> I have reached the point where I have a lot of the documentation > files to support my research. Each time I find information in a > book, or an online source, I have been saving that information as an > efile, most are in the PDF format. For books each file contain the > title page, the page with the publication information, and each page > that has information of interest. Where I have found interesting > information on a webpage I have just printed the page to a PDF > document. On top of all of these files are the pictures of > gravestones, ancestral homes, etc. When I get hardcopy information, > I scan it and store it with the electronically obtained information. > > I started out creating family subdirectories, and storing the > different kinds of files in their own subdirectories. ie. Barlet/ > census data; Barlet/documents; etc. > > I use Family Tree maker to collect my genealogical information and > have no problem in getting from an person's death to the > documentation supporting the data for the death. > > However in going the other way, everything is dependent on me > remembering that file XYZ contains information on GreatX fathers > draft records. > > How do others working in genealogy organize all of this supporting > documentation? > > I have thought about a something like dBase or Access but want > something that is software independent? > >Keith nuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> I name the various files with what they contain: GuyRichard<lastname>-WWI-draft-card.jpg Mary<lastname>-fingerprint-card.jpg 1257WhiteStreet-deed-1958.jpg This does assume that you can place people and places by name - easier on my side than on my wife's side, where there are 4 consecutive generations of ancestors named "Robert <lastname>". John news@picaxe.us