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FAQs about the I.G.I. - The Answers

The batch number is not intended to be an indication of an area or surname.  It is the number assigned by the Family History Department to a particular resource.  Granted, many of the extractions from church registers tend to have been doled out in groups to one county or another and segregated further by religious denomination.  However, this does not mean that every batch number relates to one particular area, church or surname.  The vast majority of batch numbers relate to data that has been extracted from LDS membership documents and not from church or civil registers, as most people believe to be the case.

If you check the batch number that you found, against our Batch Number Table you will find from what type of source the information for the I.G.I. entry was drawn.

If you are unable to find the batch number on the Batch Number Table, above, then what you have probably found is a microfilm number which has sometimes been used in place of the batch number.  If you double click on the number on the familysearch website it will take you to the catalogue listing, which will provide the details of that resource.  I can bet that it will be something to do with member ordinances, such as proxy baptisms, marriages, ordinances and/or endowments for the dead and entries of that nature.  Many of those resources have not yet been assigned a batch number.

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