I wouldn't think of using RINs or MRINs for filing - but RINs are fairly stable and survive Gedcom transfer. I first entered my family tree into a DOS program in the 1980s. Gedcomed to BK for awhile and then to Legacy. In Legacy I've had to renumber a couple of times following instructions to deal with errors (see the Technical Help pages).
However, although some changed RIN in this process, the people I first entered still have their original RIN. I started with my Maternal Grandfather as I was computerising the tree for my Aunt - I just got hooked ;-) He is still number 1. I'm still 15, my most elusive gggrandfather is still 300.
As I've said before - I file by document type giving each a code for the document type and a sequential number. I enter the code into the Legacy Source File ID.
The disadvantages are:
1) you are not building up a quasi family book interesting for others to leaf through.
2) If you were splitting your file to hand on to your successors then you'd probably want to start now and build up documents for eg paternal line and documents for maternal line.
Not a problem for me as potential successors are nieces and nephews rather than cousins.
The advantages are:
1) You don't need to duplicate documents or cross reference when a document refers to more than one person/family/location ...
2) Because you don't have to decide which is the most appropriate family to file these difficult cases in, you don't end up with a Waiting to be Filed or Dupicated Pile. Mine consists of 3 certificates that arrived last week :-)
Cathy
'At 22:39 6/04/2005, you wrote:
Listers,
Excuse me for replying with a changed subject, Maybe since it will be filed with "ANother Question" it might help others to understand what "ANother Question" was all about.
Now to my subject "RINs and MRINs change or not change ...". It is my belief that we should not trust that the future will support the idea of RINs. Legacy may die. You may want to change to another program. I think one should use an filing system that does not depend any company. Ten years down the road things WILL be different.
Any suggestions on filing systems that will stand the test of time?
Jim
LegacySupport wrote: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
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