Many thanks for your reply, Ron! On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Ron Ferguson <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk>wrote:
> Pat, > > Yes, she can simply give whoever has No. 1 a new number and then give > herself No. 1, if in fact she is not automatically given that number when > importing the GEDCOM. However, if she is thinking of setting herself as No. > 1 in the expectation that all the other RINs will follow in a specific > family order then no it isn’t possible. Nor does it make sense because > Legacy adds the next number in the sequence of the order of entering the > data, it rapidly becomes very time consuming and ultimately impossible to > maintain any system. > > It is far better just to regard the RINs as numbers assigned to each > individual, although I suspect we all start with ourselves as No. 1. There > are options for assigning User IDs to each individual, and numbering > systems such as AFN. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > *From:* Pat Roberts <patricrobe...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, October 01, 2012 1:44 AM > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] RIN numbers > > Hi! This is my first post. > > One of our Legacy students wants to import her PAF file into Legacy. In > Legacy, she wants to change all her RIN numbersto have herself become #1. > In PAF she is number #2255. Is there any way for her to do this? > > Thanks.. > Pat Roberts, Aiken, SC > > > > 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
