I have switched from multiple folders for pictures to a single folder. Then name my photos and documents with "surname - year of birth - given names - event qualifier". Example for a photo of John Q. Public b1776 on vacation in 1801, "Public1776JohnQ-Vacation1801.jpg". FOv10, on XP. -----Original Message----- From: E.Rodier [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 7:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FO] pictures in one folder? ...snip snip ... A system of organizing family pictures must be able to expand to "all available" pictures and scanned source documents. One individual has a "biography" file with ten scrapbooks divided by time periods and matching stories for each set of approx. 50 pictures. Many older pictures were scanned in 1996 and saved with long file names. -- Elizabeth ...snip...