Michele, To avoid future problems, especially if you ever create file names file and folder names should *only* use alpha-numeric characters plus underscore and hyphens. Punctuation marks should never be used and spaces are best avoided.
I believe that the choice of a system for folder and files names and contents is that which best suits the users and their types of images. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Organizing your picture folders I am not sure the best way to organize scans of documents. Right now I only have a few photos of people in my file. I have the file name simply as “PEOPLE” and I do the individual files like this.... Perry, John Judson 01 Perry, John Judson 02 Simmons, Silas 01 Perry, Docia Leora 01 I have not started scanning documents in yet. On one of the Webinars, Geoff shows that he has his file folders organized by place... First level country Second level state third level county fourth level town which matches the way he has his sources set up in the master source list. However, my master source list is set up by records type first, then location. For example... Cemetery Records – GA – Columbia Co – Ashley Family Cemetery Cemetery Records – GA – Columbia Co – Bellevue Memorial Gardens Cemetery Records – MS – Forrest Co – Simmons Family Cemetery Cemetery Records – TX – Tarrant Co – Smith Family Cemetery Census Records – MS – Hinds Co – 1850 Census Records – MS – Hinds Co – 1860 Census Records – MS – Pike Co – 1900 Census Records – MS – Pike Co - 1910 Death Records – LA – Caddo Parish – death certificates Death Records – MS – Lamar Co – death certificates Tax Records – MS – Marion Co – 1813 Tax List Tax Records – MS – Perry Co – 1820 Tax List etc etc etc I am thinking about setting up my folders for my documents using the same format. I want to set it up right the first time because whenever you change file names you have to go back and tell Legacy what you did with everything. Do you think this system will work okay? I am trying to think ahead when I have hundreds of files. michele 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
