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

1. Two items about RINs: When a new record is entered in PAF by hand, it will take the RIN that was most recently deleted, not the largest number RIN. 2. When a record has been deleted the RIN is empty, but it does not decrease the size of the file. You can delete any number of records and the size of the file will stay the same. With a discrepancy of over 3000 count of what appears to be empty RINs you might want to get rid of the empty RINs, if you haven't tied your records to the RINs. The backup may not change because it does a compression and may handle the empty RINs. If your GEDCOM wasn't for ALL, then check for the "islands" or separate trees that PAF won't recognize. PAFInsight will remove the empty RINs. In some cases it will remove an empty RIN without changing the order of the RINs. That is done after you have saved data using PAFInsight. Mary Lou Harline mlharline@sbcglobal.net "H. Eugene McInturff" <hemack@lynxconnect.com> wrote: 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/