I guess I am thinking about a numbering system such as used in the Ahnentafel, where a person's number can be doubled to get their parent's number. Of course, I don't know, if my data were in such a format, how the siblings, etc. would be number. Fuzzy thinking again. Is everyone else content to leave their RIN number so random?
Jane On , Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Jane, > Yes, that is correct, the husbands RIN has 'H' in front, the wife's 'W' > and > the MRIN has an 'M'. > There are various ways of filing and using MRINs is one, indeed it is the > one favoured by Geoff. This, and others can be found by visiting “Tips > from > Experts” which can be accessed under the Legacy Home tab on your program > – in > the box on the bottom right of that page. From here you can find pages on > how to > find all sorts of things, including paper filing. However to save you the > bother, you will find that that leads to > http://www.fileyourpapers.com/legacy/legacy5.html > A MRIN will only be registered if (1) a person is married, or (2) has a > child, or (3) various ways where there may have been a child/wife etc.. > To find > the latter I suggest that you look at the Marriage List (View>Marriage > List) > to see if there are any of these so called 'ghost marriages'. These can be > deleted – note do not delete if there are children. > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > From: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 4:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] MRIN info > I know this is pretty basic stuff, but I guess there is a lot of basic I > don't know. I am assuming the 3 numbers at the bottom of the family > screen (at > bottom right) are the husband's id number, the MRIN (marriage id number) > and the > wife's id number. Apparently, even though I have not found marriage > information, > the program assigns an MRIN number. I am revamping my filing system and > plan to > do it by MRIN. Am I correct here? Neither"Help" nor the manual answered my > question for certain. > Jane S. > 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
