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From: "Rae Jean" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Renumber for Reference No.?
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 13:22:02 -0500
References: <4.2.2.20010901112624.00affb78@127.0.0.1>


Amy
Both Lee and Teresa have responded to your message with their thoughts. The
only number I remember is mine.... then use the Tree View to find the
ancestor of choice.

There are other ways I use the Reference field which helps on the Picklist
and on *In House* reports.... also acts as a compact summary of desired
information for an individual. At the present time, I use:
contents of the Related Flag [A, C, D, X, U, AM, CM, DM]
when ladies surname not known [spouse surname]
Died young or no issue [DSP]
Military data [CSA, RW, 1812, W1, W2, etc]
File Folder exists [FF]

Example of Reference field entry might be:
A FF
A1G FF CSA
A2G DM
A4G* RW
C DM DSP FF CSA
D W2
X RW 1812

When the Picklist is sorted on Reference, the resulting list is sorted on my
*Related Flag designation* since that is the first item entered into the
Reference field. So far, there has been no need to increase the length of
the Reference field beyond 20.
Rae Jean in Tennessee


wrote:
>I have been using TMG for several years now but have recently begun using
>modified Henry numbers for my dataset. I am interested in hearing whether
>others have renumbered their direct ancestors on TMG to reflect their
Henry
>numbers (or whatever reference you're using). While it is irritating to
have
>to memorize two sets of numbers for your ancestors, renumbering would
mandate
>assigning unused, and hence large, numbers to your children, siblings,
etc.


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