Kathy
For you information, the “1,7884::30370810” number, and its like, typically come from a gedcom file exported from an ancestry.com family tree. This number is ancestry’s way of linking an individual’s event in an ancestry family tree to the source record in ancestry.com’s databases. The “7884” represents the particular database (in this case the 1910 United States Federal Census) and the number after the :: represents the individual record within that database. When you export a gedcom from ancestry.com the record will look something like this: 1 RESI 2 DATE 1963 2 PLAC Mooroopna North, Victoria, Australia 2 SOUR @S-411220237@ 3 _APID 1,1207::90856601 When you then import that record into Legacy, Legacy places the _APID number into the FilingRef field in the tblSX (Source Detail) table which is then displayed as theFile ID in the Source Detail Screen. Interestingly, and usefully (at least for me), if you export a gedcom file from Legacy which contains these _APID numbers in the FilingRef field, and then import that gedcom (after some minimal and simple manual editing) into a family tree in ancestry.com, ancestry will automatically re-establish the links to the relevant source database and individual record. I hope this helps. Alan Thompson From: Kathy Thompson [mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, 12 January 2014 6:50 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] File ID's yes - every single File ID is along the lines of 1,7884::30370810 - with different numbers after the 1, it makes no sense, I have no files with those or similar names 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
