Thank you for the in-depth reply!
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Numbering systems? > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:34:05 -0400 > > Ahnentafel numbering is used by Legacy when you do an ancestor report. > Since it is based on a starting person, each time you make a report for > a new person the numbers will change because the ancestors will be > different. It is not a good system for numbering people in your file if > you have any lateral lines in your research (you do say you plan to > branch sideways later) or if you include siblings of your ancestors > since those people have no valid number in that system. > > RIN numbers are created automatically by Legacy each time you add a > person, personally those are the numbers I display on Family View and > name lists and I include them in reports as well. It is simple since > there is no extra maintenance work involved. I rarely concern myself > with any numeric system because I do not have piles of paper files to > organize. I keep my digital files on my computer and use linking in > Legacy to link sources, people etc. to those files using the media > galleries for people and sources. > > AFN is a numbering system by the LDS church in their Ancestral File. I > think that has been replaced with the new FamilySearch ID but since I am > not LDS neither AFN nor FamilySearch ID are that important to me. I have > linked some people in my file and have imported others through > FamilySearch so there are some in my file with FamilySearch IDs. Legacy > will automatically fill in the FamilySearch ID numbers for anyone in > your file that is linked to someone in FamilySearch. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > -- > > On 04-Jun-13 8:48 AM, lio . wrote: > > What numbering system do most people use (RIN, User ID, AFN, Ahnentafel, > > more?). > > > > Do people use more than one (i.e. RIN and AFN)? > > > > I like the way Ahnentafel doubles each generation (me #1, dad #2, mom #3 > > (2+1), grampa #4, grandma #5 (4+1)), but I think to use this system in > > Legacy, I would have to (at the very beginning) set up generations (and > > generations) of "unknown" ancestors to ensure when I finally learned > > about that particular ancestor that they had the right Ahnentafel number. > > > > When I first started out I was sloppy and didn't really see this project > > for what it was. So I'm creating a new file just focusing on my > > ancestors. Once I get them cleaned up, I'll start spreading out > > sideways. So, if Ahnentafel is the way to go, I could make the effort > > now to ensure that all my ancestors were numbered appropriately. > > > > Hope my rambling make sense. Thanks for your help! > > > > 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
