I would transfer my database from FTM 16 to 2010 to whatever in the same why I'd transfer a PAF to FTM. Export it to GEDCOM first, then import it into the new application. When I share my database with others, I don't know what they have for an application. So I always export to GEDCOM. I have FTM now because so many send me their databases in that format. What I would like is an application that would renumber my database (*order doesn't really matter to me*). I just want a different I001. I'd started (*probably like most people*) with myself. For security purposes, I'd like to obfuscate who I am when I publish. I brute-forced a change once. I created a basic database with Biblical genealogy. Then imported my database. Since both databases had some duplicated RIN's, the new imported database renumbered. Helped some. But that's really just an offset. Anyone could see that my record came after Benjamin, son of Jacob, son of Isaac, yada yada. --kg > > As far as I know, FTM does not change the individual ID #'s each time you > save a new GEDCOM. My WorldConnect link problems are because I had to > upgrade from FTM 16 to FTM 2010 (16 would not work on Windows 7), and the > two programs are different enough that it changed the ID #'s. I am assuming > that once I have fixed my links, they will stay correct. That is, until a > few years from now when I have to get a new computer with a new OS that will > not run FTM 2010 . . . . > > Jenny > >