Identification Code System - by Clarence McDaniel Jan 2003

The purpose of the Identification Code(ID) is to allow systematic listing
and  identification  of  persons  of  common lineal descent.  Unlike past
schemes(Henry system) a system understandable to both people and computers
is  desired.

A tag(capital letter) has been used previously to identify the main lines
of the Paschal(l) family.  This tag is suffixed to the given  name. Years
ago  the  following  convention was adopted and is in use by the Paschall
Genealogical Committee(Johnstons of Texas):

       A Line ..........England
       B Line ..........Thomas of Pennsylvania
       C Line ..........William of Woodbridge, NJ
       C1 Line ..........Will'm of the NC Land Grants (changed Dec 2002)
       T Line ..........Jeremiah/John/Benjamin, Phila.
 
Will'm's children(son's by order of his will) By rights these should be
designated, C1---, but the letters D-P have a long usage and so are left.

              D Line ..........Samuel
              E Line ..........John
              F Line ..........Isaiah
              G Line ..........William
              H Line ..........Elisha
              I Line ..........James
              J Line ..........Dennis
              K Line ..........Thomas
              L Line ..........Sarah
              M Line ..........Dianna
              N Line ..........Rachel
              O Line ..........Ruth
              P Line ..........Reliance

              U Line ..........Unknown persons

In this work the author retains the  above  convention  but  suffixes  an
additional character to each letter for each succeeding generation of the
particular line.  In second and subsequent generations  the  numbers  1-9
are  used  for  the first nine children, then the small letters a,b,c for
child numbers 10,11,12 and so forth.   This  is  a  modification  of  the
paragraph  referencing  in  use  by  corporations  and  the  military for
contracts.  In the modified version  no  period  between  generations  is
necessary and only one digit per generation is used.  For example:

              Standard paragraphing         Modified paragraphing

              1.11.2.14                     1b2e

The modified version is highly useful in computer listing as the computer
sorting  function  will  put  all  the  descendants   in   family   order
automatically  which is a boon to the overworked compiler. The generation
listing may not always be in the  exact  order  of  birth  as  the  birth
information  often  follows after the listing or is later modified by new
data.  The  small  letters  v,w,x,y,z  are  sometimes  used  to   signify
generations where some doubt as to parentage exists.  This usually occurs
when there are two or more brothers present and no records to indicate to
which  brother  the  children  belong.    This  usage  does  not indicate
illegitimate births.  These are generally indicated by a  line  descended
from only a mother.

                    Examples of ID Code Assignments

         ID Code      Line

         I            James(1739-1792): the 6th son of William(c1705-1774)

                             1. Samuel
                             2. Robert
                             3. John
         I4                  4. James(1776-1861)
                                  1. Henry J
                                  2. George W
                                  3. Eliza
                                  4. James
         I45                      5. David L
         I451                          1. George M Dallas
                                           1. Nora M
                                           2. Ida Ann
         I4513                             3. Ivory Grace(author's mother)
                                           4. Georgiann
                                  6. Margaret
                                  .
                                  .
                                  .
                                  .
         I451a                    a.  - 10th child
                                  b.  - 11th child, etc
         I5                  5. Joshua
                                  1.
                                  2.
                                  3.
         I5z                      z.ch of Joshua-name unk
         I5z1                        1. ch of unk


Notes on above:

         1. The number of digits in code is the generation; i.e. 5
            digits=5th generation; it is also the level of indentation
            or tabbing.
         2. In correspondence the following convention is used;
                James,I4
                George M, I451
             This avoids the awkward naming of parents, wife, etc to
             identify a particular person with a common given name.