Before we begin

I want to take a moment to discuss my digital filing method. 

When Legacy is installed it creates a folder called Media located in the Legacy Family Tree folder in Documents as seen here:

At this time I classify documents as Location-centric, Military-centric, or People-centric. So I created folders in the Legacy media folder that would use this convention. In this instance I have created folders for Location, Military, and People. 

 In the Location folder I have a folder for each nation I have documents from. Under each nation I will create a new folder for every state I have documents from. In each State folder I will have folders for every county, each county will have folders for each city that has generated documents.  

 At this time I don't think I will go deeper than this but in the future I may include folders for various document types, I.E. Death Certificates, Birth Certificates, Etc. And as indicated in the above image I name the actual artifact by the Person of Interest - Type of Artifact - Year artifact was documented or created. When I create the name for a document I record in my database I follow this same naming convention (mostly, but the variation makes sense to me.) Just to carry out the illustration, the Master Source Name I would use for the death certificate shown above would be Texas - El Paso County - El Paso City -Death Certificate- 1956 - Edward Leger LeRoy.

 As for the other folders, in the Military folder I have a folder for the Navy, I will add other branches as I find documents from those branches. In the People folder I have folders for each individual I am investigating. I will put pictures and other digital mementos that I find for them.  

So this is the cataloging/filing system I use. Comments and suggestions can be left below. And thanks again for stopping by.