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Best program for organizing my pictures - tagging by checking a box rather than free form tagging?

I have loads of digital pictures and videos.  they are in folders with the date they were taken.

I really need a way to tag / sort / search them.  all too often I need a picture and have to think what date I took them and look in those folders.

I know I can free form tag the pictures, but what I am looking for is tagging by fixed categories that I set up.  Any picture with my son, I'd check a box next to David.  That way, if it was free form, I might type the tag as David dave davd (a typo) and never find the picture.  I'd envision looking at the picture and then check all the boxes related to that picture - WDW not walt disney world, Sue, not susan, etc. then for searching, I'd check the boxes that have things I want - David at Wdw on the April 2008 trip (not the dec 2006 trip), etc.    ANd I'd rather search by trip name rather than have to remember what days we were in WDW in April 2008.  just check boxes.

any ideas?

THANKS!  
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Thanks.  you raised things I was thinking but forgot to mention - I'd want the tags in a neutral format - being in the picture file would likely do that.  And yes I'd want event and location and people checkboxes.  and backing up is important.  photoshop elements?  they offer(ed?) check box tagging?
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This Bulk Rename Utility allows you to easily rename multiple files or folders and change their time stamps and attributes at the same time. In renaming you can use extremely flexible criteria. You can remove or add digits, symbols characters and words, append dates/clock times in many formats, auto-number files with flexible rules. As you set criterias, program automatically previews the new naming conventions, so it is safe to try various criterias.
This program suits every kinds of renaming but is especially recommended for digital camera owners.
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/desktop/file_managers/bulk_rename_utility.cfm
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