Lisa, But now I've come full circle (which should surely mean I have found an answer?) - because I started this whole thing based on a comment on this list that file names should not contain spaces--!
So, in reality, I will need to rename my files to remove spaces, so that's why I'm researching file naming conventions. Only a handful of my files are sans spaces right now. Let the re-linking begin! haha --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams ________________________________ From: Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, August 31, 2011 4:24:04 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Name Filing System Lisa, Ah, you see my dilemma. I have 280 files in the Pictures directory, and I think most of them are linked to individuals or to sources. And *now* I'm re-thinking my organization and naming strategies. I really do not want to re-link everything just to change to a completely consistent naming strategy, so I am now pondering the existing strategies to see what to use moving forward... leave the rest of it as is unless it's really outrageous. My situation comes from only working on my hobby intensely a few weeks at a time, usually only once or twice a year. I hope to get more regular about it, and I'm hoping being more organized will help with the "pick it up/put it down" issue. I am likely to have multiple hard copies of a census page, one for each family listed there, but only one on the computer / linked into Legacy. Thanks. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams ________________________________ From: Lisa Gorrell <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, August 31, 2011 3:58:43 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Source Name Filing System Paula, I use surname file folders. When I file the census based on head of household for that family. If there are two family members on the page, I make a copy to put into that family's folder. The reason I do this, is so I can "see" everything that I have on that family. I only keep the file/hard copy in the folders, and do not link them to the software. I haven't completely decided on my file organization and do not want to re-link if I decide to move a file to another folder. Lisa Gorrell 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
