Oh Wise ones, I am relatively new to the Museum profession and I am in need of help. The museum I work at has been using a chronological numbering system (ie. 1,2,.....100,101...10000,10001...ect)for each object. This number does double duty as the accession number and the object number. When I first joined the museum I approached the Director about switching to the system recommended by Rebecca Buck's book The New Museum Registration Methods. (2006.1.1) I felt it was a good time to switch if it was ever going to happen...No objects had been accessioned in 2006 and the number 10,000 was next. I was told that we had to stay with the old system so...how do I integrate this numbering system into PastPerfect and make the neccessary connections between objects from one donation, using one accession record? These objects may be spread across the 3-D collections, archives, library, or photo collection. I am sure there is a simple way staring me in the face but I just can't see it. Also, how about old donations? How do they fit into what I am asking? Will I be able to make connections between the objects of donations from ten, twenty, thirty years ago? We currently have PastPerfect 2.6 but it was not really used before I arrived. I really like the system and we are upgrading to 3.5. Thanks in advance for all the help, Becca Hiller Curator/Archivist Santa Fe Trail Center ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).