Norma, have you tried a File>File Maintenance>Check/Repair? Laird On 3/13/2014 9:50 PM, Norma wrote: > > I do have the married names (but not the alternate names) option ticked for > the name list. An individual should have only one RIN whether she never > married or married multiple times. The total number of individuals is > derived from “general information’ under the help tab. > > I have 3 other family files: one is over 10,000 people, another over 5000 and > a very small one of only 56 people. I’ve checked all 3 files and the 2 > largest > do not correspond either, but people have been merged & deleted in both files, > so I’m not surprised. The very small file of 56 people is correct in that > the > total number of people corresponds to the largest RIN. > > The file seems to be working correctly so maybe I’m obsessing over nothing, > but I’d still like to have the numbers correspond. > > Norma H > > > *From:*Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 13, 2014 12:50 PM > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] queston re: RIN numbers & number of individuals > > You can also see that information on the Legacy Home tab, which is a lot > quicker to get to! > > You would only have more individuals than RINs if you're showing the AKAs or > married names.... > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Laird <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Norma, go to menu "Help>General Information" and see if the "number of > Individuals" match the name list count. And Like Cathy said make sure > ALTERNATE > and MARRIED names are not ticked under the name list OPTIONS. My name list > has > 18,767 individuals and Help>General Information matches. I do have a lot of > unused RINs so my highest RIN is 18,843, 76 higher. Of course I have the > reverse of you. > > I don't see how you can have more people than RINs. In the name list, click > the > # button at the top left of window to sort the list and then scroll down to > the > bottom of the list and verify the highest RIN is lower than the other counts. > Laird > > On 3/12/2014 10:52 PM, Norma wrote: > > > > I have just noticed that my RIN numbers do not correspond to the number of > > individuals in my database. In a new family file, I have 445 individuals, > > yet > > when I go to Name List and click on RIN, the highest RIN number is 444. How > > can there be more individuals than RIN numbers? And if one person is entered > > twice, yet has only one RIN, how can I determine who that person is? > > > > I am using Legacy version 7.5.0012 > > > > Norma H >
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