Yes; my suggestion is just a variation on Jenny's. I simply feel more comfortable with something that's familiar from math, rather than a newly made-up system of numbers. Jenny, brilliant adaptation of the tools that, in my mind, makes them quite useful!
On Jul 29, 2011, at 1:42 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 29/07/2011 01:45, ALLEN WATSON wrote: >> As a computer geek with an interest in math (I learned to read octal >> and hexidecimal notations), it occurs to me that one could use these >> two fields together to indicate a kind of "base 3" numbering system >> for the level of grandparents. If you decide that grandparents are >> 00, then: >> >> Grandparents (possibly 4): 00 Great Grandparents (possibly 8): 01 > <snipped> > > Which is really no different to my system - I did say "it doesn't matter > much how you choose to assign the numbers." > > > > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > 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 > > -- Allen A Watson [email protected] 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
