Church Coin
Posted in Uncategorized on 06/20/2007 01:54 am by admin
Church Coin
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 5 LEI 2006 DENSUS CHURCH Silver Proof coin Romania  US $159.00
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The International Genealogical Index, also known as IGI, is a method of organizing data from vital, church and civic records on individuals dating back hundreds of years, most before 1900. The data collected was from their "Controlled Extraction Program" which started in 1969 using actual formal records from chiefly the United States, Europe and Canada.
However, many other locations in the continents of Asia, South America and Africa are being added. This is a painstaking transcribing process which does take a long time and then needs to be indexed. It is used primarily by the Family Search program of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints (LDS) in their main Library in Utah, their Family Search web site and with their thousands of Family History Centers across the globe.
It can really help you tap into some new areas of information on your ancestors but you should be made aware there is a few tricks to its usage. First, you can not search just by a surname. A full name must be used. If only a surname is known and a general location then using the batch numbers maybe of further assistance. You can check though the IGI for all mentions of the family surname within a specific church parish or civic record.
What are batch numbers? The vast array of the IGI records are categorize into 'batches'. Each batch is based on when and where the original information was located. So if you were looking for an ancestor whose hometown was Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, you would first start with the correct batch numbers for that locality. For births / christenings the batch numbers for York County run from C506861 to C506881 and cover 1733 to 1875.
For marriages the batch numbers run from M506861 to M506881 and cover 1735 to 1878. Note the numbers are the same, just a 'C' for christenings and 'M' for marriages. After putting in a batch number and a region (example: North America) to the IGI search box, just a surname can be placed and then a search will reveal any matches.
There is even submitted data by LDS members on ancestors and organized into batches. With LDS submitted records you can also just place a surname, next a region and / or state and then a search can be performed. Always view the 'message' section with each viewed individual to see the source information. If your ancestor has a very unusual given name (Arvilla, Cristobal, Euphemia or Llewellyn) it can be placed along with a region name into the search instead of a surname.
When you do find a match, view the listing for parents and / or spouse to see if that matches with what information you already had discovered. If you are unsure, write the information down but placing a question mark or note to yourself that it will need extra investigation.
Whether the IGI records were extracted from a church or civic record or submitted by a LDS member, the information on these 286 million individuals should still be considered 'secondary source', in other words, someone's use of a primary source. In such cases there is plenty of room for errors and omissions in names or dates. So always check with other sources any dates, names or locations discovered using the IGI.
Also you can request through the Family History Center the loan of the microfilm from which that IGI record came from. Reviewing that original record on film will help determine if there were any omissions and possibly provide some extra information.
Don't despair if nothing is located right away on a particular ancestor using the IGI. The LDS has microfilmed many christening and marriage records from church parishes however many were not extracted and indexed for the IGI. The microfilm of those original records (even if not on the IGI) is still available on loan at a local Family History Center.
The use of the International Genealogical Index should be considered as an index only, not a primary source unto itself. It can conceivably provide a clue of other sources to help verify what your have gathered.
Shortcut your search for your family at: http://www.genealogysoup.com/blog
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