What numbering systems do you use?

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Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2,364 Send Message	Carol	Report	5 Dec 2003 23:05
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2,364 Send Message	I use cumberland family tree, and that numbers individuals with IRN numbers which are easily searched from the programme. You can also search by name. Personally, I prefer to stick to names. I didnt realise there were so many numbering systems.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 1,669 Send Message	Twinkle	Report	5 Dec 2003 19:15
	I have found several - most of which you need a degree in statistics to work out - and I'm curious as to how everyone else manages. Especially people with three thousand ancesters! I've heard that Sosa-Stradonitz (Ahnentafel) is the most common, and it seems to be the easiest to understand. My family tree CD gives details of the Henry, de Villiers/Pama, D'Aboville and Sosa-Stradonitz Systems, but I'd love it if the software could automatically work out who was which number. There is a very good website covering this, and provides info on systems I've never heard of, at: saintclair dot org slash numbers slash.