technology is both blessing and curse, depending on what it's doing for you (or to you) on any particular day. 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
