Showing reference numbers in reports

[appelget]

I am doing data entry of other peoples' research on the Applegate family. A few decades ago, a person came up with a very nice reference number system and every person is assigned a number. Other people working on the Applegates use these numbers a lot.

I have been dutifully entering those numbers with each person.

I would love to be able to print out register reports that have the reference number for a person either immediately before or after their name. Is this possible to do in PAW now or, if not, could it be added to a future version?

~sta

[Howard Metcalfe]

Jun 8, 2010 21:57:01 GMT -5 appelget said:

I am doing data entry of other peoples' research on the Applegate family. A few decades ago, a person came up with a very nice reference number system and every person is assigned a number. Other people working on the Applegates use these numbers a lot.

I have been dutifully entering those numbers with each person.

I would love to be able to print out register reports that have the reference number for a person either immediately before or after their name. Is this possible to do in PAW now or, if not, could it be added to a future version?

~sta

No, there's no way to do that, except...

You might enter the number as the suffix (postnominal) part of the name. For example, enter Smith, Frank,,r1234. (The suffix must start with a letter or single quote.) But remember that the suffix will always appear with the name in every report and in every other context.

I won't be adding a separate capability to include a reference number since this is a unique request and I try to avoid adding things that are only applicable to one person. Sorry.

But I will think about using characters entered into the ID field (which is a reference number when exported to GEDCOM) as an option for printing somewhere in reports. May be awhile before I decide. Meanwhile, you might think about just recording the Applegate reference numbers in the notes.

Best,
Howard