Thanks Jenny I am like you with many years research and I don't know have many files, and because I have not used a standardised labelling of them although they are in one folder, I often miss them whilst looking for them and so can end up with several copies of the same item all labelled similar. When I label them, I think I will find them again but it doesn't work. So, its time to bite the bullet and make sense of them.
I will think about different folders as on one level it does makes sense. Thank you My preferred way is as follows. I have a data drive on my computer - the OS is on a different drive. On the data drive I have a folder for all genealogy and in that folder there are numerous sub-folders for every type of document/image - Baptism registers, Army enlistment documents, Seamen's Certificates, etc. May of these folder also have sub-folders within them, so Certificates has sub-folders for Birth, Marriage and Death. When it comes to naming of document files and images, I generally use a code, followed by the person's surname and forename and their RIN. Eg: MC - Bloggs, Joe 1234 or Bap - Adams, Fanny 521. Census records - separate folder for each country/year - I name with the official reference. After 20 years' researching I haven't a clue how many thousands of files I have, but it is important to keep the filenames unique and easily recognizable. -- Jenny M Benson - http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/ Wrexham, UK -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/
