Jenny M Benson wrote:
wrote
I know it will fill in any unused numbers, but I want to start over
with me as # 1 and work logically back.
But how long would it stay logically in order? When I first started
this game I had a numbering system that was very logical and worked
progressively through each generation. But then I started discovering
more and more relatives and had to keep re-numbering to accommodate
them in the "right place."
In the end I gave up and reverted to using the RINs and life is so
much less complicated.
You are right that it doesn't stay in logical order. I started with
myself (manually) as #1, my husband #2 then my children, my parents, my
father's parents. After that I just gave up and let Legacy number
them. Then I went into Options, Customise and had all the user I.D.'s
filled with the RIN. At least I can keep the first few in order. I
realize that I should probably have added my parents before I added my
husband, but was playing around learning how to use Legacy. I didn't
feel like going back and changing it as that didn't seem very important.
I find it helps to have the RIN in the user I.D as they stay the same
even if the RIN changes. I imported some names from a gedcom and had
numbers up in the 20,000 and didn't have that many people in my file.
Finding the last number in order was easy using the name list showing
the User I.D. number. This way I was easily able to change those RIN
numbers that didn't fit.
Carol
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