Hi David I have the census images listed in folders under each each census year. I save the images by the census reference number e.g.(for 1881) RG11-3300_Fo-30_Page-10 (that is just a made up reference) I don't think saving them under a place and name helps because there are times when different familes live under the same roof e.g. parent's and married daughter and her children so where will you find the married daughter? Victor On 24/11/2011 6:04 PM, David Banks wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi Victor Yes, I had a problem with one census sheet in the 1851, of the 20 lines there are 5 different named families and I am related to everyone on the page and the next 4 lines of the next page. The image(s) is filed under 1851/banks/...., this being the dominant family. But due to the ease of use of FH I only have to go to the Multimedia tab, find the image and there are listed all of the families on that page. If I am in the individual screen, again just hit the multimedia tab and there is the link to the image, again with all the families to view. Or double click on the media filename and I am taken to the multimedia tab on the records window, again all families listed. Easy peasy with FH 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 18:41 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Help re Media please Hi David I have the census images listed in folders under each each census year. I save the images by the census reference number e.g.(for 1881) RG11-3300_Fo-30_Page-10 (that is just a made up reference) I don't think saving them under a place and name helps because there are times when different familes live under the same roof e.g. parent's and married daughter and her children so where will you find the married daughter? Victor On 24/11/2011 6:04 PM, David Banks wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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