Duplicates within FAG should be reported to FAG and will have no bearing on
the Legacy data. I mark both numbers in my Lagacy file as well as
reporting the change in FAg.
Also If the Find a grave numbers were unique in Legacy, then you would not
be using Check/repair to find duplicates , you would be notified
immediately upon your entry attempt.
Ian
On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 10:27 PM <hpeterj...@cox.net> wrote:
> Ian
>
> I think this would be nice… however even though on Find A Grave each
> memorial IS a unique number …
>
> There are still issues that can’t be corrected by making the field in
> “Legacy” unique
>
>
>
> One being duplicate memorials created within Find A Grave and lastly when
> a memorial gets merged… That way it still has to be fixed in Legacy after
> it is located.
>
> So, in one way the portion of check/repair that locates there error drives
> us (the user) to investigate.
>
>
>
> In my case I find the duplicate numbers I get in Legacy are from me having
> duplicate individuals which I need to merge (here again I find that the
> check/routine that catches these duplicates VERY beneficial.
>
>
>
> So I guess what I am saying is that I can see advantages to both sides of
> the argument.
>
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Henry
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> *On
> Behalf Of *Ian Macaulay
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 6, 2024 6:04 PM
> *To:* Legacy User Group <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] A question about FAG numbers {user ID]
>
>
>
> This is not the same as the FAG number as the Fag number is a direct link
> to Find a Grave whereas the user ID is connected to naught.
>
>
>
> Ian
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 1:50 PM Ms Mary K. Lund via LegacyUserGroup <
> legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> wrote:
>
> To answer the question of "to RIN' or not to "RIN": Copied from Legacy
> file Help
>
>
>
> *User ID*
>
> This field is for any reference number you want to record for this
> individual. You can use any combination of letters, numbers and
> punctuation marks. There is a tool on the *Options > Customize > Other *tab
> where you can automatically fill the *User ID* fields for all individuals
> with the RIN numbers and optional text. (See Customize - Other for more
> information.)
>
> Mary K. Lund
>
>
>
> On Friday, February 2, 2024 at 05:24:08 AM CST, Jenny M Benson <
> ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> On 02/02/2024 01:12, Ian Macaulay wrote:
> > Do any of you see why Find a grave numbers should not be made a unique
> > field.
> > In order to not allow a duplicate entry. I have for a second time
> > requested this feature and am hoping that there is not a problem
> > somewhere else that I have not considered.
> >
> > My program crashes often and always has a duplicate or two in the
> > error report.
> > It is the only reason I can find for these crashes. It takes three runs
> > at File maintenance to get up and running again.
> >
> > If you have an objection to making this field unique please post it/
> > If not and you agree with my poorly stated state of affairs, send a
> > request for feature to Legacy via the request feature in the "Help/
> > request featurte" drop down.
>
> Seems a good idea so I have submitted a request.
>
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