Laraine Jane suggests creating a folder in Windows (assuming you have Windows) This is what I have done. One thing you must bear in mind that you need to locate the media. It is fine if you only have a few but as things develop with many more items added to the media you will find it hard to locate them. For this reason I have created a large number of files. These files are headed by surname (for family names), Certificates (with sub files for birth, marriage and deaths, church photos, cemetery headstones the list goes on. When you are adding a media to FH just copy from the appropriate folder. Having the folders set up like I have done makes it easier to locate what you are looking for. Victor On 24/11/2011 8:38 AM, Jane Taubman wrote: > On 24 November 2011 08:34, Laraine Hake<laraine10@btinternet.com> wrote: >> OK - I have accessed Tools>Work with External files ...............as you >> suggest. The folder in question has a X through it.................where >> can I find out more on how to solve it please? > If the folder is in the media folder eg it shows as > /media/foldername > > Then probably the simplest way is to use Windows to create the folder > inside the media folder and copy the missing pictures into the folder, > alternately make a better named folder in the media folder and copy > the missing pictures in and then use the remap tool to select the new > folder to replace the deleted one. > > > >

Hi Just picking up on Victor's comments I have my census images filed in folders under the major names in my database i.e. banks/1841, banks/1851 etc., cottington/1841, cottington/1851 etc. This makes filing and finding them extremely easy. But I also are very careful how I name the image files. I always start with the year, followed by the surname/first name, followed by the birth date (if known) and then by something else which I may find useful i.e. "1841 Banks Albert 1803 in Seaford". This also means that if a file gets misplaced in the wrong year/name folder it sticks out like a sore thumb. In addition, if you have windows, you can ask it to do an 'all folder search' say for "* Banks Albert *" and get a list of all Albert Bank's images for all censuses. David -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Victor Markham Sent: 24 November 2011 10:39 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Help re Media please Laraine Jane suggests creating a folder in Windows (assuming you have Windows) This is what I have done. One thing you must bear in mind that you need to locate the media. It is fine if you only have a few but as things develop with many more items added to the media you will find it hard to locate them. For this reason I have created a large number of files. These files are headed by surname (for family names), Certificates (with sub files for birth, marriage and deaths, church photos, cemetery headstones the list goes on. When you are adding a media to FH just copy from the appropriate folder. Having the folders set up like I have done makes it easier to locate what you are looking for. Victor On 24/11/2011 8:38 AM, Jane Taubman wrote: > On 24 November 2011 08:34, Laraine Hake<laraine10@btinternet.com> wrote: >> OK - I have accessed Tools>Work with External files ...............as you >> suggest. The folder in question has a X through it.................where >> can I find out more on how to solve it please? > If the folder is in the media folder eg it shows as > /media/foldername > > Then probably the simplest way is to use Windows to create the folder > inside the media folder and copy the missing pictures into the folder, > alternately make a better named folder in the media folder and copy > the missing pictures in and then use the remap tool to select the new > folder to replace the deleted one. > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message