Can someone tell me if the computer generated Ref. No. changes? I use the Ref No. in Add Facts, to correspond with the computer Ref. #, plus I add a 3 letter code at the beginning to show what family they descend from: ex., John Smith-274 - my ref. SMI274, I was correcting some and noticed that all are different from what I had originally entered. Some are off by 2 or 3 numbers, while some are off by as much as 20, from the computer generated #'s. Am I going to have to change all my Ref # ? (I have not deleted any names that I can remember) Linda

The field known as Reference Number does change. It is an internal database record number. Each time a record added or database is Imported, the number increment by 1. If you want a stable reference number, you must add your own. Use the Reference Number Fact. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "L & J Veenstra" <ljveen@sympatico.ca> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:42 PM Subject: [FO] Ref. No.'s > Can someone tell me if the computer generated Ref. No. changes? > I use the Ref No. in Add Facts, to correspond with the computer Ref. #, > plus I add a 3 letter code at the beginning to show what family they > descend from: ex., John Smith-274 - my ref. SMI274, > I was correcting some and noticed that all are different from what I had > originally entered. Some are off by 2 or 3 numbers, while some are off > by as much as 20, from the computer generated #'s. > Am I going to have to change all my Ref # ? > (I have not deleted any names that I can remember) > Linda > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > PLEASE send personal replies and "THANK YOU" message privately. All messages on this list are archived and archiving takes up valuable space. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp