Dennis - When I set up my paper source filing system to support my digital files, I numbered master sources with 9000 series. i.e., 9212 might be 'Marriage License in Dead Center, Kansas'. Then I might assign 9030 as the Master source for Joe and Susie who married in said location, but filed their marriage license as 3211-1, 321 being their MRIN. This works for me - whether acceptable to others , I don't know.
Now, the problem is that I did not recognize by moving my file to another PC via GEDCOM, I failed to recognize that MRIN 3211 might now become MRIN 4401 because of the renumbering. So, my 'FileID' of 3211-1 now does not allow me to find Joe and Susie by entering MRIN 3211 in the search field because 3211 is now assigned to Sam and Martha. I am seeking reassurance that if I change the MRIN from 3211-1 to the MRIN of Joe and Susie in the re-numbered system via Access, can I enter their new MRIN of 5617-1 in lieu of 3211-1 in table tblSX field "FilingRef" (the15th field) as proposed by Jennie and Valerie? Can I then save the .fdb file and open it in Legacy and find that the change took place as I would like. I porpose to do as they suggested for a test case, but would appreciate feedback I realize you basically asked for the time and I described how to make a watch. It is hard to write the problem and hope that the question is lucid. :-) I suppose experimentation is what I need to do - just needed some guidance from folks more acquainted with the Access package than I. Bob ---- "Dennis M. Kowallek" <kowal...@iglou.com> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:21:16 -0400, SgtBob <s...@cox.net> wrote: > > >I have looked at my 'tblSX' and observe that there are a number of items > >that look like my MRIN+number data under the column entitled 'Filing Ref' . > >This appears to be a possible opportunity to correct my errors. Is it > >possible that changing/correcting/entering the current File Id number (noted > >as my MRIN+number) in this column might accomplish my goal? If not, please > >suggest a solution. > > > > I'm not quite understanding what it is you want to do here. Could you > explain again with an example? > > -- > > Dennis Kowallek (LTools) > http://zippersoftware.com/ltools > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > -- /Users/robertrunion/Desktop/eMail Icons/signature.pdf Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
