Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
After much trial and error, I have decided on a naming convention for my computer images and Legacy. I trialled various ways and thank everyone for their input. In the end though I decided on a format that suited the way my mind works. I realised that when I sorted through my muddle of photos looking for a particular one, I always look by surname first. I also like to use - instead of brackets or commas. I also decided that right now I will not use sub folders, although I think that when I have all my images renamed I might have 4 grandparent folders. I realise that it means scrolling through a lot of photos, but right now it works. So, I have ended up with: Surname - Christian Name(s) - Type - Date of Birth/Death/Christening - Place - Date of document. If necessary, I will copy the document and amend the description (as in the case of a census) The message I received from everyone was to find the way that works for me. And I think for now this is it. Thank you everyone for your input. June -- 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/
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
That is a GREAT question. And one I struggle with so I generally list them with my most recent genealogical interest 1st, then others, date of pic, place. I’d love to hear what others do. Example 1: Bennett 3, Wm Robt & Icephenia KENNEDY, 1 gparents Miles & Laura JORDAN & 2 parents Rich. & wf Luann GAUNNT [which is a tryptich, entered 3 times, each time with a different photo listed 1st] Example 2: Taylor, Tommy R & Hope WALDEN, Bob & Helen Walden, Lyn & Gary & Lee Murray abt 1968 MA [this one I feel badly about as I listed my father 1st even tho he is not on the left side of the picture] See? I’d love to know what others do. Jane in Phoenix From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of John Faulks Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2020 4:47 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents This is a great thread and it's timely for me . I have to tidy up a bit of a mess and have some thoughts coming together . Many of my older family photos are group shots and can have a couple of families all together . Linking one photo to many inside Legacy is one thing, but how might I name the photo? Thanks John Faulks Gmail account On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 8:39 PM Jane Linkswiler mailto:jcl...@cox.net> > wrote: Just one last comment. One reason I don’t have folders for different types of documents is that if I’m looking for locations, I go to the location list. Have fun, June, Jane in Phoenix From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of June Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2020 2:50 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents So many different ideas that all seem to work for the people concerned. I will be trialling them and possible making an adjustment to find one that suits me. The consensus seems to be, find the one that works for you! Thank you everyone for your thoughts and ideas. I didn’t know where to start but now I have several ideas. I will post what I come up with. June From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of Barry Godbeer Sent: Sunday, 10 May 2020 1:07 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents The use of RIN numbers in identifying images and documents may have a downside if you are in the habit of merging individuals together with their immediate families were two RINs become one. If you also have set your RIN numbering to use “Reuse abandoned RINs” (Option 4.4) this could lead to further complications in your image and document identification. Just a thought. Barry Godbeer -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com <mailto: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/
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
Thanks - Likely I'll use some other date/location construct but bunching the family names with a separator is nice way to go. John Faulks Gmail account On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 8:08 AM Sharon Bolte via LegacyUserGroup < legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> wrote: > I would use: > > Year-month-day_state-town_lastname_lastname_lastname > > I include the date and location if known. > Of course, you could just start with the last names separated by the > underscore (or a comma). Add whatever works with the way you > usually name them. > > > On Sunday, May 10, 2020, 6:47:52 AM CDT, John Faulks > wrote: > > > This is a great thread and it's timely for me . I have to tidy up a bit of > a mess and have some thoughts coming together . Many of my older family > photos are group shots and can have a couple of families all together . > Linking one photo to many inside Legacy is one thing, but how might I name > the photo? > > Thanks > > John Faulks > Gmail account > -- > > 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/
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
I would use: Year-month-day_state-town_lastname_lastname_lastname I include the date and location if known. Of course, you could just start with the last namesseparated by the underscore (or a comma). Add whatever works with the way you usually name them. On Sunday, May 10, 2020, 6:47:52 AM CDT, John Faulks wrote: This is a great thread and it's timely for me . I have to tidy up a bit of a mess and have some thoughts coming together . Many of my older family photos are group shots and can have a couple of families all together . Linking one photo to many inside Legacy is one thing, but how might I name the photo? Thanks John Faulks Gmail account -- 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/
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
This is a great thread and it's timely for me . I have to tidy up a bit of a mess and have some thoughts coming together . Many of my older family photos are group shots and can have a couple of families all together . Linking one photo to many inside Legacy is one thing, but how might I name the photo? Thanks John Faulks Gmail account On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 8:39 PM Jane Linkswiler wrote: > Just one last comment. One reason I don’t have folders for different types > of documents is that if I’m looking for locations, I go to the location > list. > > > > Have fun, June, > > > > Jane in Phoenix > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On > Behalf Of *June > *Sent:* Saturday, May 9, 2020 2:50 PM > *To:* 'Legacy User Group' > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents > > > > So many different ideas that all seem to work for the people concerned. I > will be trialling them and possible making an adjustment to find one that > suits me. > > > > The consensus seems to be, find the one that works for you! Thank you > everyone for your thoughts and ideas. I didn’t know where to start but now > I have several ideas. I will post what I come up with. > > > > June > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On > Behalf Of *Barry Godbeer > *Sent:* Sunday, 10 May 2020 1:07 AM > *To:* Legacy User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents > > > > The use of RIN numbers in identifying images and documents may have a > downside if you are in the habit of merging individuals together with their > immediate families were two RINs become one. If you also have set your RIN > numbering to use “Reuse abandoned RINs” (Option 4.4) this could lead to > further complications in your image and document identification. > > > > Just a thought. > > > > Barry Godbeer > > > > > -- > > 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/
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
Just one last comment. One reason I don’t have folders for different types of documents is that if I’m looking for locations, I go to the location list. Have fun, June, Jane in Phoenix From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of June Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2020 2:50 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents So many different ideas that all seem to work for the people concerned. I will be trialling them and possible making an adjustment to find one that suits me. The consensus seems to be, find the one that works for you! Thank you everyone for your thoughts and ideas. I didn’t know where to start but now I have several ideas. I will post what I come up with. June From: LegacyUserGroup mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> > On Behalf Of Barry Godbeer Sent: Sunday, 10 May 2020 1:07 AM To: Legacy User Group mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents The use of RIN numbers in identifying images and documents may have a downside if you are in the habit of merging individuals together with their immediate families were two RINs become one. If you also have set your RIN numbering to use “Reuse abandoned RINs” (Option 4.4) this could lead to further complications in your image and document identification. Just a thought. Barry Godbeer -- 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/
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
So many different ideas that all seem to work for the people concerned. I will be trialling them and possible making an adjustment to find one that suits me. The consensus seems to be, find the one that works for you! Thank you everyone for your thoughts and ideas. I didn’t know where to start but now I have several ideas. I will post what I come up with. June From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Barry Godbeer Sent: Sunday, 10 May 2020 1:07 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents The use of RIN numbers in identifying images and documents may have a downside if you are in the habit of merging individuals together with their immediate families were two RINs become one. If you also have set your RIN numbering to use “Reuse abandoned RINs” (Option 4.4) this could lead to further complications in your image and document identification. Just a thought. Barry Godbeer -- 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/
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
The use of RIN numbers in identifying images and documents may have a downside if you are in the habit of merging individuals together with their immediate families were two RINs become one. If you also have set your RIN numbering to use “Reuse abandoned RINs” (Option 4.4) this could lead to further complications in your image and document identification. Just a thought. Barry Godbeer From: Linda Greethurst Sent: May 9, 2020 9:08 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents What ever method you develop for your filing system: Keep It Simple, Sensible (KISS) Legacy already assigns everyone a RIN. I have 37 Ole Olsens in my lines. I know, I have the Norse naming system to deal with too; so I know them by their farm name but more importantly, I identify my files and pictures by the RIN too, For example: Ole Olsen Aukrust RIN348 Baptism. Legacy's Index tab is my quick reference to a person and a number. My thought process is since I have already transcribed and translated the document into Legacy, I really don't need to duplicate the info into the filing label. So my system just tells me where to go to see the detail of the document. Or am I overlooking something and making my filing too simplified? On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 11:42 PM Jane Linkswiler wrote: Far north Queensland. Wonderful. I've been in the areahmmm, 3 times so far. Love going to Australia. I hear what you are saying. Actually, if you are going with the 8 folder system, you will have your grandmother as a child in her father's name's folder but with her marriage, you will find her from that point in her husband's name's folder. Going further back with her parents will be increasing their folder size as far back as you choose to go. All branches will still be in that folder. If you see a list, it will be alpha. This is an example of one of my picture's file name: Walden, Irving Holbrook b cert 1871 Mar 31 MA, Worc Co, Milbury, cert copy It is in the Walden folder (my maternal gfather) but so are Hixons (my maternal ggmother) so you see. Actually, Irving was one of my gfather's nephews. Don't know if you've seen any transcriptions on Family Search. I like them for their clarity and, as I wish to have .jpgs, our old friend Microsoft Paint is terrific for putting text down and saving as .jpg. My, I do get wordy, Jane in Phoenix -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of June Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 8:18 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents Thanks Jane - I do like your idea of keeping the folders in the direct lines - so 8 grandparent's as you are doing. That makes it neat and easily searchable if the labelling has been done correctly and consistently. It will make it easy to know which folder to go to straight away rather than search through goodness knows how many birth certificates etc as I currently do. Another query though please. If we have Thomas Smith (grandfather) and he marries Susan Marston (grandmother) that is two folders for 2 grandparents. I could then open 2 more folders one for Susan Marston's father (my great grandfather) and one for Susan's mother (my great grandmother). I could then do a sub folder for Thomas Smith's father - keeping each generation of direct line Smith in a sub folder of my grandfather, I could also then create sub folders for her generation. I do see that this would lead me to have more folders/sub folder. and would appear, if I have read it correctly, to be different to what you are doing by keeping the 8 direct lines only. That's if I've understood you, apologies if not. I think I could label the images something like SmithThomas4xgfb1885BapCRotherham. But I need to work on the labelling. Some of the folders might only have 1 or 2 images in depending how far back they are. Let me know what you think and I will give it a trial with a few images and see how it looks and works. Many thanks for your suggestions and help. June in far North Queensland -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler Sent: Saturday, 9 May 2020 11:57 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents I, for one, still just have folders in the 8 grandparent's names. It is conceivable that that might change and if it does..can't do subfolder to the father, that would tell me to make subfolders for all children which will just get messy. For me. So far, I just like the name followed by a b date. Let me know what you decide and why, please. Jane in Phoenix -- 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
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
What ever method you develop for your filing system: Keep It Simple, Sensible (KISS) Legacy already assigns everyone a RIN. I have 37 Ole Olsens in my lines. I know, I have the Norse naming system to deal with too; so I know them by their farm name but more importantly, I identify my files and pictures by the RIN too, For example: Ole Olsen Aukrust RIN348 Baptism. Legacy's Index tab is my quick reference to a person and a number. My thought process is since I have already transcribed and translated the document into Legacy, I really don't need to duplicate the info into the filing label. So my system just tells me where to go to see the detail of the document. Or am I overlooking something and making my filing too simplified? On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 11:42 PM Jane Linkswiler wrote: > Far north Queensland. Wonderful. I've been in the areahmmm, 3 times so > far. Love going to Australia. > > I hear what you are saying. Actually, if you are going with the 8 folder > system, you will have your grandmother as a child in her father's name's > folder but with her marriage, you will find her from that point in her > husband's name's folder. Going further back with her parents will be > increasing their folder size as far back as you choose to go. All branches > will still be in that folder. If you see a list, it will be alpha. This is > an example of one of my picture's file name: > Walden, Irving Holbrook b cert 1871 Mar 31 MA, Worc Co, Milbury, cert copy > It is in the Walden folder (my maternal gfather) but so are Hixons (my > maternal ggmother) so you see. Actually, Irving was one of my gfather's > nephews. > Don't know if you've seen any transcriptions on Family Search. I like them > for their clarity and, as I wish to have .jpgs, our old friend Microsoft > Paint is terrific for putting text down and saving as .jpg. > > My, I do get wordy, > > Jane in Phoenix > > -Original Message- > From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf > Of > June > Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 8:18 PM > To: 'Legacy User Group' > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents > > Thanks Jane - I do like your idea of keeping the folders in the direct > lines > - so 8 grandparent's as you are doing. That makes it neat and easily > searchable if the labelling has been done correctly and consistently. It > will make it easy to know which folder to go to straight away rather than > search through goodness knows how many birth certificates etc as I > currently > do. > > Another query though please. If we have Thomas Smith (grandfather) and he > marries Susan Marston (grandmother) that is two folders for 2 grandparents. > I could then open 2 more folders one for Susan Marston's father (my great > grandfather) and one for Susan's mother (my great grandmother). > > I could then do a sub folder for Thomas Smith's father - keeping each > generation of direct line Smith in a sub folder of my grandfather, I could > also then create sub folders for her generation. I do see that this would > lead me to have more folders/sub folder. and would appear, if I have read > it > correctly, to be different to what you are doing by keeping the 8 direct > lines only. That's if I've understood you, apologies if not. > > I think I could label the images something like > SmithThomas4xgfb1885BapCRotherham. But I need to work on the labelling. > Some > of the folders might only have 1 or 2 images in depending how far back they > are. > > Let me know what you think and I will give it a trial with a few images and > see how it looks and works. > > Many thanks for your suggestions and help. > > June in far North Queensland > > -Original Message- > From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf > Of > Jane Linkswiler > Sent: Saturday, 9 May 2020 11:57 AM > To: 'Legacy User Group' > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents > > I, for one, still just have folders in the 8 grandparent's names. It is > conceivable that that might change and if it does..can't do subfolder > to > the father, that would tell me to make subfolders for all children which > will just get messy. For me. So far, I just like the name followed by a b > date. > > Let me know what you decide and why, please. > > Jane in Phoenix > > > > -- > > 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_l
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
One point to think about is what is the image or document are saving, since that will have an impact on the way that you name it. So, for census records I have a folder Census, below that I have COUNTRY YEAR, like England 1841 etc. Below those I have images identified by the town or village, page number (from the image) and the unique identity downloaded from Ancestry etc. That way I can quickly an entry by location and year, and can use the same image against multiple people. That only changes for the UK 1911 which are uniquely identifiable by the head of the family, plus the downloaded name. For BMD records, I usually list those under /BMD/UK/Birth etc/ and use the person, or persons, referred in the image, plus the downloaded name. Note that I always keep the original file name from the download, since this is generally unique and all that I need to do is prefix it to identify it. For locally copied images that is not an issue, but it would be best to keep these under control; so John Smith 1, John Smith 2 etc. Regards Chris -- Original Message -- From: "June" To: "Legacy User Group" Sent: 09/05/2020 11:01:18 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents A good point Jenny. Next week I am going to take a series of imagines from different generations, and using ideas from those who responded I will try each one and see what I think. Regards - June When you end up with 5,000+ people in your file you would end up with 5,000+ folder and all the duplication! I would definitely sort by type, not by individual. And to address a point made by someone else, duplicated names can be very confusing, and sometimes they are even born the same year. The RINs assigned by Legacy are unique for each individual so there can be no confusion. I also use the RIN as part of a UserID, which includes an indication of which Grandparent branch the person belongs to and which generation. Jenny -- -- 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/
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
On 09/05/2020 11:01, June wrote: Next week I am going to take a series of imagines from different generations, and using ideas from those who responded I will try each one and see what I think. Excellent idea! The very best method for naming and storing files is, of course, the one which works best for the user! -- 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/
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
A good point Jenny. Next week I am going to take a series of imagines from different generations, and using ideas from those who responded I will try each one and see what I think. Regards - June When you end up with 5,000+ people in your file you would end up with 5,000+ folder and all the duplication! I would definitely sort by type, not by individual. And to address a point made by someone else, duplicated names can be very confusing, and sometimes they are even born the same year. The RINs assigned by Legacy are unique for each individual so there can be no confusion. I also use the RIN as part of a UserID, which includes an indication of which Grandparent branch the person belongs to and which generation. Jenny -- -- 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/
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On 09/05/2020 01:41, June wrote: Looking at the replies I understand and can make sense of what is said. I now understand how to label each photo. Where I am getting muddled now is at what stage does someone have their own folder? When you end up with 5,000+ people in your file you would end up with 5,000+ folder and all the duplication! I would definitely sort by type, not by individual. And to address a point made by someone else, duplicated names can be very confusing, and sometimes they are even born the same year. The RINs assigned by Legacy are unique for each individual so there can be no confusion. I also use the RIN as part of a UserID, which includes an indication of which Grandparent branch the person belongs to and which generation. -- 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/
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Thanks Jane, will let you know how I go. I will trial a few ideas with a few images just to get an idea. Regards - June -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler Sent: Saturday, 9 May 2020 2:42 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents -- 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/
Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
Far north Queensland. Wonderful. I've been in the areahmmm, 3 times so far. Love going to Australia. I hear what you are saying. Actually, if you are going with the 8 folder system, you will have your grandmother as a child in her father's name's folder but with her marriage, you will find her from that point in her husband's name's folder. Going further back with her parents will be increasing their folder size as far back as you choose to go. All branches will still be in that folder. If you see a list, it will be alpha. This is an example of one of my picture's file name: Walden, Irving Holbrook b cert 1871 Mar 31 MA, Worc Co, Milbury, cert copy It is in the Walden folder (my maternal gfather) but so are Hixons (my maternal ggmother) so you see. Actually, Irving was one of my gfather's nephews. Don't know if you've seen any transcriptions on Family Search. I like them for their clarity and, as I wish to have .jpgs, our old friend Microsoft Paint is terrific for putting text down and saving as .jpg. My, I do get wordy, Jane in Phoenix -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of June Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 8:18 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents Thanks Jane - I do like your idea of keeping the folders in the direct lines - so 8 grandparent's as you are doing. That makes it neat and easily searchable if the labelling has been done correctly and consistently. It will make it easy to know which folder to go to straight away rather than search through goodness knows how many birth certificates etc as I currently do. Another query though please. If we have Thomas Smith (grandfather) and he marries Susan Marston (grandmother) that is two folders for 2 grandparents. I could then open 2 more folders one for Susan Marston's father (my great grandfather) and one for Susan's mother (my great grandmother). I could then do a sub folder for Thomas Smith's father - keeping each generation of direct line Smith in a sub folder of my grandfather, I could also then create sub folders for her generation. I do see that this would lead me to have more folders/sub folder. and would appear, if I have read it correctly, to be different to what you are doing by keeping the 8 direct lines only. That's if I've understood you, apologies if not. I think I could label the images something like SmithThomas4xgfb1885BapCRotherham. But I need to work on the labelling. Some of the folders might only have 1 or 2 images in depending how far back they are. Let me know what you think and I will give it a trial with a few images and see how it looks and works. Many thanks for your suggestions and help. June in far North Queensland -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler Sent: Saturday, 9 May 2020 11:57 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents I, for one, still just have folders in the 8 grandparent's names. It is conceivable that that might change and if it does..can't do subfolder to the father, that would tell me to make subfolders for all children which will just get messy. For me. So far, I just like the name followed by a b date. Let me know what you decide and why, please. Jane in Phoenix -- 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/
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Thanks Jane - I do like your idea of keeping the folders in the direct lines - so 8 grandparent's as you are doing. That makes it neat and easily searchable if the labelling has been done correctly and consistently. It will make it easy to know which folder to go to straight away rather than search through goodness knows how many birth certificates etc as I currently do. Another query though please. If we have Thomas Smith (grandfather) and he marries Susan Marston (grandmother) that is two folders for 2 grandparents. I could then open 2 more folders one for Susan Marston's father (my great grandfather) and one for Susan's mother (my great grandmother). I could then do a sub folder for Thomas Smith's father - keeping each generation of direct line Smith in a sub folder of my grandfather, I could also then create sub folders for her generation. I do see that this would lead me to have more folders/sub folder. and would appear, if I have read it correctly, to be different to what you are doing by keeping the 8 direct lines only. That's if I've understood you, apologies if not. I think I could label the images something like SmithThomas4xgfb1885BapCRotherham. But I need to work on the labelling. Some of the folders might only have 1 or 2 images in depending how far back they are. Let me know what you think and I will give it a trial with a few images and see how it looks and works. Many thanks for your suggestions and help. June in far North Queensland -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler Sent: Saturday, 9 May 2020 11:57 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents I, for one, still just have folders in the 8 grandparent's names. It is conceivable that that might change and if it does..can't do subfolder to the father, that would tell me to make subfolders for all children which will just get messy. For me. So far, I just like the name followed by a b date. Let me know what you decide and why, please. Jane in Phoenix -- 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/
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I, for one, still just have folders in the 8 grandparent's names. It is conceivable that that might change and if it does..can't do subfolder to the father, that would tell me to make subfolders for all children which will just get messy. For me. So far, I just like the name followed by a b date. Let me know what you decide and why, please. Jane in Phoenix -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of June Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 5:41 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents Looking at the replies I understand and can make sense of what is said. I now understand how to label each photo. Where I am getting muddled now is at what stage does someone have their own folder? For example - my great grandfather is Thomas Smith, so in his folder I would put his birth, marriage, census returns, birth certificates of children and other information. So, when my grandfather (also Thomas Smith) is born do I make another folder for him and duplicate census returns and any other information that has his name on and put it in his file. And then a separate file for his wife, with more duplicate information in? Thank you once again - June -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler Sent: Saturday, 9 May 2020 5:25 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents 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 -- 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/
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Looking at the replies I understand and can make sense of what is said. I now understand how to label each photo. Where I am getting muddled now is at what stage does someone have their own folder? For example - my great grandfather is Thomas Smith, so in his folder I would put his birth, marriage, census returns, birth certificates of children and other information. So, when my grandfather (also Thomas Smith) is born do I make another folder for him and duplicate census returns and any other information that has his name on and put it in his file. And then a separate file for his wife, with more duplicate information in? Thank you once again - June -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler Sent: Saturday, 9 May 2020 5:25 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents 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 -- 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/
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Thank you all. I am just setting up Legacy and trying to figure out what do I do with all these unorganized pictures and documents scattered all over my computer. So a great help seeing what is possible. Bonnie On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 2:40 PM June wrote: > Thank you everyone. I have some ideas now, just need to think which will > work best for me. > > > > Kind regards - June > > > -- > > 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/
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Thank you everyone. I have some ideas now, just need to think which will work best for me. Kind regards - June -- 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/
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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 On Behalf Of June Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 2:11 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' 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 On Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler Sent: Friday, 8 May 2020 2:52 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' 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/
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I use a slight variation of this system. https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2012/02/organizing-and-sharing-your-digital-images.html I have a PDF of this article, but don’t remember where I got it from. Happy to share with anyone who wants the PDF. The title of the PDF is: Describe Your Photos In Their Filenames John Zimmerman - November, 2018 This system saved me from the nightmare of multiple surname folders. It was all right when the name of the file had one of my four grandparents’ names, but go down further and who knows which folder to put the file in after men married in to my original surname families. I keep all my family history media in one folder. Using the system described above, it is also easy to search for any part of the file name. Jennifer From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of Linda Greethurst Sent: Friday, 8 May 2020 10:46 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents Set it up how your mind thinks. I look at a media and think: Who? and What? And that is how the following filing system developed. I have a separate folder on my C drive called Genealogical Images. ALL media goes into this folder. Then I have 4 subfolders named for each of my four main families (based on my and my husband’s grandfather's surnames-). Each family is subdivided into four basic topical folders: Cemeteries and Tombstones Documents Maps and Places People Photos Each Document folder is further subdivided into 11 life events: Bios and Articles Births and Baptisms Census Confirmation Deaths, Funerals and Obits Immigration and Citizenship Land Marriages and Anniversaries Military Signatures Wills and Probates Each media is labeled [surname], [given name], [ID #], [document type] with document type being obit; marr licence; 50th Anniv; land purchase; WWI Draft Reg; etc On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 5:22 AM June mailto:mai_l...@aapt.net.au> > wrote: 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/
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Set it up how your mind thinks. I look at a media and think: Who? and What? And that is how the following filing system developed. I have a separate folder on my C drive called *Genealogical Images. *ALL media goes into this folder. Then I have 4 subfolders named for each of my four main *families* (based on my and my husband’s grandfather's surnames-). Each family is subdivided into four basic *topical folders*: Cemeteries and Tombstones Documents Maps and Places People Photos Each Document folder is further subdivided into 11 *life events:* Bios and Articles Births and Baptisms Census Confirmation Deaths, Funerals and Obits Immigration and Citizenship Land Marriages and Anniversaries Military Signatures Wills and Probates Each media is labeled [surname], [given name], [ID #], [document type] with document type being obit; marr licence; 50th Anniv; land purchase; WWI Draft Reg; etc On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 5:22 AM June wrote: > 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/ > -- 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/
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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/
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On 08/05/2020 04:00, June wrote: If this question is not considered a specific Legacy question I apologise and am happy to receive message directly to my email. I keep all my images and documents relating to my family history in a file on my computer labelled 'Legacy'. When I then attach one of these images to a person or event, I name it as I named it when I put it in my Legacy folder. I have realised that I have kept no specific format when labelling these images and am wondering how others label them. Are they better named by category ie Marriage, Smith John 1837 etc or would it be better by name ie Smith John, Marriage 1837 I envisage it being a personal choice but wondered whether there is a preferred way. 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/
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 On Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler Sent: Friday, 8 May 2020 2:52 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' 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/
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Oh, should have mentioned, I make pics and single page docs .jpgs so that everything is easily visible without having to open another program. Jane in Phoenix -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of June Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 8:01 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents If this question is not considered a specific Legacy question I apologise and am happy to receive message directly to my email. I keep all my images and documents relating to my family history in a file on my computer labelled 'Legacy'. When I then attach one of these images to a person or event, I name it as I named it when I put it in my Legacy folder. I have realised that I have kept no specific format when labelling these images and am wondering how others label them. Are they better named by category ie Marriage, Smith John 1837 etc or would it be better by name ie Smith John, Marriage 1837 I envisage it being a personal choice but wondered whether there is a preferred way. Thank you. -- 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/
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. Have fun, Jane in Phoenix -Original Message- From: LegacyUserGroup On Behalf Of June Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 8:01 PM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: [LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents If this question is not considered a specific Legacy question I apologise and am happy to receive message directly to my email. I keep all my images and documents relating to my family history in a file on my computer labelled 'Legacy'. When I then attach one of these images to a person or event, I name it as I named it when I put it in my Legacy folder. I have realised that I have kept no specific format when labelling these images and am wondering how others label them. Are they better named by category ie Marriage, Smith John 1837 etc or would it be better by name ie Smith John, Marriage 1837 I envisage it being a personal choice but wondered whether there is a preferred way. Thank you. -- 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/
[LegacyUG] Naming Images and documents
If this question is not considered a specific Legacy question I apologise and am happy to receive message directly to my email. I keep all my images and documents relating to my family history in a file on my computer labelled 'Legacy'. When I then attach one of these images to a person or event, I name it as I named it when I put it in my Legacy folder. I have realised that I have kept no specific format when labelling these images and am wondering how others label them. Are they better named by category ie Marriage, Smith John 1837 etc or would it be better by name ie Smith John, Marriage 1837 I envisage it being a personal choice but wondered whether there is a preferred way. Thank you. -- 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/
