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The names in the Old Parochial Registers Index are in alphabetical order in each index. See Figure 1. There are hundreds of entries on a microfiche, but only the first name on the microfiche is shown on the label. In the example in Figure 1, the name Thrid, Mary is found on microfiche 0020 because Thrid comes after Thomson but before Webster in the alphabet. The name Tait, Marie is on microfiche 0019. | The names in the Old Parochial Registers Index are in alphabetical order in each index. See Figure 1. There are hundreds of entries on a microfiche, but only the first name on the microfiche is shown on the label. In the example in Figure 1, the name Thrid, Mary is found on microfiche 0020 because Thrid comes after Thomson but before Webster in the alphabet. The name Tait, Marie is on microfiche 0019. | ||
[[Image:Opr fig 1.jpg|center|Figure 1: Examples of microfiche labels for the Angus County Surname Index to Christenings (OPR)]]Figure 1: Examples of microfiche labels for the Angus County Surname Index to Christenings (OPR). | [[Image:Opr fig 1.jpg|300px|center|Figure 1: Examples of microfiche labels for the Angus County Surname Index to Christenings (OPR)]]Figure 1: Examples of microfiche labels for the Angus County Surname Index to Christenings (OPR). | ||
There are three microfiche addenda containing 31,000 entries (FHL fiche 6025610). Search the addenda if a name you expect to find does not appear in the county indexes. Christenings are on addenda fiche 0001 and 0002, marriages on fiche 0002 and 0003. | There are three microfiche addenda containing 31,000 entries (FHL fiche 6025610). Search the addenda if a name you expect to find does not appear in the county indexes. Christenings are on addenda fiche 0001 and 0002, marriages on fiche 0002 and 0003. | ||