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Well, the IGI has two sorts of records (as you can see from sablon's posts):
1) submitted by a member of the LDS Church
2) Extracted [...] record for the locality listed in the record
The former are variable in quality, just like trees you see on the web. However, unlike those trees, you only get to see a twiglet, so you can't form any impression of the quality of the underlying research.
Extracted records usually say where they're from. E.g.,
Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C007493 1720 - 1780 0990597 Film 6909608
If you click on the link "0990597" then you'll get to see:
Bishop's transcripts of Halifax Parish registers, 1600-1879 Church of England. Parish Church of Halifax (Yorkshire)
Here we also have:
Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C025088 Film
I don't know where these are from - they seem to be females only, from 1742-1812, probably from the Slaithwaite baptismal registery.
If one enters a batch #, like C007493, then the search will be restricted to only that one register (Halifax baptisms) in one block of time (1720 - 1780).
There is an (incomplete) listing of batch #s at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm
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Thank you both for all the info (and the PM's). I tried to stay on line for a couple of hours after I posted the query.
I must have been having a REALLY bad day, as I had forgotten about the IGI, although to be honest, I have at times been led up the garden path using info from this source. I think its getting better (the quality of the info), but I am still a little wary of it.
I will be trying the other links over the next few days, so we'll see where it all ends up.
Once again, thanks for the links and info.
Chris Lee
Brisbane, Australia
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There's a couple of options that can save a 20000 m round trip.
Firstly, you can find an LDS FHC somewhere nearer (there's one at Ipswich, e.g.) See:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
From the blue banner at top, select Search - Library Catalog - Place search for say Slaithwaite
Title Parish registers for Slaithwaite, 1679-1943
Authors Church of England. Chapelry of Slaithwaite (Yorkshire) (Main Author)
Notes Microfilm of original records, Registry of Deeds, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
High reduction (42x) microfilm. Use high magnification reader. (film #1542234)
Slaithwaite is a chapelry in the parish of Huddersfield. The chapelry also includes the township of Lingards which lies in Almondbury parish.
West Yorkshire Archives Service, Wakefield, call no.: D 120/1-8,11-12, 18-20
Clicking on the view film notes button at top right
Note Location Film
Baptisms 1684-1883 Marriages 1688-1745 Burials 1679-1812 FHL BRITISH Film 1542233
Baptisms 1883-1935 Marriages 1851-1916 Burials 1813-1943 Confirmations 1915-1930 FHL BRITISH Film 1542234
Now there's a problem - no marrs filmed in the interesting time, so lets check out the church's backup copy - the Bishop's transcripts
Title Bishop's transcripts for Slaithwaite, 1813-1869
Authors Church of England. Chapelry of Slaithwaite (Yorkshire) (Main Author)
Notes Microfilm of manuscripts in the Borthwick Institute, York, and at the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Sheepscar, Leeds.
High reduction (42x) microfilm. Use high magnification reader for film #'s 1849417 and 1849418.
Slaithwaite is a chapelry in the parish of Huddersfield.
For 1799-1802, 1804-1812 see Huddersfield. For 1780-1793 see Almondbury.
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Sheepscar call no.: RD/RR 292.
Note Location Film
Baptisms, burials, 1813, 1815-1837, 1839-1842. FHL BRITISH Film 990698 Item 1
Baptisms, burials, 1843-1851. FHL BRITISH Film 1849417 Item 7
Baptisms, burials, 1851-1869. FHL BRITISH Film 1849418 Item 1
Again missing, but they refer to other transcripts (no doubt due to Slaithwaite lacking a parish status).
So, you can chase around the catalog until you decide you'ld like to view film # 1234567, say.
Give your local LDS FHC a call, and they'll explain how to rent the film to view at the FHC.
The second alternative is to see if there are any published transcriptions or fiches available. Check:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/
Additionally, check:
http://www.hdfhs.org.uk/
It would seem that they do have something
http://www.hdfhs.org.uk/Posters/parishsales.pdf
The other places to check are the Borthwick Institute and Wakefield, which you can google.
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this might be of interest to you a submitted entry giving add you may be able to get intouch with them
Individual Record FamilySearch™ Pedigree Resource File
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Thomas LEE Compact Disc #143 Pin #4098530 Pedigree
Sex: M
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Event(s)
Christening: 28 Feb 1765
Beverley, Yorkshire, England
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Parents
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Marriage(s)
Spouse: Dinah Disc #143 Pin #4098532
Marriage: abt 1786
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Notes and Sources
Notes: None
Sources: None
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Submitter
Arthur & Stella WALL
16 Marika Court Salisbury East South Australia 5109
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Submission Search: 5203904-0820108173426
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IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0
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Betty Lunn Pedigree
Female
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 29 JAN 1763 Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, England
Death:
Burial:
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Parents:
Father: Jno. Lunn Family
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C025088 Film
Sheet:
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IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0
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HANNAH GLEDHILL Pedigree
Female
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 26 MAR 1769 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Death:
Burial:
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Parents:
Father: JAMES GLEDHILL Family
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C007493 1720 - 1780 0990597 Film 6909608
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IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0
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HANNAH GLEDHILL Pedigree
Female Family
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
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Marriages:
Spouse: THOMAS LEE Family
Marriage: 16 MAY 1796 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
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Messages:
Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church. The form lists the submitter's name and address and may include source information. The address may be outdated. Details vary. To find the form, you must know the batch and sheet number.
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Source Information:
Batch Number: 7515315
Sheet: 35
Source Call No.: 0884517 Type: Film
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IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0
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ELIZABETH LUNN Pedigree
Female Family
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
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Marriages:
Spouse: THOMAS LEE Family
Marriage: 30 JAN 1783 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
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Messages:
Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church. The form lists the submitter's name and address and may include source information. The address may be outdated. Details vary. To find the form, you must know the batch and sheet number.
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Source Information:
Batch Number: 7605742
Sheet: 49
Source Call No.: 1058271 Type: Film
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ELIZABETH LUNN Pedigree
Female Family
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
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Marriages:
Spouse: THOMAS LEE Family
Marriage: 20 JAN 1783 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
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Messages:
Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church. The form lists the submitter's name and address and may include source information. The address may be outdated. Details vary. To find the form, you must know the batch and sheet number.
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Source Information:
Batch Number: 7520317
Sheet: 03
Source Call No.: 0884591 Type: Film
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New information to hand (for me anyway) shows that Thomas Lee (b 1765 d 25/10/1824) was married twice.
The first wife was Elizabeth Lunn (b 1763 d 1795) they had children Joseph John and Sarah.
Wife number 2 was Hannah Gledhill (b 1769 d 1801) and they had children Thomas and Samuel.
All this happened in Slaithwaite, Yorkshire and the info comes from gravestones in that village.
I am now after the parental details of these three people - but more particularly Thomas - but without being in Yorkshire (or even the UK) it makes it a bit hard to look at the parish registers for either Slaithwaite or Huddersfield (the adjacent town).
Is there someone out there who can help me out. I would really appreciate anything you can find for me.
Many thanks in advance
Chris Lee
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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