Thanks for this link, Geoff. I see the date on the article is Sep 06 which
is before I had Legacy so I hadn't read this one.
michele
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From: "Geoff Rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Renumbering RINS
Legacy News' Organization category outlines 4 separate systems.
http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/organization/index.html
Thanks,
Geoff Rasmussen
Millennia Corporation
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www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
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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
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From: "Timothy K. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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]>
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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
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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.
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