Hi Jenny: Could you give an example of what you mean? It sounds very interesting.
Thanks! > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Numbering systems? > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 19:11:25 +0100 > > On 04/06/2013 13:48, lio . wrote: > > What numbering system do most people use (RIN, User ID, AFN, Ahnentafel, > > more?). > > Funny you should bring this up to-day because I have spent several hours > to-day re-numbering my UserIDs. When I first started family history > research I decided to create UserIDs which were a combination of RIN > and a letter/number combination which is an indication of which of my 4 > grandparent lines the person belongs to and whereabouts in the tree > (which generation) they are. > > Because I didn't realise how far I was going to get and hadn't thought > it through, the old system needed a slight modification which *should* > have been relatively simple, but owing to not fully engaging brain and > various little errors made over the years it has taken me a *long* time > to get the first branch sorted! I think the other 3 won't take so long. > > I think it will be very helpful to be able to look at a person and know > instantly which "level" they are on. Keeping track of people's RINs > makes it fairly simple to distinguish between several people with the > same name. > > -- > 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 > > 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
