RIN numbers have nothing to do with Ahnentafel numbers. As you add people you your file, they will be assigned a number. If you want to use Ahnentafel numbers, you will need to add them manually in the User ID box (you can use that for anything you want).
michele From: T Tasker Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] order of entering names Hi, Wendy, Thanks for the quick response! It's very helpful. I was afraid I'd start one way and then hours later realize I'd messed up. ha! Do I understand that the RIN is different from Ahnentafel numbers? Ahnentafel numbers are what my uncle showed me years ago (and he's gone now). Thanks again, Terri > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] order of entering names > Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:22:05 +1200 > > Hi Terri, > > > I have just purchased Legacy 7.5. I have hundreds of names to be > > added. My question: is it better to start entering with my name first > > or start at the oldest date/name? > > I don't think it matters as far as Legacy is concerned. > > What I do find useful is that I know my RIN is #1, so I can quickly jump > to me when I want by bringing up the Name List (by pressing the letter i > key), <Shift><Tab>'ing twice to go back across two fields from the > surname to the RIN, and typing a 1. Otherwise, if I kept to the > (default) surname order, I'm *way* down the list with a first name > starting with a W! I could of course stay in the surname field and type > my surname, followed by a comma, then the first letter of my first name > to get there too. I'm comfortable with keyboard commands/shortcuts, and > prefer them to reaching for the mouse or touchpad, so that's my personal > preference. > > My partner is not a convenient RIN #2 in my database, but #246 which I > find easy to remember. I can't tell you anyone else's RIN's - just > those two. I'm often changing the relationships set, from my family to > his and back again, which is pretty much the only time I use the RIN, > and that's only 'cos it's the quickest for me using the keyboard.. > > Have a think about the order of entry that will be convenient to you - > that should probably be the greatest priority. If you were working from > a book, it would probably be easiest to start at page 1 - that sort of > convenience is what I mean. > > Remember that you can add individuals that don't connect to your other > people, and connect them further down the line. So you can start with > yourself and work backwards, then jump to a particular line and start at > the far end and work forward - and then link the two together when the > right people are in the database. > > In other words, you can change your mind about how to approach the task > once you've started, and it will all work out fine in the end. > > And if do jump around like that, and then you forget that you'd already > added a person as a parent (say) and add them again as a child of their > parents, you can merge the two together. > > Hope this helps. :-) > > Wendy > > > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3748 - Release Date: 07/06/11 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
