>From personal experience, be sure that that is what you do want to do - i.e.., >change the RIN/MRIN numbering, expecially if you have personal File ID numbers >associated with to your research papers based on these numbers.
I have been working for the past month or so trying to get my records straightened out because I did not observe the 'renumber RIN& MRIN' check box and to my great chagrin renumbering took place unbeknownst to me. The result - all my hundreds of hard copy files backing up my digital files, based on a MRIN numbering system, changed and I didn 't catch it for about a month. In retrospect, I should have used only Master Sources instead of Detailed File ID's, but that ship has sailed. So, I have been laboriously working my way through 20,000 names to get back to some semblance of order. Right now I'm wading my way through a 60 page File ID report to identify those numbers that I need to correct. So far, I am about 80-% recoved, but learned a valuable lesson. I had 3 backups of my .fdb files, unfortunately, these backups contained the wrong information before I discovered it. The end result - watch the little boxes when you change anything - they can have far reaching effects - you know 'the law of unintended consequences' is always alive and waiting. :-) Bob ---- Kathy Shiell-Stokes <shearerfamilyt...@3web.com> wrote: > Ellen: > The best and easiest way is to export your entire database to a > gedcom and then import it into a new file making sure that,when > importing, you have ticked the box entitled"renumber RINs." You can > select your starting point so rather than starting at number 1, all > records from this import could start at 3000. I believe several > LUGGers have some creative methods for numbering the RINs in their > file. I would caution you though that should you be composing > webpages, the RINs become the individual pages so such a renumbering > would be a really wholesale change and likely not one that people > would take just for an afternoons entertainment. That said, > individual RINs CAN be renumbered to suit your fancy, if at a later > date you need to make changes... > Kathy08:19 AM 29/08/2009, you wrote: > >Does anyone know how to change all of the RINs and MRINs in some easy > >manner for over 3100 names in 7.0 deluxe? snip... > >Ellen Kramer > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > -- /Users/robertrunion/Desktop/eMail Icons/signature.pdf 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
