Hi All:
I'm passing this on as it looks very interesting. I'm not into batch
numbers myself, having like Keith Roberts, preferred to do the original
research the hard way. But, this looks as if Hugh has done everyone a very
big favour. Save a lot of time and trouble for those who wish to search
on-line, no doubt.
Regards
Graham
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Subject: IGI Batch Numbers - a new facility
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 21:01:23 -0500
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Dear listers
Have you been frustrated searching the IGI for your rellies when you have
only the surname but got tired of figuring out batch numbers and typing them
into the LDS search screen (since you can't do a last name search unless you
know a batch number)?
I have been - so I decided to do something about it. I have made an
exhaustive search of the likely ranges of batch numbers for the British
Isles and created a database of those numbers and the source records that
they apply to. I have searched all the possible numbers in the ranges shown
on my website. For each batch I extracted the church or chapel (if
specified), town, county and country names of the first record that appears
when it is called up in my browser. I then organised them by country and
county and created a website. A very powerful feature that I have included
is a hotlink from each batch number to the actual search engine provided at
http://www.familysearch.org, including the ability to enter the surname you
are looking for. This makes it very easy to search all the batches for a
particular geographic location using just the last name you are searching
for - something that is not possible directly from the LDS site without
doing a lot of typing. It also connects towns that are listed in more than
one county in the IGI which can sometimes be a problem causing you to lose a
relly because you are looking across a county border!!
I hope you will like it - please let me know if you have any suggestions for
improvements, enhancements, or new features that I might be able to
implement.
(oh yes - where is the site? - I wondered if you would ask that. - take a
look at my signature line)
Thanks
Hugh Wallis
Ontario, Canada
Formerly of Surrey, UK
IGI Batch numbers -
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#Page
Title.htm