My solution is to install a new drive (E). On this drive I have a folder called 'Genealogy' within which are folders 'FamilyDocuments', FamilyPictures', 'FamilySounds' and 'FamilyVideos'. Any other files relating to my research are also located on this drive.
Cheers Lester On 8 July 2011 09:13, Laird <[email protected]> wrote: > To anyone, > On thing to consider avoiding is to locate Legacy linked photos and > documents in > a Windows standard folder. Microsoft may change it at a later date as they > did > from Windows XP to Windows Vista. > Windows XP "My Documents" - "My Pictures" > In Windows Vista and Windows 7 the above folder names have changed to > "Documents" and "Pictures". > > What will Microsoft change the folder names to with the next release of > Windows???? > > I don't much like the recommended Legacy location within the Legacy program > folder, but it will work when Microsoft makes a change as above. Unless > they > drop the C:, D: convention for drives, perhaps a name of your choosing. > > Using Windows Vista I had my photos in this folder path: > Y:\Users\Laird\Documents\Family Tree\Multimedia\Photos. I needed to make a > copy > of my genealogy data for a cousin who only had a C: drive. So I changed > all my > Legacy photo links to > C:\FamilyTree\Multimedia\Photos\....................... > This is a big job if you have a large number of photo folders. I also had > a > small C: drive and a very large Y: drive on my PC so I didn't have room on > my C: > for all my photos etc. What I did was create a redirection junction point > on my > C: drive to point to the files on the Y: drive, sort of an alias. All the > photos etc. look just like they are on the C: drive even though they are > still > on my Y: drive. This is something that is supported by Windows Vista and > later > operating systems. > > Another thing to consider is the character length of the folder path, there > is > an upper limit of about 255(XP) or 260 (Vista) characters. You can reach > this > limit before you realize it, my Y: drive length as written above is 55 > characters even before you add sub-folders for surnames-locations etc. > > If I were starting from scratch I would use something like > C:\FamilyTree\Multimedia\Photos\ > > Sooner or later you will need to purchase a new PC and then this problem > may arise. > > Laird > > On 7/7/2011 12:01 PM, Syble Glasscock wrote: > > There's really not a right or wrong way, it's what works best for you. > When I started genealogy, I never thought I'd have 8,000+ people in my > files, many documents and photos, or having a family website was not in my > thoughts either, but I do have this now and there are certainly many things > to consider when naming a folder or file. > > > > For Legacy, I have one folder inside My Documents - titled : > Legacy_pics_docs; inside this folder, I have all documents, photos etc. that > are attached to my Legacy program, with a folders for documents, tombstones > and photo for each surname, i.e. Brown_pictures, Brown_tombstones. (within > the Brown_tombstone folder for example, if I have a lot of tombstone photos > for a particular cemetery, I have a folder for that cemetery), then I have a > Brown_documents folder, if you'll name your docs what they are first, i.e. > wwi_draft_brown_john or land records_brown John_1852, then they will be > easier to find. > > > > One thing I was told with a website, is to try to keep the file names > short, I don't know if that's true or not, but this was from a professional. > Also I've been advised to have all files the same as far as - or _ and > upper or lower case. This has been a hard habit to form, but I'm woking on > it. > > > > My main reason for setting up a "Legacy" file is that I know anything in > that file is a lower resolution and therefore ok for the web or to e-mail > someone, I keep the important originals in a higher resolution in: My > Documents>Genealogy_Brown_family> etc., by having Genealogy first all my > Genealogy family files will be listed together. My higher resolution photos > are in : My Pictures> I have very few documents outside the U.S., so > starting a file with the country would be out of the question for me. > > Good Luck, > > Syble > > > > 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 > > > 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). 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