Re: [Gramps-users] Newbie help

[Duncan L. <dli...@gm...>]

2008/5/6 Mário Nogueira <mno...@gm...>:
> Hello there!
Welcome

>   1. Most of my info is based upon birth records, which usually include
>   information not only about the newborn, but also about his/her parents
>   and grandparents. I'm keeping scans of those records on disk, as PDF
>   files. How would you title them in the Sources view? Something like
>   "John Peter Doe Birth Certificate"? Here in Portugal we have very long
>   names, so I don't know if this is a good solution (names like "Dona
>   Amélia Henriqueta de Castro Ramirez Villaça" are usual). Something
>   simpler (like first and last name only) could lead to confusion, as
>   lots of names are very alike... Any ideas?
I have worked a lot with this, and here's my suggestion: make a media
directory in the directory of your database. Inside the media
directory make directories for
* People
* Sources
* Places
* Events

files with people in can be name:
i__Surname__Firstname_Middlenames__SomethingUnique.ext (p for person
is used for places, so 'i' is for individual)
...a source like you mention could be:
s__Documenttype__Place__Date
... think about how you'd want to search for them. I have:
s__Marriage__UK__Scotland__County_Lewis__1878.pdf

if it's a birth certificate for me it might be:
s__Birth__Lithgow__Duncan__1974.jpg

I hope that all helps a bit

Duncan