I put ALL birth certs, newspaper birth announcements, etc. in one huge folder. Likewise with death certs, marriages, etc. I know some of you will gasp...just like my genealogy buddy does. LOL But I know EXACTLY where to look instantly. Everything is named in alphabetical order and then date order. I consider it as if it were a repository at a library. Legacy does the work of pulling the files from the repository.
Why make life difficult trying to decide where a file goes when Legacy does it for you? Sally Miller Hindley In a message dated 2/25/2012 7:48:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I've started storing scanned or downloaded images etc. in folders named MRIN His name and Her name. I get a lot of folders, but it seems consistent with the recommendation for paper filing given by Legacy. For those who use a similar system, either electronic or paper-based, how do you handle people who don't have marriages? I've been putting children's birth information in their parent's folder and then creating a folder for the child when they marry. If a child leaves home and appears on the census, for example, still unmarried and not with their parents, I put that data in the parent's folder, with a name which suggests the child. E.g. "1881 Census (M0123).jpg" for the main family's census image, but "1881 Census - Mary Ann (I02345).jpg" for the child's individual entry. My problem is what to do when the child marries. Should I move the child's information into the new MRIN folder, even though a lot of the info doesn't relate to that marriage? Should I have Individual folders "RIN Individual Name" for stuff specific to that child? That wuld mean a huge number of folders. What about second marriages, or what about a previous marriage being discovered? There must be an obvious, recommended way to handle this. Any advice would be appreciated. thanks Tony 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
