Tony, thanks for the rundown on how you handle this. Coincidentally (due to the MRIN topic) I have been thinking more about how to use it and this is helpful. I also have a Genealogy Directory. My Legacy directory is a subdirectory of that. Organizing the media files by MRIN seems a good possibility. I don't mind a lot of folders but don't want to go to deeply into too many subdirectories of subdirectories, etc because I think that's where errors/troubles can start in Windows (at least from what I've read. Your way seems to avoid that.
Since MRIN refers to marriages, do you handle the RIN of unmarried people the same way? I do have more general folders for the family directly under Genealogy; including correspondence, history of places, etc. Files that will be useful when I am bringing my Legacy database up to date, but that won't be used as media files. The one thing you do that I'm not sure of is to put the marriages (and media) directly under "Genealogy." Since I am working on two intertwined branches right now (lots of intermarriages) I have a directory of that line under Genealogy/Legacy for the media for that combined line, actually my maternal Grandmother's line. If I'm understanding you correctly, that would not be a problem either, would it? Putting the media files under marriages and unmarried individuals (under the Legacy directory) would be an easier way to find them when I start to attach them to my database. >________________________________ > From: Tony Rolfe <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:39 AM >Subject: Legacy Pictures/multimedia Storage: was Re: [LegacyUG] What is the >best way to do this? > >My C:\ drive is a comparatively small solid state disk. I have two >other disks, D:\ and E:\ > >On the C:\ drive I have the OS, plus (among other stuff) C:\Legacy. >Into this, I put the absolute minimum I can get away with, but I do use >C:\Legacy\Backup for my database backups. C:\Legacy does not contain >ANY of my data. > >On my D:\ drive, I have a D:\Genealogy folder which contains all my >genealogy data. I have a D:\Genealogy\Data folder which contains my >main database, plus anything else which comes under the generic "data" >heading - downloaded Gedcoms, other FDB files etc. - but does not >contain any images, videos or other multimedia. > >I have replicated the Legacy multimedia structure under D:\Genealogy and >have added a folder D:\Genealogy\Marriages. This contains all >multimedia files relating specifically to people, organised by MRIN, so >I have a lot of folders named > >D:\Genealogy\Marriages\Mxxxx Hisname and hername > >M0123 Joe Robert Bloggs and Mary Anne Smith > >Anything which doesn't belong to a specific person or couple or family >goes under the D:\Genealogy multimedia structure. > >I can foresee no problems with this. I cannot imagine ever having a >computer with just one disk but if I do, I'll simply move the >D:\Genealogy to C:\Genealogy and use LTools to rename the D: bit to C: > >I did this once to separate all the MRIN folders out of Data\ to the, >then new, Marriages\ and it took LTools all of 10 seconds to change >Genealogy\Data to Genealogy\Marriages > >If you have multiple hard drives, I recommend splitting your data away >from your programs. Make sure that you back up your data onto a >different drive from the original. > >I just hope that, one day, the developers will see fit to make Legacy >just like every other Windows program and stick it in Program Files >where it belongs - but I'm not holding my breath. > >Cheers > >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 > > > > > 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
