Eugene, Personally - I would never recommend using RIN numbers for any significant purpose - they provide the internal linkages for the programming to maintain links and relationships - the fact that there are gaps in the sequence is immaterial to the database and the "user" use of PAF. The true count is of course what is on your gedcom and should agree with the stats displayed on the File > Properties window and should equal the record count less the deleted records on the properties window. For the pedantically minded - RIN's can be re-ordered in two main ways: (1) - Re-import your gedcom file into a new database - RIN's will be assigned from #1 in the sequence of loading from the gedcom file. (2) - For the really pedantic - PAFInsight (from Ohana Software) provides features to re-number individual records or sequentially renumber groups of records. But I really cannot think why any one should bother - no significance external to PAF internal programming should ever be attached to RIN (or MRIN numbers). (now that's likely to start a debate!) Regards, Stewart -----Original Message----- From: H. Eugene McInturff [mailto:hemack@lynxconnect.com] Sent: 23 June 2005 16:43 To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAF-5] RIN's There is a discrepancy of over 3000 count between the numerical sort of my data base and the number of individuals when I export a GEDCOM. Would someone enlighten advise me how to find and use these unused RIN's? Thanks........Eugene ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Connecting the World One GEDCOM at a Time http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/