You're right Jennifer. I've just got to somehow figure out how I want to keep renumbering my files. I'm working on some fourth and fifth generation ancestors and I move back and forth a lot. I need to look at my numbers and give some thought to how to renumber. Your info about numbers one to forty for one parent and upward for the other parent makes sense and will help me. Glad to know there's someone else using the system. I'm convinced that over the long haul, this one will work really well. I sure am getting tired of putting the little round reinforcement circles for the holes though.
Thanks, Jim On 8/12/07, Jennifer Crockett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jim and Denise > > I am using the MRIN system. Before I started, my paper records > were already filed by family name. I started on my father's side > and set my parents' MRIN to number one. I then went through the > records changing the MRIN in Legacy as I went. This meant that > the numbers made sense and I could then easily remember that my > father's side went from record 0001 to 0040, and my mother's side > followed. > > I had a lot of help from reading the system explained and > expanded here: > http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/organization/index.html > and follow the link to JL's article. > > After a while, you get used to remembering the number of > important often used MRINs. > > Jennifer > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jim Keener > Sent: Monday, 13 August 2007 9:48 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ahnentafel Numbering System > > Hi Denise, > > I, like you, followed the advice on a Legacy video and went out > and bought everything they said, it cost me about $80 by the way, > and had the same problem you related. I've thought about about > abandoning it, but I'm too stubborn after having spent the > money. If you really want a mess, start changing the MRIN and > FRIN numbers, so the onesyou are working on most are in the > first fifty to one hundred numbers. It is a real pain, but I'm > determined to stick it out. > > Thereare several other systems out there, color-coding, > generational folders, surname folders and others. I've tried > them all and I think over the long haul the one we'reusing is > best. For me, I hate file folders, boxes for the folders, and > just stacks of misc. stuff. At least with the system we're > using, you eventually get everything into notebooksthat can be > neatly arranged on shelves. > > I've rambled too much; just knowing there is at least one more > frustrated paper-handler out there might help. > > Good luck, > > Jim > > > On 8/12/07, Denise Levenick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > Although I have been using Legacy to enter family data, I have > been slow in setting up a filing system for data accumulated. > According to the Legacy info, I set up a binder with MRIN numbers > and assembled the document sources I was using. I don't like this > much because I always have to look up the numbers of the person I > want to use, and people are not in the numerical order that makes > sense to me. I have read about several filing systems that use > ahnentafel numbers – does Legacy do this? I am unable to find a > reference to this in the Legacy Help files. If I want to switch > to this numbering system do I have to start over in Legacy ? > > Tx, Denise > > > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 > features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features > at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
