Thank you! And I thought I was organized, I like this. Judith
From: William Boswell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 9:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Migrating Pictures etc from 7.5 Folder to 8 Media Folder The way I do it set up customized folders. A main folder for just photos of people and cemeteries. The second one is just for source images. The people photos folder has subfolders according to surnames; cemeteries by the name of the cemetery and surnames for those I have photos of graves. For source images, I have subfolders by category: census, obituaries, letters, certificates (birth, marriage, death), etc. I also have a category for text items and PDF files. If you set this up first and get it organized, it will be easier to find your images. The only thing is you may have to relink everything or get Legacy to do it for you. I've been using the same setup for years when I was using other software and they were all pointed to these folders. Lumping everything together in one folder is a terrible idea because when you start getting into hundreds of images, it's a very slow process trying to find anything. I always select to leave my images where they are and not copy them. I haven't found a way to make this a permanent selection within Legacy 8 or I overlooked it. Bill Boswell 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
