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Title: info on birth-baptism searches
Post by: jackjohn on Tuesday 14 December 10 14:31 GMT (UK)

I have a question about the info found when doing a search on family search
in Ireland - I'm new to searching this information

when I find the person(s) I'm searching for on Family Search , sometimes I find multiple entries

first one will have name , gender , birthdate , birthplace , father's name , mother's name and the batch , origin , etc ...

next one will have the above info plus baptism/christening place

on 2 of my searches I have ... 768,Bonmahon,Wat,Ire
                                            ... 811,Bonmahon,Wat,Ire

I guess the short question to the long asking is "What does the '811' and '768' stand for ?? is that an address ?

thankyou , in advance , for taking the time to read and/or respond to my question

Title: Re: info on birth-baptism searches
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 14 December 10 14:40 GMT (UK)

Those numbers are the page numbers for the entry in the civil registration index- usually explained at the bottom of the page.

Title: Re: info on birth-baptism searches
Post by: jackjohn on Wednesday 15 December 10 13:34 GMT (UK)

thank you aghadowey for your reply .

what I see at the bottom of the page are 'indexing project (batch) number' , 'system origin' , 'source film number' and 'reference number'
of which none contain '811' or '768' on their respective pages .

since it only a information page (not a scan of the original document)I'm guessing the meaning is somewhere in those .

thanks again for the quick response .

Jack

Title: Re: info on birth-baptism searches
Post by: shanew147 on Wednesday 15 December 10 13:52 GMT (UK)

If you search the civil BMD Index for the same names, you should see an index record with the same year and page number (the 811 or 768). This record will include the additional details that you need to order a cert from the GRO or GRONI.

 Introduction to Irish Records (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,442233.0.html)
 Ordering Certs from GRO Roscommon (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,433040.0.html)
 Details included on a Birth Cert (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,433041.0.html)


Shane

Title: Re: info on birth-baptism searches
Post by: aghadowey on Wednesday 15 December 10 17:20 GMT (UK)

If you give me the names for the two entries you mention I'll have a look for the explanation.

Title: Re: info on birth-baptism searches
Post by: jackjohn on Thursday 16 December 10 21:12 GMT (UK)

thanks for the info and the links shanew147 and thanks to aghadowey for the assistance .