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From: "Barbara Vines Little, CG" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] ip #10
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:56:13 -0400
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Because we read as well as write?

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Elizabeth Shown Mills wrote:
> Craig wrote:
>
>> Numbering Your Genealogy (Revised): Basic Systems,
>>
> Complex Families and International Kin should be added to the list of
> references in Tip 10.
>
> Bob wrote:>
> I have never assigned any numbers to my 14000 people. I let my program
> assign ID#s and if I want a report with Henry or similar numbers I can
> get the report.
>
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> While I agree with Craig, Bob raised an intriguing point that, IMO, is worth
> discussing. Why does a genealogist who is not a professional need to know
> about the differences in the two major numbering systems (NGSQ and Register)
> or why the Henry is no longer a standard system? Why *not* just let our
> software "do its thing"?
>
> Elizabeth
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> Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG
> APG Member, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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