Used in this way, it is a great tool to help you with your family history research. If you find an entry in the IGI, always look at the films/fiche of the original parish registers. The golden rule with the IGI is to treat it for what it is. Be very wary of entries which have an symbol beside them or which state a birth date (rather than a baptism date), or which state a date as being 'about'. Some entries in the IGI are from submissions by individual LDS members rather than from parish registers, and many of these are very prone to errors.It contained several hundred million entries, each recording one event, such as a birth, baptism (christening), marriage, or death. It was first published in 1973 and continued to grow through December 2008. Bear in mind that the IGI is primarily an index of ordinances carried out by LDS members as part of ther religion, rather than an index of parish registers. The International Genealogical Index (IGI) was a computer file created by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.You may find more than one entry in the index for the same event with conflicting information.(Having said that, even the original registers may have entries missing which are in the BTs and vice versa). Some entries in the IGI are from the Bishop's Transcripts and not the original registers, and the BTs themselves are prone to errors and omissions.For those which it does cover, there may be omissions of individual records even in the covered periods.For those parishes which it does cover, there may be whole periods missing.

The IGI does not cover every parish in England.

(Burials are not in the index, except for a few isolated examples). The International Genealogical Index (IGI) is a database of genealogical records. It is possible to purchase the IGI on microfiche (in whole county sets only) from the LDS at a very nominal cost.The IGI is certainly the most comprehensive available index of English parish baptisms and marriages available. The index is available for viewing at all LDS Family History Centres, on microfiche or CD ROM, and now also available for searching on the Internet on the LDS web pages. The International Genealogical Index (IGI) is an index created by the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS).

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