I do understand and that's why I put my 2 cents in. Had to go look at my pics to be sure what I do. Yes, I do have many Thomas Taylors (including 4 with middle name Russell) and John Linkswilers so right after their name, hopefully with a middle initial, I put a birth year [b 1862] or death year [d 1952]. On all I put name, birth year or not, type and year of doc then place. I also discovered that my system has been evolving over the years and that I need to go back thru my pics and bring the file names up to my current method. So, thanks for that.
I'll be interested to hear what you finally decide to do. Jane in Phoenix -----Original Message----- From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> On Behalf Of June Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 2:11 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents Thank you everyone who replied. My images and documents are in C:Pictures/Legacy which is very similar to what you have Jane. And I do like the way you identify them. Can I ask do you indicate what it is ie marriage, birth or is this assumed because of the other information. For example, I have a lot of male Smiths named Thomas and a fair bit of information on each one so knowing what it is I am looking for might help. I realise I can choose what to add but it is helpful to have ideas from others who are already using a certain method. Thank you - June -----Original Message----- From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> On Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler Sent: Friday, 8 May 2020 2:52 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents I know you will have a bunch of different ways to consider. Here's mine: I keep all my images and documents in, for instance, C:pictures/Legacy pictures in/Sadler [one of my 8 grandparents including my husband's]. I file them last name first, first name and initial, if there's a maiden name, it is capitalized, date, location. The only extra folder I have is cemeteries because I just had to have at least 1 picture of each one which I file by State, County, City, name of Cemetery. I've always been quite satisfied with this method and never had a problem. Oh, and I've been using a computer for genealogy since 1986 and loving it. -- 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/ -- 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/
