Thank you for those responses, I do not auto merge but I still have problems telling which Angus belongs to who and so have the same problem manually. I am fairly accurate and careful but every now and again I notice that one of the supposedly Permanent Rins has been merged. I was looking for an easy way out.
Ian On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Tessa Keough <murke...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use that option in Legacy (to not reuse RINs) AND I never do any > automatic merges (manual gives you better control although it takes a > little more time). Also you might want to print out your list of > individuals with RINs and MRINs so you have your ID system in case > something goes wonky. > > Tessa > > On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 10:40 AM Chris Hill <chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The only control on RINs is to stop the reuse of abandoned RINs, from >> deletions or merges. The control for that is in Options / Data Defaults >> item 4.4. >> >> >> >> Otherwise, I don’t think that there is a way to lock a record from being >> updated, merged or deleted. You could put an Event flag on them to warn you >> when comparing in the Merge process. I would also never run an automatic >> merge, I would use the Find Duplicates option with the settings set to try >> and minimise the number of duplicates. But with a lot of people with the >> same name you will always have problems. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] *On >> Behalf Of *Ian Macaulay >> *Sent:* 18 February 2017 18:04 >> *To:* Legacy User Group <LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com> >> *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Locking a specific rin >> >> >> >> I use my Rins as Id's and also when I merge, Legacy reuses the old >> ones. >> >> Is there a way to flag or lock specific Rin numbers so they do not allow >> deletions from merges or deletions. >> >> The reason is that there are 300 Angus Macaulays, Two of them published >> by Rin number, >> >> I don't want to accidentally merge those specific Angus's and >> inadvertently change their Rins >> >> Ian >> >> >> -- >> >> ICMac Sales: Hobby consultant (1986r.) >> >> Office hours: 10:00 Am - 5:00 PM most days >> >> Macaulay Genealogy >> Family Matters >> Ian Macaulay of Carp, Ontario >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ >> mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > -- ICMac Sales: Hobby consultant (1986r.) Office hours: 10:00 Am - 5:00 PM most days Macaulay Genealogy Family Matters Ian Macaulay of Carp, Ontario
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