I rise to object, m'lud. ;) As recently as January 2014 AFNs were visible and usable at FamilySearch. Granted, the Ancestral File (as an entity) is closed and no more AFNs are being issued. Still, I'm not sure that their being out-dated and/or replaced is sufficient reason to prevent people using those they already have. Many non-LDS won't bother to change the AFN to the PID -- heck, a lot of LDS won't bother either. AFNs are also useful in so many ways not directly connected to FamilyTree. And having the AFN on some people is the ONLY way to figure out where a specific piece of data originated.
EVEN if all that can be done with them this year is include them in a print-out, there's no reason to make 'em disappear. [For an exercise in pain, check out the AF for the name Marmaduke Swearingen -- last time I counted there were about a dozen PLUS another 6 or so under his pseudonym while in the tribes of the Iroquois nation. SOME of the data is identical, SOME is unique to a specific AFN, and if more than about 20% of any of it can be proven by today's standard's, I'll be amazed. Still -- the only way to know which version one copied from is the AFN.] Cheryl Brian/Support wrote: > Another user has pointed out that the Ancestral file Number is on the > Report Options, just not where all the other numbers like RIN, MRIN, > User ID and Family Search ID are created. It is active in Legacy 8 but > has always been greyed out (not selectable) in previous versions 6 and > 7.5. I have entered a problem report to have this fixed so it is likely > that the AFN will not be available once the report options have been fixed. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > On 11 Sep 2014 4:21 PM, Brian/Support wrote: >> What version of Legacy are you using? >> >> Legacy 8 does not have an option to include the AFN on pedigree charts. >> The AFN was also removed from Legacy 7.5. Ancestral File Numbers are >> obsolete now that the LDS church has migrated to Family Search - Family >> Tree. I even went back and checked Legacy 6, that also did not have an >> option to include AFN on pedigree charts. >> >> If you are using the Charting Application instead of Legacy to create >> the pedigree chart the Reference Number available to be added to the >> names in that application is the RIN not the AFN. >> >> Brian >> Customer Support >> Millennia Corporation >> [email protected] >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >> >> >> On 11 Sep 2014 3:11 PM, Bruce Jones wrote: >>> One of the available options for the Pedigree Chart is Ancestral File >>> Number. >>> I have checked this option but it does not show on the report, even though >>> it is on some of the people on the chart. >>> Am I missing something? 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
