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From: "Pauline Kirschner" <>
Subject: Re: [B'ham] Re: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-D Digest V01 #171
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:35:21 +1100
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Thanks Keith

I was just trying to help another 'newbie'. So many people helped me to get
started, without being too technical! <bg>
Thanks for the additional information - this will be a big help to me as I'm
still a relative 'newbie' myself. I guess we all have to help each other in
the best way we can.

Best wishes and thanks
Pauline
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith R Salisbury <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [B'ham] Re: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-D Digest V01 #171


> Hello Pauline,
>
> although your procedure undoubtedly works well, it will only give you one
batch number which will not give ALL the relatives "bmd" in
> the area - it seems related to one particular church or even part of a
church record.
>
> Following your example for WHITE in Birmingham, led me to batch No M041791
which in turn gave me about 75 WHITEs at St Phillips in
> Birmingham.
>
> As posted by recently Pat, the site giving most of the batch numbers is an
excellent resource
>
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tyeroots/iginum.html#search
>
> this should take you to the page wherein you enter the county, parish or
town and it will give you a list of what are most of, if not
> all, the relevant batch numbers.
> Tip - the page can be saved as html and then referred to anytime without
even going online!
>
> Using above method gave me the following batch numbers for St Philips in
Birmingham
>
> C041791 1748-1780
> C041792 1780-1789
> C041793 1791-1803
> C041794 1804-1812
> C041796 1813-1818
> C041797 1821-1826
> C041795 -1830
> C041798 1838-1840
> M041791 1715-1760
> M041792 1828-1841
> M041793 1856-1867
> M010721
> - and therefore a lot more WHITEs!
>
> Regards
> Keith
> Hong Kong
>
> Interest:
> WELCH - Birmingham and Hereford
> DABBS - Birmingham
> REDDINGTON - Birmingham and Co Mayo
> PREECE - Hereford
> GOODWIN - Kidderminster
> STANLEY - Kidderminster
> JINKS / JENKS Birmingham and Bromsgrove
>
>
> Pauline Kirschner wrote:
>
> > Hi Jane
> >
> > Have you read Mike's instructions *very* carefully. <bg> If you take it
> > step by step you'll get there. We've all been new to this and most of
us
> > are still learning, so don't worry - you'll get there.
> > If you still can't figure it out, I'm sure some VKS (very kind soul)
will be
> > happy to oblige - even me!
> > Briefly:
> > Type in the *surname*, say WHITE. Don't fill in *any* of the other
fields
> > and you'll find hundreds of them. So, go through a few until you find
one
> > that lived in the area you're looking for. Click on that name and it
will
> > give you all his/her details. Now scroll down this entry a little bit
and
> > you'll see *below* all the details of his parents, (if you're looking at
a
> > birth entry), and you'll see a thick black line and below that you'll
see
> > BATCH NO. It'll be something like C00234, (this is the number 0 - don't
> > confuse it with a capital O). Make a note of the batch number for now,
then
> > press the 'back' button till you get to the WHITE name list again. Now,
> > armed with the appropriate batch number for wherever you're looking for,
> > let's say somewhere in Birmingham, just enter the batch number down at
the
> > bottom of the page where it says 'Batch Number'. Nothing else. Just
> > surname and batch number. Then you'll get every WHITE who was
> > baptised/married in that area, and you can start looking for your long
lost
> > rellies. They may not be there. I've noticed that there are no RC
entries,
> > they mostly seem to be C of E.
> > This is a lot easier to do than it is to explain! Once you've done it a
> > time or two you'll be OK.
> > Good luck and if you get stuck, don't be afraid to ask for help again.
I'm
> > not the world's best, but lots of people helped me to get there, so I'm
just
> > trying to return the favour.
> > Pauline
> > Wonthaggi, Australia
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 10:40 AM
> > Subject: [B'ham] Re: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-D Digest V01 #171
> >
> > >
> > > I have read with interest the information which Mike Short kindly
supplied
> > > to the list re searching the IGI. I am fairly new to all of this and
> > think
> > > I'm being a bit thick here but can someone please help me.
> > >
> > > When you talk about the IGI, do you mean the Search screen that you
can go
> > > to on the Latter Day Saints web page?
> > >
> > > I tried doing what Mike suggested by putting the name and surname plus
> > > England in and then came up with someone of the name I was looking for
> > > whose death was registered in Birmingham. I clicked on that and came
up
> > > with his record on the top of which was a number AFN: IVPF-X72 - which
> > > doesn't seem to bear any relationship to the number Mike was talking
> > about.
> > >
> > > Then I went back to the search screen to endeavour to do as suggested
and
> > > just put in the surname, the region and the batch number. My screen
only
> > > allows me to put in First Name, Last Name, father, mother, event, year
> > > range and country.
> > >
> > > Please help me - am I looking at completely the wrong thing. Other
people
> > > seem to be finding all sorts of information on their ancestors on the
web
> > > and yet I can't find a single thing on mine on this LDS search site,
even
> > > on those who I already have information on.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Jane
> > >
> > >
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