That is basically the numbering system a lot of doctors use -- 1st 3 letters and then sequential numbers. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Betty Stokes" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [FO] ID numbers for pictures/documents Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:15:36 -0500 I was interested in the Dollarhide numbering system. I have a paper copy of the system. He had a program during the DOS days, but it was purchased and absorbed by another program. His system based on a combination of Ahnentaphel/Pedigree and the Henry System. A person would have to decide on who was going to be the beginning number - themselves or their children and go from there. Even the inlaws and step children got numbers. That would require keeping a list of the numbers even if they were logical. When I first used PAF Version 1.0, a very nice book came with it which gave instructions for numbering your documents. They suggested using the first 3 letters of each surname (or a unique first 3 letters) and adding the numbers sequentially. Unfortunately, I am not that well organized and didn't keep up either system. Betty ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== Searchable ARCHIVES - (might wrap so you have to type in part of the name, or copy and paste) http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Anne (Percival) Kruszka _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com