Tony, I also use the MRIN filing system and have set up online folders for each marriage. Following the advice from the Legacy user who originally devised this system, I renumber MRINs according to my 4 ancestral lines as follows:
My maternal grandfather is MRIN 1000-1999 My maternal grandmother is MRIN 2000-2999 My maternal grandfather is MRIN 3000-3999 My paternal grandmother is MRIN 4000-4999 Census records are filed under the MRIN of the head of the household. Unmarried children are filed under the MRIN of their parents When a child marries, I move the birth certificate into the MRIN folder for the marriage and add the marriage certificate and any census records or other information during the time of the marriage. If a child marries for a second time, the marriage has a different MRIN number under which I include the marriage certificate, census and other info during the time of this marriage and finally the death certificates. The documents are numbered e.g. MRIN-1, -2, -3 etc. For each line I have a binder(s) for paper documents, filed under the MRIN number. If I do not have any documents for a marriage then there is no divider for that number in the binder. At one time I printed out the census records but no longer do that to cut back on the size of the binders. Hope this helps. Christine I've started storing scanned or downloaded images etc. in folders named MRIN His name and Her name. I get a lot of folders, but it seems consistent with the recommendation for paper filing given by Legacy. For those who use a similar system, either electronic or paper-based, how do you handle people who don't have marriages? I've been putting children's birth information in their parent's folder and then creating a folder for the child when they marry. If a child leaves home and appears on the census, for example, still unmarried and not with their parents, I put that data in the parent's folder, with a name which suggests the child. E.g. "1881 Census (M0123).jpg" for the main family's census image, but "1881 Census - Mary Ann (I02345).jpg" for the child's individual entry. My problem is what to do when the child marries. Should I move the child's information into the new MRIN folder, even though a lot of the info doesn't relate to that marriage? Should I have Individual folders "RIN Individual Name" for stuff specific to that child? That wuld mean a huge number of folders. What about second marriages, or what about a previous marriage being discovered? There must be an obvious, recommended way to handle this. Any advice would be appreciated. thanks Tony 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
