[Gramps-users] How to organize source data?

[tomyjon <af...@gm...>]

I used GEDCOM from PAF to load gramps and now have the chore of entering
LOTS of new/unused source data. Many of the sources have pdf or jpg images
and I plan for those to go to the gallery. 

My question is how to best organize this LOTS of stuff, keep track of it, so
I can use it for furthering my research.  Here is what I'm thinking of
doing. Is there a better way?  What am I missing?  How are you organizing
your source data?

Set up the Gallery directories in group and subdivided into years. Scan my
sources and place them into gallery.
/
/Baptism/YYYY/   etc
/Birth/YYYY/      etc
/Death
/Census
etc

Using the media file naming convention of the following.

Surname-FirstName-MiddleName-YYYYMMDD.xxx
sample
Smith-Tom-Edward-18870221.pdf/jpg <= assigned
smith-tom-edward-18870221.pdf/jpg <= NOT assigned

When entering the source, use the convention of Source title =  description
title-Surname-YYYY
 
Use shortened descrition title = BAP  for baptism christeing
DOD  for date of death
DOB  for date of birth
etc

sample source title
dob smith jane 1942

So when I create a source listing/report, I can see where and what I have,
and make the assignment easy to do for an individual event.  Having hundreds
of sources in the source view is a bit daunting to weed through. A naming
convention would allow easy filtering to see thru the forest and find some
trees.

Thanks

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