Syble Glasscock wrote >I have a book that I use as a source many times in my family history, >the author researched all of our family surname in a particular state >from 1750 to 1860. He has a identifying number on each person. There >are so many duplicate names, I use this number often as I research this >book and add information to my Legacy file. > >Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I could add this number >for the corresponding person in my Legacy files? It would be so >helpful if I could see at a glance that I'm adding information on the >correct person
The obvious place would be UserID. You can easily add an identifier (a letter or letters before or after) if you want to distinguish these numbers from any UserIDs you might use for people you have "found" elsewhere. I use UserIDs for the individuals in my file and it comprises a family/generation identifier and the RIN. Whenever I refer to a person in my file - such as in another person's Event or Notes (witness, census household etc) I include the RIN after their name. Originally I used the whole UserID but decided that wasn't necessary. It doesn't make much difference to people who don't need to use it, but it's handy for those (including me) who want to refer to the person's main entry elsewhere in a Report. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
