Genealogy Chat

Can someone please tell me what information you get by typing the "Batch" no on the IGI family search site. Sue..................

If you search on the batch number you will get all the transcribed entries for the period covered by the batch for that particular church. You can enter a surname and the batch number and that will restrict the results to just that surname.

Also, if you put in a surname and the parents' names, it will list all the children of those parents who were christened in that parish - a great help if you find someone and want to know if they had any siblings. One afternoon I added 40 names from three generations to my tree in one go using a batch number. Jan.

Thankyou to Stan Jan Brian and June for your info, I will try later on......Sue............

Pardon me for being thick but how do you know the batch number?? Ann,Darlington

Nudge --please?? Ann

The batch number will be on any IGI information obtained from the LDS site or else go to the Hugh Wallis site for a general search.

Hi Ann When you find an entry on the IGI (Mormon site), scroll down and you will see a batch number. You can click on it. Say the entry you found is a christening record, type in the surname only, plus first names for Mother and Father, and you will get a list of children, christened at the same church with the same Mum and Dad; therefore siblings to your ancestor. Does that make sense?

Sorry to be thick but there doesn't seem to be a batch number all the time?? I must b edoing something wrong Ann

Sorry to be thick but there doesn't seem to be a batch number all the time?? I must b edoing something wrong Ann

Ann As far as I know there should always be a batch number. After you have typed in a name and clicked to search; you then get a list of names. When you click on one of those names which is, say, a record of a christening, you see the names of the parents, the date and the church. Scroll down and there will be a batch number.

Thanks Suzanne I think I have got it, Will have a play later, it takes a while for this old brain to work!! Ann

Don't worry Ann. It took me about a month to work out that the FamilySearch, IGI, LDS and Mormon site were all the same thing!!

There isn't always a batch number, sometimes the information is supplied by an LDS church member. I found a lot of one of my families and there wasn't a batch number on any of it as it had been supplied this way.

Diane Be wary of anything submitted by an LDS church member. Apparently they have to submit their family tree to a certain point. Whilst it could be true, some of it could be a complete work of fiction. NEVER take anything from the LDS site as gospel. It is a great finding tool, but, ALWAYS try to check the info you find with the original parish registers. Margaret

I agree Margaret Thanks to you all Ann

Hi Just had a quick look and found a sister for my 3x GGrandfather!! Kay

You can also play around with the batch numbers. If you have a christening which will begin with C, try putting an M in it's place. You may well get some marriages.

Thanks to all for this useful information. I have now found a no. of siblings for my ancestors.

Has anyone tried contacting any of the submitters who have put the info on LDS site? I know sometimes their home address is given and I wondered if anyone has found a new 'cousin' by this method.