Jim, and other interested readers, In my database I have 89 men named William Elgie (so named from 1645 to 2012). Some have middle names; some have suffixes, but most of them are simply William Elgie. I use the BK number to identify text files, and photographs that pertain to each of the separate individuals. Diane Scannell On 5/29/2015 1:16 PM, Jim Dell via wrote: > Jude > Person's name in my opinion. > The person's number is unique to BK and at some point you might recreate > your data base and the numbers won't match. > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jude via > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 1:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BK] Naming Text Files > > What is the best way to name text files? Persons name or persons number? > Any advise would be appreciated. > > Thank you, > Jude > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

At 02:33 PM 5/29/2015, Diane Scannell wrote: >In my database I have 89 men named William Elgie ... >I use the BK number to identify text files, and photographs that pertain to each of the separate individuals. I do the same. Although I don't have 89 people sharing a name I have duplicates of many names (do you know how many Samuel Packards there were in Bridgewater MA in colonial times?) and I find that using the BK numbers for the files works very well for me. I am not concerned about changing programs - I have been a registered BK user since the program was MS-DOS only, and John Steed and the program will likely both outlive me. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net