Legacy News' Organization category outlines 4 separate systems. http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/organization/index.html
Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michele Lewis Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:42 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Renumbering RINS Does anyone know of a web site that details all of the different filing systems (or at least several of them) so that I can compare and constrast to what I am doing now? missy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy K. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:36 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Renumbering RINS > This is not just an expert genealogy thing. Engineers and researchers of > other professions have used similar filing methods as well. This method of > filing is called a "Random Filing System" and has been in existence for a > very long time. Not unlike computer filing systems, (hence the > convenience) as items are received they are simply placed into the next > available numbered file, folder, box or whatever. The newly filed items > are added to an 'index' which references the item and its filed location. > This way filing and re-filing doesn't become another chore. You just > reference your index to find the item. > > Of course anyone is free to follow or devise any method of filing they > like and there are many that Legacy will accommodate with its ID fields. > It's simply a matter of preference and what fits their personal style. But > this method has helped many who couldn't find a good fit with other > methods and spent too much time re-filing thus taking away from their > research. > > > > > > From: "Olds-Wills-Anderson-Simonson Hodges-Harris-Liikala-Jukkara" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Renumbering RINS > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:15:26 -0600 >>Hear. Hear. I would never consider a filing system other than document >>(item) numbered. Any other way is fraught with problems and extra work. >>I >>am surprised by the number of people who follow an MRIN filing system. >>Perhaps because an expert genealogist suggested it----but not an expert >>librarian. >>Gary >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heather >>Stovold >>Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:49 PM >>To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >>Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Renumbering RINS >> >>Just want to say that I personally would never use a filing system that >>uses >>MRIN's or RIN's as the basis. >> >>The reason? Several years ago, I did (MRINs) - and then something >>happened, and all my MRINs got changed. Fortunately, I had on all my >>file >>folders the Surname, Firstname, so was able to rearrange them. >> >>And even though Legacy is fantastic software, From having done computer >>genealogy for 20 years now, I realize that the likelyhood is that at some >>point, there may be a reason that I will need or decide to change >>software - >>and my MRIN's and RIN's could get "messed up" then. >> >>As I also got sick of duplicates being required for more than one family, >>I >>now use a document numbered system. Has advantages, and of course some >>disadvantages too. >> >> >> >> >> >>Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >>Archived messages: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >>Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >>To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
