Glenny, How about filing your documents by surname and then by location? I think of my individuals by name not by a number. I have been using the Dollarhide system since 1987 or 1988 and have yet to misplace a document and can find them quickly & easily.
William Dollarhide has a filing system that is by surname then by location. Example: If you find something for your John Smith in Iowa the first thing you have would be Smith Iowa 1, the next Smith Iowa 2 etc. This is a US example, it works the same way for other countries. He refers to this as as a reference data number [RFD]. Legacy has a place in the source and the source detail to record this RFD. His book is 14.95 plus shipping US called Managing A Genealogical Project. See www.heritagecreations.com Hope this helps, Ann in New Mexico USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenny~~Capriella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MRIN - RIN > Yes it is making sense but then how could there numbering systems work? > If > the number 500 can be a person or a marriage? Or AM I misunderstanding > something here. > > I have a feeling I may just stick with the clue numbering systems and > reference to it. > > I have already decided that I need to take things from the beginning and > go > over all my sources and enter EXACTLY what I have.... > > This should help me in many way to get on the right tract again. > > Glenny > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Barnard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:23 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] MRIN - RIN > > > > Glenny, > > > > This is a good thing to understand, even if you follow my suggestion of > NOT > > using that method. > > > > The marriage number is a separate number from the person number. > > > > Consider. > > > > My revolutionary war grandmother had thirteen children. We could number > them > > one to thirteen, in birth order, correct? My own children are two: I > > could > also > > number them one and two, correct? My point is that the list of 1-13 is a > > separate, independent, list of numbers. It's separate from my own kids > 1-2. > > > > Every PERSON in your database is a person. Great-grandmother Lucretia is > > a > > person; her husband Francis Sr is a person. Their kid #1, Francis Jr, is > > a > > person. Therefore Francis Sr, Francis Jr, and Lucretia all get their own > RIN > > number (Record Identifier, i.e., the person's serial number). > > > > That family unit has a marriage. That marriage (between Lucretia and > Francis Sr) > > has its own number, the MRIN. My database has about 5000 persons, and so > has RIN > > numbers from 1 to 5000 or so. Those people have about 1700 marriages > between > > them, so I also have MRIN numbers running from 1 to 1700 or so. > > > > Francis, Lucretia, and Francis Jr are three people. Three RINs, one > marriage, > > one MRIN. Francis Jr married Abigail. That's RIN number four, and MRIN > number > > two. Their son George (RIN five) married Sally (RIN six, marriage > > three). > > > > Is that making sense? > > > > Ed 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
