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I have used the site and I am very impressed
Regards
Alwyn
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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