I have a LOT of pix and negatives, most with no labels/dates, that I want to begin to put into archival picture and negative sleeves. I am thinking of having a separate CLOOZ file just for photographs. Before I start this mammoth task I need help in deciding how to number my pix. I could use the same number for picture & negative by perhaps putting an "n" in front of the negative number. What I like most about CLOOZ for my documents is that I have several categories (i.e. VRs 0001, obit 0001, doc 0001, etc.) and can then just add the document as I pick it up without worrying about the date and then link the relevant people. I don't have access to CLOOZ as I write this and am not certain (1) how long an ID I can have for photos, (2) whether the date field can be partial or estimated with a c in front of it, and (3) what kind of reports I can do. I probably have several thousands of pictures (including slides), and I'm not certain how well it will work if I simply start photo 0001, neg 0001, or slide 0001. (And maybe I should use 4 zeros instead?) I want to put each pix into an archival sleeve and then add the ID to the outside of the sleeve. I'd be very interested in hearing if any of you use CLOOZ for photos and what you use for a numbering systerm? Lillian Cain

Lillian, So far, I've named our photos by surname or subject: For instance, I've got Blue 0001, Blue 0002, etc. for Blue Family photos, and Tomb 001, Tomb 002, etc. for Tombstone photos (if I had to do that again, I might place these under surnames as well). The photo detail screen has check boxes to indicate whether you have original, copy, negative, and/or digital version - so not sure it is necessary to keep negatives separate. In Liz's tape, she just names them Photo 0001, Photo 0002, etc Her point is keep it as simple as possible but it's really up to you. Not absolutely sure but last time I checked, you could have partial date but no way to put estimated or circa - you can put a comment in the remarks session indicating that. But give it a try - Clooz will let you know if it doesn't like it. Hope this helps, Mike Dickson [email protected] wrote: > I have a LOT of pix and negatives, most with no labels/dates, that I want to > begin to put into archival picture and negative sleeves. I am thinking of > having a separate CLOOZ file just for photographs. Before I start this > mammoth task I need help in deciding how to number my pix. I could use the > same number for picture & negative by perhaps putting an "n" in front of the > negative number. What I like most about CLOOZ for my documents is that I > have several categories (i.e. VRs 0001, obit 0001, doc 0001, etc.) and can > then just add the document as I pick it up without worrying about the date > and then link the relevant people. I don't have access to CLOOZ as I write > this and am not certain (1) how long an ID I can have for photos, (2) whether > the date field can be partial or estimated with a c in front of it, and (3) > what kind of reports I can do. > > I probably have several thousands of pictures (including slides), and I'm > not certain how well it will work if I simply start photo 0001, neg 0001, or > slide 0001. (And maybe I should use 4 zeros instead?) > > I want to put each pix into an archival sleeve and then add the ID to the > outside of the sleeve. > > I'd be very interested in hearing if any of you use CLOOZ for photos and > what you use for a numbering systerm? > > Lillian Cain > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!