Awhile ago I was talking about Opanda IExif Viewer and how handy it is as a quick metadata and GPS viewer. I’m not so thrilled anymore since I’ve discovered it doesn’t work on all my jpg’s, just some of them. I’m past having patience for half-assed IPTC software. ExifToolGUI works, Photo Mechanic works, XnView works. Software that can’t keep up should get out of the game and stop being so irritating. …[continued]
Copernic
For those still floundering in genealogy file overload and general disorganization—
The general file challenge breaks down into 3 parts: naming your files, organizing your files and searching your files. And then, if you have any time left over, linking them to your genealogy database. And if you’re really far ahead of the game, doing creative projects with them.
Today, I’ll revisit searching files and see what’s new. …[continued]
One of my former theories about how to do things was this. I decided that anyone put into my database without a ‘proper’ source – birth, death or marriage certificate, military record, census record, etc, should have no source at all. Surely not a ‘descendants of’ chart from some other collector who probably got it from some other collector. I still like that idea because it keeps me from getting complacent with my research.
If you don’t have desktop search software yet, this is a real handy item. A desktop search engine will index every file on your hard-drive and external drives, or any part thereof you choose, and bring up a list of search results faster than you can type in a complete word. They’re extremely useful for finding things on your computer, things you’re looking for or things you don’t know you even have.
