How to verify IGI details

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Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 39 Send Message	Jean	Report	5 May 2008 14:02
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 39 Send Message	Please can anyone tell me how to verify pre 1837 details found on IGI a I am well and truly stuck. The information was submitted by another researcher and sems to fit but I cant ffind the ancestor in any census records post 1837. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 125 Send Message	Ken	Report	5 May 2008 14:11
	You have to look at the original records whether that be in the church or a record office or looking at a film of the records that are held by the IGI people.
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 314 Send Message	Ed	Report	5 May 2008 14:12
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 314 Send Message	verification can only be done by viewing the original documents. however you can add substance to your igi entries by looking at the census years, as you have done; perhaps the person is deceased hence no census entry; perhaps they left the country; perhaps they re-married; and so on. You could look at the sites i have posted in the last few days on this site they offer numerous free parish records. take a look, you may hit a jackpot.