I don't use RINs or MRINS for any organizational method because I have lots RIN's in the past. I'm not saying that you would lose them in Legacy - but I have been doing computer genealogy since 1988 (I started with PAF v 2.0) and although I very rarely change genealogy program, I have on occasion. I also lost a lot (but not everything) in a house fire and had to get a copy of my database from a relative I had sent it to. (a good reason for off-site backups!) - some of my paper files were lost - some were at a different location.
I did try the Dollarhide system for a while, but found it eventually to be more of a pain than it was worth because of the possibility of a persons number changing if you had the birth order wrong - which I suppose you can just not change the numbers and have the people out of order on occasion. The method that I use that has worked the best was the system my dad developed long before computer genealogy (about 1972) - and I wish I could make more of the file folders he silkscreened for it. For the organization of the people, it is done alphabetically (last name, first name) by the father, with the birthdate (or estimated birthdate) used in the ordering for people with the same name. A "tab" (basically 1/2 a file folder) is put under the wife's maiden name, directing you to the husband's name. The homemade file folders had a small pedigree chart on it, a to-do list, a correspondence log, a discrepency chart, and places to put file flags for various things. > 5,000 individuals this has not really come up much). I would be interested > in hearing others thoughts in this regard – have folks lost their RINs in > the past, does the method I use create some problems further down the line. > Thanks, > Teresa > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
