Genealogy Chat

Here, in the US, an "inmate" listed on a census, was a patient who was institutionalized, an orphan living in an orphanage, or an actual inmate in a prison. Judy

Well done Shelagh! Lets hope you find loads more, eh? And to think it only came about by chance! Linda.

I think you will see the batch number in the bottom left of an entry. Stan

I know I'm abit slow but where abouts is the batch no on IGI ? Meryl

............and if you want to get the batch no. for churches in a particular area, go into google, enter "igi batch numbers for ********" (eg Northumberland) et voila! when you get the page, you might need to scroll down as it looks as if, at first you just get the one page, in fact it's a reeeeeaaaaaalllllyyyyyy long page (or simply click on the letters just below the screen 'top'). good luck everyone!!

The Batch No system is brilliant but I don't necessarily agree with searching just for the surname you're looking for. I put a thread on here a couple of weeks ago listing the 9 different spellings for my surname which I found in Biggleswade. There were 5 different spellings for one set of parents, so it may be worth listing the whole of the Batch No and scrolling down to pick up on any likely names. Sue

I'd think it was a hostel / boarding-house / rooming-house of some kind -- cheap semi-permanent accommodation for single people mostly, or husbands working away from home. Anywhere that was attracting an influx of people would need one. MD = Major Domo?

Hello Everybody, Thanks one and all. Yes I have used the batch no. method of finding same-name rellies, baptisms, marriages, etc. I came upon the house of J.M.Wallace quite by chance! I don't have any rellies with that name, I just made up a name because I was tired of hitting my head on the 'proverbial' brick wall. When I found Mr. Wm Wesley Taylor I just had to take a look, as you do! I clicked on 'household' and there they all were! I must go back and investigate the 'inmates' more thoroughly - who know I might just find one of my elusive relatives amongst them? Linda. (East Sussex)

Hello Anna I beleive its all the people with the same surname that was bapt or married in that same church. I have found a few ancestors from it. You could also go to Hugh Wallis Batch site. It will take you to the LDS batch no site. but, remember whatever you find must be verified with original records. Good Luck Shirley

If you find the record of someone's birth with a Batch No, and also it gives their parents' names, click on the Batch Number and on the new search window type in just the surname, and the parents' names. Also the location. Then Search brings up all children christened in the same parish having the same parents, ie siblings. The only time this nearly came unstuck was when I did a search for a surname with parents William and Rebecca, and the children seemed to span an unreasonable amount of time. I then discovered that they fell into two groups, that William (child) from the first group had also married a Rebecca, and was the father of the second group. If, however, you've already done a search without speficying parents' names, by opening up each record you can see who belongs to which parents, and match them up that way. Using this method I found over 30 new relatives from four generations. Jan

J. M. Wallace's occupation is shown as M.D. Doctor of Medicine? Could this be a hospital of some sort? Or a hostel for immigrant workers? Jan

Hi Shirley, Thanks for that great piece of advice, I just folowed your instructions and a load of my other ancestors were shown. However do you know how that works, why they are grouped together and how (if i can) they are related Great info though cheers Thanks Anna

Hello Linda When you are next on the LDS site, go into IGI if you find a person you are looking for and you find a batch no at the bottom of the page, click on it and type the surname in again, if you are lucky a list of your rellies may come up. Good Luck Shirley

Linda: At LDS, did you click on "household" on the page you were viewing?....there you would find the rest of the people living in the household. Congrats on your find!

I typed in Wm Wesley Taylor - 1848 - Exact Year - All Events - England into the LDS search site, scrolled down, found Wm Wesley Taylor at No.36 of the Canadian Census and found more than I bargained for! It came up with J.M.Wallace as head of house. Quite what sort of house it was I'm not sure! There were loads and loads of Irish, Scottish, English born people. Maybe it was some sort of Institution or something? Linda.

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