Thanks Jenny. I'm up to 24,000 people at this point. I appreciate your help. Gloria
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 1:43 PM Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: > On 18-Dec-18 04:47 PM, Gloria DeSousa wrote: > > Please tell me Jenny how you made an "identifier" in the UserID. Or if > > you can direct me to a link that actually explains it without first > > putting me to sleep or scattered. I tried tagging and couldn't get the > > hang of it. I'd probably flop at the Focus Group also. > > I have been using my system from the get-go, so it has been very easy to > do. Whenever I add a new person I enter the UserID, suing a letter for > each of my 4 grandparent lines, a number which indicates the generation > working back from 1 being my grandparents, 2 great-grands, etc, and the > RIN which I can see at the top of the data entry screen where it says > "Individual's Information [nnn]." > > Thus, my paternal grandfather is D1.232, one of my 13th > great-grandparents on my mother's paternal side is P13.4697. The > letters are the initials of the surnames - I am fortunate that they > happen to be 4 different letters! > > I think it would be too much of an undertaking to set up the system if > you already have a few thousand (or even a few hundred) people in your > family file. > > -- > Jenny M Benson > http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/ > > -- > > 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/ >
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