Jim, My understanding has always been that in Gedcoms UID stands fo "Unique Identifier" and *not* "Universal ID"
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk New Blog: Open Legacy Family File with Open Office View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] "Universal Identifier" > Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:18:50 -0600 > > A Universal Identifier is a unique ID assigned to a particular record > created at a particular time on a particular system. Identical records > created at the same time on different systems will have different Universal > Identifiers. Legacy creates?/maintains Universal Identifiers and will export > them in gedcoms (tag = _UID) but I've found no way so far to view them from > within the program. > > Jim Rickenbacker > Kingwood, TX > Home Page: http://borisbrooks.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Owen Berio" > To: > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 10:16 AM > Subject: [LegacyUG] "Universal Identifier" > > >> While searching for persons in my family tree I often see a "Universal >> Identifier" in conjunction with a person. What is a "Universal >> Identifier" and how is it arrived at? Can it be used with Legacy >> software? >> Thanks, >> Owen > > _________________________________________________________________ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
