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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:24:30 -0800
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From: John A Hansen <>
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Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 1:18 PM
Subject: [GLASCOCK] Hugh Wallis Updates his IGI Database !


>
> Dear All:
>
> The IGI parish database has now been extended to the
> USA as well as UK and Europe
>
> "So whats the big deal"?
>
> As many of you know and can correct my mis statements below :-)
>
> The IGI from the LDS has several components:
>
> A: The microfilm of the parish vital records took many
> hours to convert to digital format. There are of course
> still errors. There are also the normal errors from the
> basic data at the parish. These raw data errors on birth,
> baptisms, marriages, deaths etc are compounded by
> trying to interpret the handwriting of the local person
> and in the case of church records, the local priest or pastor.
> The conversion to digital format was then undertaken and so
> some more errors were introduced, however, the input was
> carefully reviewed and the translation from the handwriting
> was checked and double checked. So it's "pretty good".
> So the ability to quickly search these records in the
> parish provides a decent chance of finding a ancestor
> and the high quality of those records is valuable to
> all of us! Hugh has compiled those records into a
> database by Parish that allows searching all the surnames
> on all the particular film in that entire Parish.
> B: A second source of the IGI records was the submission by many
> people who submitted records. These records had some errors
> of fact and handwriting. Hugh has not included those as yet.
>
> Many people were becoming skeptics of the IGI due to the mixture of
> Class A and Class B records. In my view, while errors exist in
> all vital records, the Class A source should always be at least
> checked.
>
> The overall picture is one of a valuable source of records ( IGI)
> that are now available in a database that allows faster and
> more searching for records of the Class A. While people often
> moved, most did not move far. So a combination of searching
> a local parish and then moving to other nearbye local parish by
> using a parish map should reveal family connections. Then
> combine that with a census search and some brick walls may
> reveal some clues.
>
>
> So the original database is here and hope some of
> those hidden ancestors are found :-).
>
> Best Regards
> John A Hansen
>
> BTW: The original and complete database from the LDS
> is at www.familysearch.org. This database is
> organized by surname. There is also several
> other databases that provides lists of the films
> by parish and other books etc that are available.
> New records and information is constantly being
> added so check back often.
>
>
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis
>
> >From Hugh Wallis:
>
>
> <My first lot of North American numbers are up on the site - you can <get
> to them from the same page as before -
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/
> - there will be more to come if folks can tell me what ranges to look
> <in!!
>
> Please pass the word around
>
> All the very best
>
> Hugh Wallis
> Ontario, Canada
> Formerly of Surrey, UK>>
>
>
>
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