Lance wrote:
> The reason being is that RIN's have no significance to your records.
> They are only generated by, and used within the program to readily seek
> out the records. That is why they are called "Random Identification
> Numbers".
According to Legacy's online help file, the RINs are Record
Identification Numbers. Similar terminology is used in the GEDCOM
standard. The RINs that I've seen in my file are definitely not
assigned in Random order. They appear to be assigned in sequential
order. That is the first person entered in a file is given RIN 1, and
the next is assigned a RIN of 2, etc. There are possible exceptions
for records (individuals) being deleted and of course when a file is built
from a GEDCOM file and when two files are merged.
jr
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