Not my ancient FTM 4.4! It keeps the same numbers, except where two individuals are merged. So I can export my gedcom to WorldConnect et al. without disturbing links that may have been made to specific pages. On 2011-08-27 18:30, Pat Asher wrote: > AFAIK, FTM has always assigned new ID numbers to individuals each > time a new GEDCOM is exported. -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. Box 118 / Hyde Park, NY 12538 / USA Little Nine Partners Historical Society Trustee, Webmaster, Life Member http://L9PHS.ORG/ Personal website: Genealogy, et Cetera: http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/