Cemeteries

[kimchris1]

 sorry to jump in and i know this prob sounds really daft (which i am by the way )but what does IGI stand for and what info can i get from these sites

[daval57]

International Genealogical Index.  Be careful when using it and double check details that you find here.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp

IGI is a good guide and can narrow down what your looking for before checking on SP (Scotlands People)

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/?gclid=CKfAy8Cf-YkCFRLTgAodlCzyQg

You realise that this post is now going to be inundated with other links to good search sites!!!!!

Dave

[sancti]

International Genealogy Index


Usually known as the IGI, this is the index compiled by the Mormons for religious purposes, first published in 1973, and later made available to genealogists.


Not always accurate but helpful.

[kimchris1]

thanks up until now iv been using scotlands people and the occasional visit to local registrar so anything else would be very useful again thanks

[JAP]

Hello kimchris1,

Re the International Genealogical Index.  Here's a quote from another post I made today.

As far as the IGI is concerned, there are two sorts of entries
(a) extracted entries (from church records and statutory registers) which were completed under the controlled extraction program of the Latter Day Saints, and
(b) submissions made by members of the LDS.
The extracted entries are reliable (though, of course, there could always be transcription errors - the film of the original register should be consulted if you want to be certain).
The submitted entries, on the other hand, need to be treated with great care - some are reliable, some are not (indeed, some are nothing more than wild guesses).  Always be particularly suspicious about submitted entries which give dates and locations enclosed between < >, or with 'about' or 'of'.

On re-reading, that sounds overly critical of the submitted entries - some are really, really good.

Incidentally, the IGI is excellent for birth & marriage entries from the Scottish Statutory Registers from 1855 to about 1875.
So it's always worth a (free!) search in the IGI for that period before spending money on ScotlandsPeople.

The FamilySearch site also has other sections e.g. the 1881 census of England & Wales.

Regards,

JAP

[Pixie*]

Sorry, I should have said - St Patrick's wasn't opened until the 1930's.

Lodger.

St Patrick's cemetery opened in 1926.

[Lodger]

You are quite right Pixie, it was 1926, but I wasn't too far out and it was only from memory. Here is the information I have on St Pat's.
St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cemetery,
Kings Drive, New Stevenson.
Day Books 1926 – 1948.  Still Born Internments 1926 – 1948.
Section Books & Lair Owner Books.  All records are held at the cemetery, no duplicate books at NLC Cemeteries Office.

Lodger.

[Pixie*]

 Lodger, many thanks for your information. Pixie