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Re: IGI - Complete?
« Reply #18 on: Thursday 05 July 07 13:52 BST (UK) »
Hi Rainie

I fear you are a little distant to come to our meeting  :)  :)  -  and Marie has correctly explained my abbreviations - sorry I should have given more detail. The full link for SP is

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/  - the official Govt site - if you haven't seen it do sign up. It is free to search BUT pay to view to look at results - certificates come at about $3AU - somewhat cheaper than in Australia!

If you have  an LDS family history centre within coeee of where you live, you can visit there & order any of their films of church registers - but as they are run by volunteers the equipment is usually a little old and somewhat overused - however, it does work & as I mentioned provides an alternative to a trip to UK (rather much cheaper  :) )

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« Reply #19 on: Friday 06 July 07 07:17 BST (UK) »
Thank you Trish and Marie. That is excellent info. I didnt realise I could do that from LDS centres. I will find out what is available here in the West.  Also the Scotlandspeople site.

Cheers,

Rainie

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Re: IGI - Complete?
« Reply #20 on: Friday 06 July 07 07:47 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Ewan on Wednesday 27 June 07 19:55 BST (UK)
If I can't find an ancestor's details on the IGI (familysearch) is there a chance that they can be found at a record office?  In other words is the IGI on line complete?

Ewan

I get really annoyed with people who claim the IGI is not complete; it is!
Not only is it complete it is 100% accurate!

Anyone who thinks it is not complete or accurate is using the IGI for the wrong purpose.

Be in no doubt the IGI is not as some misguided people think an index of parish records, it is an index of the ordinances of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
If an ordinance took place it is recorded in the IGI, if no ordinance took place there is no reference on the IGI.

To use the IGI as an index to parish records is similar to using a telephone directory as an index of voters. It will contain some entries and not others.

As with all records it is important to know what they record and why, without this knowledge one will make mistakes, follow wrong leads and come up against brickwalls.
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« Reply #21 on: Friday 06 July 07 09:08 BST (UK) »
Hello Guy

Many folks understand the beginnings of and reasons behind the existence of the IGI - thus said, millions throughout the world successfully use the "extracted" records as an index of parish registers and in my experience the church is very happy for us to do this. They call their index the "International Genealogical Index" - not the "Ordinance of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints Index". They no longer allow "church member submitted" entries to be added to the index, but they do add more parish register data to the index.

As an index of parish registers it does not cover every church register in existance, but it does contain a very large number of same, thus allowing those of us, very distant from our ancestors place of birth/baptism to find records related to these ancestors.

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Re: IGI - Complete?
« Reply #22 on: Friday 06 July 07 09:37 BST (UK) »
Hi, Trish  :D

You should have been a carpenter - you are so good at hitting nails on the head!  ;D

I can just add to what you have said, that the friendly Director of my local LDS FHC always refers to the IGI as a useful genealogical index which should be a guide only - he admits that it is incomplete and there are errors in it.  I'm sure he knows what it was originally created for - he is a Mormon, obviously - but he thinks of it as an index, as do his customers.

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Re: IGI - Complete?
« Reply #23 on: Friday 06 July 07 09:57 BST (UK) »
Maybe I've just been unlucky, but I've rarely found anything of use in the IGI. Even records I've extracted from Registers myself don't seem to be on it - occasionally it points in the right direction, but the Parish coverage seems very thin in certain counties

Steve
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Re: IGI - Complete?
« Reply #24 on: Friday 06 July 07 10:03 BST (UK) »
I've found heaps on it, Steve!

Yes, I'm sure it depends where you are searching.  I have probably been lucky, and you, unlucky.

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Re: IGI - Complete?
« Reply #25 on: Friday 06 July 07 10:22 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Guy
If an ordinance took place it is recorded in the IGI, if no ordinance took place there is no reference on the IGI.

Hi Guy - whats an Ordinance ?
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« Reply #26 on: Friday 06 July 07 10:57 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Newfy on Friday 06 July 07 10:22 BST (UK)
Quote from: Guy
If an ordinance took place it is recorded in the IGI, if no ordinance took place there is no reference on the IGI.

Hi Guy - whats an Ordinance ?

Try Google Newfy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints

Trish
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