Legacy's internal record numbers are purely random. As a person is
entered a Record Identification Number (RIN) is assigned to the person.
These are assigned sequentially. It is the same with the marriages, a
Marriage Record ID Number (MRIN) is assigned to each couple when they
are linked.
The internal connections into families are made by references to MRINs
and RINs and what role they play. The MRIN record contains the RINs for
the husband and wife. Children are linked to that family using their
RINs and the MRIN(s) of the family(ies) to which they belong since kids
may have more than one set of parents via adoption etc.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
[email protected]
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
On 10/03/2016 12:07, Hannigan Family Research wrote:
Prior to last night, I knew very little about the various types of
'numbering systems' (http://eogen.editme.com/NumberingSystems) that
genealogy researchers use. To say that this is a little confusing is an
understatement. There are many different options with many different
purposes. Why are there so many systems and why are they so different?
It appears that there is some popular usage tied to the 'Dollarhide
System' or a modification of that system. The link above is to Dick
Eastman's website and the page is the base page if you want to research
further the various systems. There are links on the page that provide a
description (and some examples) of they system.
For most genealogy researchers, this is probably a mute point - meaning
they don't really think about it, they just allow their computer program
to establish the pattern. I think that Legacy 8 uses the 'Record
Number' system of the database being used and links records together in
an 'inter-relational' pattern. I know you have the option to display or
not display the RIN/RMIN when viewing listings/reports.
First, does Legacy 8 have the option to use a different system than the
'Record Number' pattern, like the Dollarhide system, the Register
system, the NGSQ system or the Ahnentafel system within a particular
tree? If so, where do you set it? If not, should it?
Second, how do other Legacy genealogy researchers use the 'numbering
systems' available to them? I want to take an informal survey to see if
there is much consideration given the numbering system for genealogical
research.
A. I don't know anything about numbering systems and let the
computer program assign the numbers
B. I set an event for the numbering system
C. I use another method/program to monitor the relationship
numbering system for my research
I hope this does not confuse people, because from what I read last
night, it is very important (and informative) when you publish material
in professional journals and books.
Thank you for your patience.
John Hannigan
Florida
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