Gayle, Not necessarily true. There are times when a user needs to (or chooses to) renumber RINs or MRINs, in which case they *will* be changed
However, under normal use they won't change by themselves. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wedderburn Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] ANother question The RIN never changes IE The RIN is assigned when you enter a new inividual say RIN2501. When I have individual certs or christening evidence or death cert it goes into the plastic pocket 002501. The noughts allow for expansion as Legacy sorts like a database. The source number is entered into Legacy B002501 for birth certificate C002501 for christening and so on. The paper is scanned and attached to the source and given the source rererence number. If I find census for this person as a child it is filed under the MRIN of the parents even if I don't know who they are as I enter Unknown for parents. Usually however I have birth or christening evidence which will at least give me one name of the parents. IE if the MRIN of 002501 is MRIN1950, census number for RIN2501 will stay with the parants until he/she marries and then if filed under her/his MRIN as she/he will then have a new family. It just saves on double filing the paper because other people are also involved. Say parents have 7 children and you find them in 1841, if you stayed filing on the individual files you would have 9 copies. Doesn't really matter what the number is as long as you can find it and paper is kept in a manageable way. It boils down to using Legacy to do the work and paper is the backup. Gayle 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
