Genealogy Chat

Hi I recently found a birth and christening been hunting for on IGI. Having mastered copy and paste, thanks to the tips board, I'm now copying any IGI entries I find into a word document to keep. Liz

Thanks I have suspected that is what has been hapening in Somerset as well as things come and go. Anne

There is a serious purpose behind the IGI, indeed behind all of the LDS genealogical activities, and I can't imagine that making the availability of certain information a lottery, based on when you look, sits comfortably with that purpose. With modern database technology and hardware, there is no practical limit to the amount of information that can be made available, and I can't believe that there can be any issues of rights in the data that would preclude them being available on the widest possible basis all the time.

I have read on other forums that this is a myth. It comes from th fact that other bits of info (Scotland census) are missing. I would have thought something so basic would appear on the Familysearch site. Bob

Since I know someone who is involved with the preparation of the IGI, I will contact them. I have been told by the Church that rotation is a myth so will post their reply when I receive it.

Hi Karen Well, I know that the Shropshire Archives has the IGI on CD Rom, which they say means they have the whole thing and not just that part which is currently available on the web-site. But how they buy it I do not know, as it does not appear to be listed on the Products for Sale part of the LDS site. I would imagine it is not cheap. The other point is that the IGI is, I believe, still being added to. So any CD Rom bought would only be up-to-date at the time it was bought. Any records added subsequently would not of course be on it. Tina

Hi Tina, does that mean you can buy a CD Rom with the whole index on? And if so, has anyone done it, and how much is it?

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I've never come across anything like this so I would guess that it is Shropshire only. Why on earth, I can't imagine. Kate.

Does anyone know if this applies to other counties or is it peculiar to Shropshire. Elaine

Has anyone worked out what this rota is, I dont want to have to check daily!

For Annabelle www.familysearch.org Heather :-)

I thought I was having (many) senior moments!! Good to know it wasn't that (at least this time!) Thanks for the info. Margaret.

Crazy but true, yesterday I found 3 sisters for my great-great-great grandmother, and I am sure they weren't there before. nell

Better cancel that psychiatrist appointment next week- thought I was cracking up!! Cheers for the tip - I'm not mad after all - well, not that much!!! Best wishes Helen

bump found it Jeanette

Hi Dave Yes, I have been pondering about the Hugh Wallis site too, but I cannot see how that would make any difference to the situation. The Hugh Wallis site does not hold the IGI information itself, it is really just a tool for sorting the information which is on the IGI site into the parishes in which you are really interested. It gives you the correct batch number but, crucially, then takes you back into the Mormon site but with a more finely tuned search. So I don't think that the Hugh Wallis site solves it at all - one will still only access the information that is 'live' on the IGI at the time one is searching. Tina

Thanks from another person who thought she was going crazy, knowing I had seen the information on IGI but then not finding it again and having to do some serious re-thinking of where I had seen it - if you get my drift.

Hi Tina, I was also told this when I went to the Shropshire Archives. I had always had problems with seeing things on the IGI once and not being able to find it again. Its nice when someone tells you that you are not going totally doolally though lol! Wilf :-)

Have you tried this site, I think it bye-passes part of the problem http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb(.)com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm good hunting Dave