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From: "Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CGRS, CGL" <>
Subject: Re: [Clooz] Filenames for Documents
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:27:23 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <NFBBLJALCLBIJHKKLEEEAEFECCAA.kayk@capu.net>


At 03:01 PM 2/10/2002 -0500, Kay Keating wrote:
>I'm trying to keep this system as simple (idiot proof) as possible. I don't
>want stuff scattered all over the harddrive, so I'm keeping everything
>related to Clooz under the Clooz directory. Normally I only have programs
>on the C:\ drive and I keep my data on the D:\ drive which makes data easier
>to backup, but since we must keep the database under Clooz, I thought I'd
>keep everything in the same place.

Why must you keep the database under Clooz? You can put the database
wherever you want. I have my databases in subdirectories with the name that
I've named the database. For instance, I have a directory called Kelley,
and all of my Clooz and genealogy and research stuff for that name goes in
that directory. For me, that includes all people and ancestors on my
father's side of the family. There's nothing anywhere that says you have to
keep your database in the Clooz folder.

>I only have one Clooz database named "Pfalz", but under the " C:\Program
>Files\Clooz " I have a sub-directory " C:\Program Files\Clooz\Notebooks"
>for my digital records files. Under Notebooks I have individual
>sub-directories for Births, Deaths, Marriages, Wills, etc. The path to
>these files is used in the space provided for "Digital File" in the document
>template. Click on this path and the photo of the record pops up. So far,
>it is working quite good. Typing the correct path into the blank is tricky
>... it is easy to make a mistake when there are a lot of numbers involved
>and then the photo won't popup. It took me awhile before I figured out the
>problem.
>
>C:\Program Files\Clooz
>C:\Program Files\Clooz\Notebooks
>C:\Program Files\Clooz\Notebooks\Births
>C:\Program Files\Clooz\Notebooks\Births\B0001-582-0351996

Why not just name the digital document the same as you've named it in
Clooz? That's how I have my photos stored. That way I don't have to do any
thinking or calculating, the name in Clooz is the name of the digital file.
It's much easier (in my mind).


Liz Kelley Kerstens, CGRS, CGL
Ancestor Detective, LLC
http://www.ancestordetective.com
Creator of Clooz, http://www.clooz.com
Editor of Genealogical Computing, http://www.ancestry.com


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