I still would like to renumber my RINs and MRINs without myself as
#1. I switched from Legacy 6.0 deluxe (on a Mac in Virtual PC) to
Legacy 7.0 (to a Dell computer) deluxe last week but didn't see a
prompt to renumber. I also lost all of my sources too in the
transfer. I couldn't figure out how to get the files off of Virtual
PC and my husband finally did it "by accident." I'm wondering if we
should try to make a GEDCOM file of my 6.0 info, figure out how to get
that out of the Mac which was the problem in the first place, and then
put that into 7.0. Would that retain the sources and also give me the
prompt to renumber?
We have LOTS of genealogists in one name I am working on. The first
ancestor began researching it over 100 years ago and people have been
working on it ever since. I was elected the new Family Historian of
that side and want to work with others in a more cooperative manner.
It is just like me not to have myself as #1 but also it might show a
little family solidarity if I have our line organized with someone
more likely as #1. The family is so large there are 21 lines with
thousands of people in each line. There have been marriages between
the lines etc and we need things computerized. Most is in typed or
professionally printed books. I'm working on locating who has lines
in genealogy software to make it easier to import into one large
system for reference and each line separate for more manageable
publication etc. The other person who was interested in being Family
Historian wants to publish a 3-ring binder book which is what I
already began. It might be a computer disk instead of a book, but so
far there's so much info and so many people working on it that (and
some very possessive of it) but no one yet that I know of has any
filing system for it but me. It wouldn't be that tough for me to redo
at this time. So should I retransfer or what? I already deleted the
messages about the loss of sources. Would this correct that as well?
Is everyone losing sources when they upgrade or is it just
transferring between computers or what? Is it always best to load from
a GEDCOM into a new version? I want to figure out what I did wrong so
I can be of help to others in the family that I am influencing to
switch to Legacy.
God bless,
Ellen Kramer
On Aug 31, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Kramer wrote:
Mike, there are probably various ways to do this depending on the
situation. However, I would:
1. put in initially her under the Steinway family and note the
adoption at the bottom of the screen where you enter her personal
info. I would use that name as if it were the maiden name due to
the amount of time it would have been used by her.
2. add in the biological parents kind of like you would if a divorce
and remarriage took place.
3. I would add her Cassebeer as an alias, not change it under her
biological parents. Depending on when she was adopted, she may never
have used that name except on adoption papers.
God bless,
Ellen Kramer
On Aug 30, 2009, at 9:23 PM, michael barberi wrote:
I have an ancestor with the surname CASSEBEER. However she was
adopted by a STEINWAY family as a child. I recorded her surname as
Cassebeer.
Some questions:
1. Do I record her surname as CASSEBEER followed by a parenthesis
(Steinway)?
2. Do I record her surname as CASSEBEER but create and Event/Fact
describing her adoption and new surname STEINWAY? If so, any tree
charts will not show her name as STEINWAY.
3. He marriage record says that a STEINWAY (not a CASSEBEER) got
married. Do I include notes about her adoption in the Event/Fact
MARRIAGE, etc.
Mike Barberi
In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus autem caritas.
In essentials unity, in doubtful things liberty, but in all things
love.
St. Augustine (A.D. 354 - 430)
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