Genealogy Chat

Thank you Jim for that extra piece of info - looks like those names could be mine too-and to everyone else who has written on the thread. I now understand a bit more about the IGI. Aileenx

Thanks, girls. I won't hold my breath then in waiting for my missing people to appear. It does seem a bit bizarre if the information from one county rotates, but not other.

As I said before, I am pretty sure it just applies to one particular county. Somebody had a thread about it or mentioned it on a thread a few weeks ago when they had seen some information about it at a records office. But none of my rellies have ever disappeared from the IGI, so I'm sure it's not a general thing. Kate.

Please can someone explain the rotating of the information thingy? I must admit that I have never found any difference in the information that I have found when I have looked for it at different times. Has anyone else ever found something that wasn't there before, or not found something that was?

Something else from the IGI searched for: Wright, British Isles Father: Benjamin Wright, Mother: Mary Exact Spelling: Off Batch Number: C025558 International Genealogical Index / British Isles - 3 Select records to download - (50 maximum) 1. ALFRED WRIGHT - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 03 APR 1816 St Botolph Without Aldgate, London, London, England 2. BENJAMIN WRIGHT - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 15 MAR 1807 St Botolph Without Aldgate, London, London, England 3. HENRY WRIGHT - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 11 OCT 1809 St Botolph Without Aldgate, London, London,

So that means someone from the church is researching my ancestor ? . Thanks for looking it up Merry, by the way

The reason there is no further details for the bride is that the entry was added by a member of the LDS church (says so under the entry)and is not extracted from the Parish Registers. So they probably just didn't know her details!! I hope the cert has further info for you. Merry

Thanks everyone, you have given me a better insight on the situation. Here are the details I obtained from the IGI: Alfred Wright & Mary King.................their marriage date: 20/9/1845 St Geo. in the East Parents of Alfred Wright are Benjamin Price Wright & Mary Ann I must add that I ordered a certificate last night for their marriage after finding the reference on the 1837-(JAS 1845) but I would really appreciate someone double -checking the IGI for me in case there are more details I've missed. At least I'll then know that I can be trusted to look properly next time! lol Much appreciated, Aileenx

In Scotland you will usually get the name of the bride's father but not the bridegroom's. But on the other hand, if your family came from Scotland I would expect you would have found them all on the IGI! Can't really explain it any further without details. I thought that 6-week cycle thing was only one particular county? Staffordshire was it, or Shropshire? Kate.

Just read your message again and this time without hubby chatting away in the background (me answering 'Uh' every now and again!) You said there was only one father showing up for a marriage. Did you click on the name of the person without a father?? (are you sure you did??!) ........have you got the details? merry

For C of E parish records (baps and marriages) the Mormon church had to approach the C of E bishop covering each area of the country to gain access to their records. Some bishops said, ''sure, you can have them'' and others said, ''no way, we don't want to give our data to another church for their own purposes''.......So, some areas/counties are well covered and others have virtually no data that says it is ''extracted from the original record''. Also, the computerised part of the IGI is not all available on the net at the same time. Apparently they revolve the available records every 6 weeks....only one third is online at any one time. Merry

Was it 'extracted from local records' or 'submitted by a member of the LDS church'? If extracted from local records, perhaps their marriage entry in the parish records gave the names of the parents of one of them for some reason? If 'submitted by a member of the LDS church' then somebody maybe has them in their family tree but doesn't have much information? (though that doesn't usually stop them making it up!) Perhaps if you give us the details we can investigate... Anyway, the IGI contains lots of data extracted from parish registers, but lots of parishes are missing, if for example the LDS church was not given permission to use the records. Or if a particular entry was difficult or impossible to read? For many parishes, you will find that 16th, 17th and 18th century entries have not been transcribed (yet), only the 19th century ones. If it is 'submitted by a member of the LDS church' then there could be any number of reasons. As I say, post up some details and we'll look into it... Kate.

I can't believe I'd totally forgotten about this site until yesterday when someone mentioned it. Anyway, I keyed in my ancestors and found them on the IGI with the actual date of their marriage and one set of parents! There was no other info(I don't think?) Why is it that there are some names on this site and not others? What other info could have been available? The reason I had forgotten about its existence was probably because I've never had any results before. Aileenx