I use a variation of the surname approach within an upper folder called
"Genealogy"
I only have 2 surnames, one for each of my parents.
Within that folder I have folders for
Each Census Year
storing records for Families in form Paternal Surname,
Forename, Marriage date ccyymmdd Maternal surname, forename
storing records for individuals as surname, forename Year of
birth
Correspondence with subfolders for each contact
Images storing vital records using a similar system to census but also adding
Vital Event name beforethe date
Photographs for Family Pictures
Wills
Also as files within the main surname folder I store any relevant documents
e.g. Search Details, Checklist
Contained in the Upper Genealogy folder I have folders for
Information: Containing reference material
Legacy: Contains all my Legacy Databases
My Genealogy folder is placed on a drive away from the windows Operating system
as is all my other data - this aids backup
Alan
From: Sentz [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 15 March 2013 22:52
To: [email protected]
Subject: [LegacyUG] Organization of Photos, Scanned Documents and etc.
I am in the process of deciding how to best reorganize things, since I don't
have that many individual records yet and need to do some major clean up with
my source citations. Prior to getting Legacy, I set up 2 Genealogy folders with
sub folders by Surname and then Surname with the head of household under both
My Documents and My Photos in Windows 7. In my mind at the time I was thinking
that Pictures/Photos should be separate from images of documents, census
records, family documents, death records, birth records, etc. Using the
Surname organization seems to work along with the "filing cabinet" in my head
so that I could find things easily. How do some of you organize your photos
and scanned docs? Do you put them in the same "Picture" folders? Seems like
it would be more efficient, eventhough they may be a different type of media.
Geoff Rasmusen uses the Geographic filing system. I see the logic behind doing
this, but will likely stick with the Surname filing for now.
Cathy
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