That is an impressive system. Mine just kind of grew and I've been trying to name the files so I can find them but I think I may do something like that Mark -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington [mailto:ovington.one@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 12:56 PM To: roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] file organizing Hi Gale Its largely down to personal preference, although there are good ways and bad ways I keep a folder per surname, each subdivided by category, BMD, census, photographs, residences, ephemera, newspapers etc etc Sometimes they cross boundaries of sub folder, so I copy to each one Whatever I have on each person I file under the sub folder for that surname, sometimes to more than one surname if it crosses a family boundary I tend to be able to find most things with relative ease that way Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 20-Aug-17 8:42 PM, GALE GORMAN wrote: > I’m not concerned about the genealogy software and how it handles people. > > What does concern me is finding people in my filesystem along with whatever documentation I may have on them. > > Gale > > > On Aug 20, 2017, at 2:22 PM, Curtis <anglers@bullshoals.net> wrote: > > Gale,