Richard,Legacy uses a Microsoft Access database to store the information. Tables in the database need a unique key to identify each record. The primary key to the Marriage Records table is IDMR which is called MRIN on the outside world. The Individual Records primary key is IDIR and is similarly called RIN. Manipulation of records and linking tables depends heavily on these identification keys. They can be renumbered but cannot be eliminated. Think of them as a mailbox address. To send mail to someone you need to know their address. As long as you have the correct address and the system is working properly, you can successfully communicate. The person may move to another address at which point you have to use the new address if you wish to continue to communicate. So it is in the database. Each individual is assigned a numerical slot in the filing structure and each marriage likewise has a unique number where it is stored. You can select options to hide these numbers from reports and screens but the numbers are still being used in the database operations. This explanation may be a bit simplistic but I hope it will help clarify why the numbers are necessary.Ron Taylor
--- On Fri, 5/25/12, RHS Consulting <[email protected]> wrote: From: RHS Consulting <[email protected]> Subject: [LegacyUG] MRIN Numbers To: [email protected] Date: Friday, May 25, 2012, 2:47 AM Where can I find info on the MRIN numbering system? Under Show Help Index ... MRIN > Number > Renumbering does not open. Also there is nothing listed under > Options > Customize. I am trying to clean up recommended File Maintenance > Check/Repair discrepancies. Richard 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
