Re: [PAF] Multimedia files organization

[Dave Hinz <dhinz@execpc.com>]

> "Thomas B. Lerman" wrote:
> 
> I am about to start scanning in things that I am just starting to get.
> Before doing so, I would like to get experienced opinions on how to
> organize the images.

Hi, Thomas & List.

What I've started to do, after struggling doing it by surnames
as you mentioned, is to tag the item by the RIN or the MRIN of
the (person or marriage).  This covers individuals, as they all
have an RIN in my database, it covers wedding photos as that's
the MRIN, it covers single-family photos (mom, dad, & kids),
as I put that under the MRIN of the parents.

This system doesn't work when you have a picture of several families
together, so I have a few called "Hinz gathering", "Christiansen
gathering",
etc.  Or, "Hinz/Kobs gathering".

I've found it to be reasonably succesful, but would also welcome
reading about others' ways of doing this.  There doesn't seem to be
any one way to do it which is "best", so it always helps to pick and
choose.

Dave Hinz
http://www.davehinz.com/genealogy/
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