Because numbering systems are mostly for our own use anyway, I've made a few minor changes from William Dollarhide's numbering system to suit my special needs. In some instances I have given a person two numbers separated by a slash. I then immediately know by the two numbers that the person is connected into my tree more than once.
When I look at the name list in Legacy with the option of the unique ID #'s showing rather than the RIN I can readily identify a direct line son, father, and grandfather who have the very same name. The father's number is always double the son's number. Add one number to the father's number to create the mother's number. (Father=2; mother=3) This way the father is always an even number and the mother is always an odd number. I know that Legacy can bold direct line ancestors in the name list, but in addition, I know that anyone with a point zero (.0) is obviously a direct ancestor. When I am doing merges within my own records, I can readily tell people apart because they have this "code" number. When a child is named the same as an earlier sibling who died, the number lets me know that they are two individuals. If I am merging someone else's data with mine, I can always be certain of which record is my original because of his unique number. For those who have not read how the numbering system works, this may seem confusing. I suggest that anyone who is unhappy with the random RIN and MRIN numbers take time to read Dollarhide's articles. He gives an excellent sample page that I kept by my computer for easy reference while learning and doing it. I changed over to this way of numbering a little bit at a time. My husband looked at what I did and said, "Hey, I think I can write a program that will do that automatically." :( Sue -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Carol Wait Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 2:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Renumbering MRINS--Use Dollarhide's system Sue, How would this work with a lot of inter marriages? Some of my family is so convoluted it's hard to follow, so the easiest way for me to follow the generations down is to use Tree Draw and make charts. Carol Sue Ellen Eggett wrote: >I'm sorry to be so late with my reply to this thread. Have you ever >considered using William Dollarhide's numbering system? You can go to >http://www.genealogbulletin.com/archives/ for a full explanation. You can >add your own numbering system under reference numbers. Legacy will display >these numbers on the screen if you click on show ID # under options. Using >his method gives everyone (including collateral lines) a number that is >indicative of their relationship to you. The numbers all make sense. Having >my own numbers over RIN have saved me in cleaning up many messie merges. My >husband is starting to write a program that will automatically number names >in the database this Dollarhide way so that it won't be so tedious as >changing the numbers one by one. First look at the site listed above. If it >sounds appealing to you, contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll let you know >when my husband has it done. > > > > >To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > >To unsubscribe please visit: >http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > >Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > >To unsubscribe please visit: >http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
