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=== IGI and FamilySearch Catalog === | === IGI and FamilySearch Catalog === | ||
Many years ago FamilySearch created a major index called the International Genealogical Index (IGI). It contained at the time, both indexed/extracted church register name entries as well as patron submitted names of their ancestors. The records extracted from church records cover only a small fraction of what is presently available in the current [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search FamilySearch.org search page], which now renders the old IGI as an antequated data-file. No images are included as the IGI was designed to help genealogists find the right original records to pursue. Batch numbers are still used by FamilySearch (to track indexing), and a key website, [http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/ Archersoftware], has created an online search utility for each batch number created by FamilySearch. In most cases, the information is about 3-4 years outdated, yet is quite helpful. Pick a British Isles country, then choose a county and parish to find links to batches for numerous England counties. Once you click on a batch number it interfaces with and takes you directly to the FamilySearch.org website's search engine with all indexed name entries for that batch. | Many years ago FamilySearch created a major index called the International Genealogical Index (IGI). It contained at the time, both indexed/extracted church register name entries as well as patron submitted names of their ancestors. The records extracted from church records cover only a small fraction of what is presently available in the current [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search FamilySearch.org search page], which now renders the old IGI as an antequated data-file. No images are included as the IGI was designed to help genealogists find the right original records to pursue. Batch numbers are still used by FamilySearch (to track indexing), and a key website, [http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/ Archersoftware], has created an online search utility for each batch number created by FamilySearch. In most cases, the information is about 3-4 years outdated, yet is quite helpful. Pick a British Isles country, then choose a county and parish to find links to batches for numerous England counties. Once you click on a batch number it interfaces with and takes you directly to the FamilySearch.org website's search engine with all indexed name entries for that batch. Note: The old term IGI, as it currently exists at FamilySearch.org, no longer includes the valued parish register portion containing extracted/indexed data, and is now a misnomer. The old IGI's with its indexed christenings, baptisms, marriages (and some burials) were several years ago, separated and migrated into the current databases at the [https://www.familysearch.org/search Familysearch.org's search engine page.] The current "IGI" is merely a database containing 892 million entries which were considered to be less-reliable names-submissions to FamilySearch.org of decades past. The IGI (researcher submissions only), while less trustworthy, is still worth searching and for the same reason that searching Ancestry.com's Public Member Trees, or MyHeritage.com's FamilyTree, etc. | ||
There are two ways to access the IGI. | There are two ways to access the IGI. | ||