|
Pages: [1] 2
|
 |
|
Author
|
Topic: What is the IGI? (Read 705 times)
|
joolesbarr
RootsChat Extra
 Offline
Posts: 97
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
|
hello
I have had a lot of help from people that say they found the info I'm after
on the IGI, not wanting to look dumb i have never had the guts to ask
what it is or where they find it, is it free on line, do you have to have
special powers to use it!!!!!!
So I thought I would ask people now, what is it and how do I use
it.
Thanks for anyones time in clearing this up for me
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
aghadowey
RootsChat Marquessate
 Online
Posts: 6098
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
|
Don't worry- if you don't ask questions you won't learn. Everyone has to start from scratch.
IGI is International Genealogical Index on LDS [Latterday Saints or Mormon] site: www.familysearch.org. It's free and fairly easy to use but beware of difference between extracted and submitted records.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
joolesbarr
RootsChat Extra
Offline
Posts: 97
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
|
Thank you both so much
Jooles
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Bill749
RootsChat Aristocrat
Offline
Posts: 1172
crowdin' 60 and still wearin' genes!
|
You should also be aware that, because of the original purpose of the index:
1. the majority of entries will be baptisms - marriages are usually only included where a baptism for the individual could not be found, and burials are almost non-existant
2. where a birth date is given, it may be approximated from the date of marriage, i.e. about 21 years before the marriage date
It can be very useful as a pointer to parishes to research, but many parishes, particularly in the Canterbury Diocese, refused permission for their records to be copied, so coverage in Kent will be scattered.
Bill
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Banks, Beer, Bowes, Castle, Cloak, Coachworth, Dixon, Farr, Golder, Graves, Hicks, Hogbin, Holmans, Marsh, Mummery, Nutting, Pierce, Rouse, Sawyer, Sharp, Snell, Willis: mostly in East Kent. Ey, Sawyer: London Evans: Ystradgynlais, Wales Snell: Snettisham, Norfolk Knight, Burgess, Ellis: Hampshire Purdy: Ireland/Canada/Durham/Pennsylvania McCann: Ireland Morrow: Pennsylvania Sparnon: any Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
|
|
Sylviaann
RootsChat Aristocrat
Offline
Posts: 2507
|
We "Oldies" will be forever greatful for the IGI. It was there before anything much was on the net, before I'd even heard of the net.
You should always check information found on the IGI against the actual Parish registers. Mistakes are made even on extraced records. You can go to an LDS centre and order films of the records to check against. See the www.familysearch.org site for a centre near you. I went every week for 10 years. Couldn't have done anything without them. They are very friendly and it costs a very small amount to order the films for viewing at the centre.
Good luck
Sylviaann
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukNorfolk: Gooch, Loveday, Lake, Betts Suffolk: Gooch, Crosby, Turner Hampshire: Laws, Burrows Kent: Beer Jersey: Barette, de Gruchy East London: Middleton, Gower, O'Farrell, Smith, Weston |
|
|
JAP
RootsChat Marquessate
Offline
Posts: 4113
|
joolesbar,
You most certainly wouldn't look dumb. Remember! The only dumb question is the one which wasn't asked 
Also, if you wonder about something, don't forget to try search engines like Google. If I search for IGI on Google, the second result is FamilySearch at:
www.FamilySearch.org
and the ninth is a Wikipedia entry at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Genealogical_Index
Another good place to search is the RootsChat Lexicon of Genealogical Terms, Phrases and Abbreviations at:
http://surname.rootschat.com/lexicon/index.php
Topics are listed alphabetically with IGI easily found.
Very best wishes,
JAP
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Scotland - HALL, HARLEY, LOCHTY/LOCHTIE/LOUGHTY (very rare), MCLAUSE/MCLAWS/MCILHOSE/HOSE (quite rare and many very variable spellings - close to 100 to date), PHILP/PHILIP, VASSIE; Ireland - BOURKE/BURKE, DONOHUE (many spellings), DOOLEY, KINSELLA, MAXWELL, OSBORNE, RAFFERTY, STA(U)NTON, SULLIVAN; England - BAYES, BROWNELL, DALTON, FREEMAN, HACKING, PIERCY, SIDDLE, SWIFT, SULLIVAN, TINK(L)ER, TRIPPIT. Any spellings and many other names!
|
|
|
joolesbarr
RootsChat Extra
Offline
Posts: 97
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
|
You are all so wonderful and supportive, thank you all
for your time, I have had a Play!! on the IGI yesterday
evening and found one or two bits of info I didn't know. Its
another useful and free way to find family information, but
I will take all the advice given and check all the fact given.
Thank you again
Jooles
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Christopher
RootsChat Marquessate
Offline
Posts: 9863
St Patrick's Night at Bunratty.
|
The International Genealogical Index (IGI) is an impressive title which can lead people to think it's an authorative source. As Chris Duncan said in last year's Spring issue of "Your Family Tree" it should carry a warning explaining how the database was compiled and stating that the information is incomplete. I feel that there are so many people adding contributions to the IGI database it's somewhat similar to Wikipedia. It should have a facility enabling people to edit errors when they find them. The fact that it's a free site
is in its favour ... the guys running the Irish Family History Foundation (IFHF) database charge for some of their information including items that are not accurate.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Roobarb
RootsChat Senior
Offline
Posts: 465
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
|
2. where a birth date is given, it may be approximated from the date of marriage, i.e. about 21 years before the marriage date
Bill
I didn't know that Bill, a very useful piece of information, thanks.
I have used the IGI extensively and althought there are drawbacks which I agree need to be borne in mind, I have found it very useful in picking up information about possible siblings.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Bell, Salter - Devon, Middlesbrough. Lickess- North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough. Etherington - North Yorks and Durham. Barker- North Yorks, Crooks- Durham, Forster- North Yorks/Durham, Newsam, Pattison, Proud - North Yorks
|
|
|
Christopher
RootsChat Marquessate
Offline
Posts: 9863
St Patrick's Night at Bunratty.
|
Don't forget to have a look at the online Parish Clerk project. There's not one for every county at the moment but its aims are brilliant. The people involved are attempting to extract and preserve records from the various parishes in British counties and to provide online access to that data, FREE of charge, along with other data of value to family and local historians
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Roobarb
RootsChat Senior
Offline
Posts: 465
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
|
Thanks Christopher, doesn't look like there are any for North Yorks or Durham yet, I'll keep checking. 
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Bell, Salter - Devon, Middlesbrough. Lickess- North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough. Etherington - North Yorks and Durham. Barker- North Yorks, Crooks- Durham, Forster- North Yorks/Durham, Newsam, Pattison, Proud - North Yorks
|
|
|
Paul Caswell
RootsChat Veteran
Offline
Posts: 532
|
Hi Roobarb,
Here's a good place for Durham records.
http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/newsearch.php
You'll find loads more links on the Durham page of RootsChat here:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,12.0.html
Have a look under 'Resources'.
Paul
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Caswell - Durham(Jarrow), Northumberland(Berwick), Dorset(Netherbury) Drury - Middlesex(Kensington), Shropshire(Selattyn) Turner - Dorset(Parkstone) Speight - Kent(Gravesend), Westmorland(Kendal) Stockley - Dorset(Corfe Castle) Amey - Suffolk(Haverill) Cousins - Norfolk(Ketteringham) Sears - Bedfordshire(Potton), Cambridgeshire(Gamlingay) Census information is Crown Copyright
|
|
|
|
Pages: [1] 2
|
|
|
|
|
