Ila East wrote: > Thinking ahead to the time when I might upload my database to > FamilySearch, and taking the advice to remove any undocumented people > and or poor documentation, I am in the process of doing so. > > I made a copy of my database. I named the original wrenn - > researching, and the copy wrenn researched. I am removing anyone that > I have put in that does not have a source that almost anyone else > could locate. I did leave a few in such as a trusted relative who > provided information via his family group sheets. These where hand > documented because he does not have a computer. I trust they are > correct, but I will research them and put in the necessary source. > > Now, having given you the background information, when I get > everything stripped down should I have Legacy renumber the > individuals and marriages? I don't have a lot of documents, and I > have shuffled them several times trying different filing systems, so > renumbering would cause me no appreciable problems. > > I really don't have a reason for wanting to renumber other than there > wouldn't be gaps in my "good" file. > > Ila East
Ila, Trust me! Don't bother! This questions crops up every now and again on this list and it's understandable that users think it would be very nice of the RIN of a number corresponded with some sort of order of the family structure. The fact is they don't. One can go to all the trouble, and it is a lot of trouble, to create order out of seemingly chaos, only to find that after more individuals are added, and especially if, for example, a family's hidden, adopted child is found, the perfect order is now considerably less than perfect, because new entries have been given the next highest RIN. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ 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
