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Offline newburychap

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Re: How do I do church/parish research to find information on a ancestor?
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 26 April 11 23:47 BST (UK) »
I know I am being really thick but what do I do with the following once i have them

indexing project (batch) number:   M11475-1
system origin:   Scotland-ODM
source film number:   6035516

M11475-1 is a batch of marriage entries from a parish register, sourced from Scotland (not sure what ODM stands for) and can be found on film number 6035516.

You can view the film at any LDS Family History Centre (they have them all over the world). You will probably have to go along and order the film then wait a while (a week or three) until it arrives.

As it is part of the indexing project you might hit lucky and find it on the LDS site (familysearch), and even be able to see scanned pages from the filmed original.
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Re: How do I do church/parish research to find information on a ancestor?
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 26 April 11 23:59 BST (UK) »
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M11475-1 is a batch of marriage entries from a parish register, sourced from Scotland (not sure what ODM stands for) and can be found on film number 6035516

This batch and film is actually transcribed from the Statutory Registers for Scotland not the Parish Register, and you can download an image from Scotlandspeople.

It might be a better option to give an example you are interested in as there may be an alternative to a FamilySearch Library

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Re: How do I do church/parish research to find information on a ancestor?
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 27 April 11 11:06 BST (UK) »
 :) Thank you all very much,