I use one folder per each Family tree. Each file is by a person’s name, “LastMiddleFirst” then their birth –death years, then what the image is of (Birth, Marriage, Death certificate, census and etc.).
The females are listed by their Maiden name. The marriages will include the surname of the spouse after the birth-death years. This way each marriage can follow the same method and I can find which spouse that I need. This way my media is “linked” to the person that it is all about. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == From: Jay Wilpolt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 8:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Fwd: Media & Documents Agreed, too many folders gets cumbersome Why not one folder under Locations named /USAIllinoisCookChicago/ ?? I only have a few folders and everything gets put into the respective folder with the filename of surname_name with over 60,000 items there are only a few folders census (under census is one folder for each main census year 1850census, 1860census, 1870census, etc) documents Headstones (under headstones are folders by cemetery HighlandMemorialCemeteryAppletonWisconsin, StMarysCemeteryAppletonWisonsin, etc ) Histories Maps Military Newspapers Obituaries Photos (under photos are 4 folders - portraits, couples, families and other) prayercards Recordings Video But the best way is whichever way works best FOR YOU! Jay 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
