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- How to read the Record System Report
- Created by PAFAbility
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- The Record System, sometimes called the Modified Register System,
- is a numbering system used in compiled genealogies. It is a
- modified version of the "Register" or "New England System" used
- by the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register". Its
- use was pioneered by the "New York Genealogical and Biographical
- Record". It is also used in the "National Genealogical Society
- Quarterly". The report created by PAFAbility differs from the
- standard in that no distinction is made between male and female
- descendant lines (both are carried to their conclusion) and only
- the name of a child is shown if the child's line is continued.
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- In the list of children of an individual, each child is assigned
- a small case Roman numeral (i, ii, etc.) to indicate birth order.
- Each individual is also assigned a unique Arabic numeral (1, 2,
- etc) which precedes the birth-order number. If a child has
- descendants, then just the name is shown and a plus sign (+) is
- placed next to the Arabic number to indicate that the line is
- continued later in the report.
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- To illustrate:
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- First Generation
- 1 Common ancestor
- Children by 1st wife
- +2i First child
- Children by 2nd wife
- 3ii Second child
- Second Generation
- 2 First child of #1
- +4i First child of #2
- Third Generation
- 4 First child of #2
- 5i First child of #4
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- The index to the report lists the unique Arabic number assigned
- to the individual. If the number is followed by an "S", then the
- individual is the spouse of the person with that number (spouses
- are not given unique numbers). Then the individual's name is
- listed and the page(s) where he can be found. In this version of
- the report, women are listed by their maiden names only.
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