Thank you Ron. I saw a web program (what they are called escapes me at the moment) with a lady who discussed the filing system. However, hers made numerical sense, children's number could be related to their parents. My numbers seem to have been assigned in the order in which I entered them. I am trying to figure how to get them in a more elegant format, as the lady recommended.
Jane On , Ron Ferguson <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > Jane, > Yes, that is correct, the husbands RIN has 'H' in front, the wife's 'W' > and > the MRIN has an 'M'. > There are various ways of filing and using MRINs is one, indeed it is the > one favoured by Geoff. This, and others can be found by visiting “Tips > from > Experts” which can be accessed under the Legacy Home tab on your program > – in > the box on the bottom right of that page. From here you can find pages on > how to > find all sorts of things, including paper filing. However to save you the > bother, you will find that that leads to > http://www.fileyourpapers.com/legacy/legacy5.html > A MRIN will only be registered if (1) a person is married, or (2) has a > child, or (3) various ways where there may have been a child/wife etc.. > To find > the latter I suggest that you look at the Marriage List (View>Marriage > List) > to see if there are any of these so called 'ghost marriages'. These can be > deleted – note do not delete if there are children. > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > From: sarlesinsi...@gmail.com > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 4:23 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] MRIN info > I know this is pretty basic stuff, but I guess there is a lot of basic I > don't know. I am assuming the 3 numbers at the bottom of the family > screen (at > bottom right) are the husband's id number, the MRIN (marriage id number) > and the > wife's id number. Apparently, even though I have not found marriage > information, > the program assigns an MRIN number. I am revamping my filing system and > plan to > do it by MRIN. Am I correct here? Neither"Help" nor the manual answered my > question for certain. > Jane S. > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
