On 05/06/2013 17:00, lio . wrote: > Hi Jenny: > > Could you give an example of what you mean? It sounds very interesting.
Because I am researching all the 4 lines of my grandparents, the majority of people in my file are Ps, Bs, Ds or Cs. (Fortunately, my grandparents had surnames beginning with 4 different letters!) For the descendants, who are a mix of P & B, a mix of D & C or a mix of all 4 I use 3 different letters. (X, Y & Z as it happens. So, my UserIDs mainly being with a letter P, B, D or C. This is followed by the generation number. I now number my grandparent's generation as 1, my great grandparents' generation as 2, my 2x great grandparents' generation as 3 and son. For my parents' generation I use 1m (where the m stands for minus), for my generation 2m, for my children's generation 3m and so on. The UserID comprises the initial letter, the generation number, a full stop and then the RIN, Eg P1.1234 or C5.789 or D3m.6077. I choose to display the UserID after an individual's name, so when I am looking at Family View I can see the generation number of the parents and when I open the next screen to add a child or a parent I see the RIN (after the words Individual's Information) at the top of the screen so I know exactly what to enter in the UserID field. I use the UserID to tag all the names in my paper files, which are kept in binders according to the type of document - Certificates, Newspaper clippings, Letters, etc. -- 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
