----- Original Message ----- From: Les Hewett, Napier, New Zealand To: London List Cc: Kiwi List Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 10:24 AM Subject: PERCENTAGE OF PRE-1813 PARISH RECORDS INCLUDED ON THE IGI I have recently obtained a copy of the May/June 1998 issue of Family Chronicle (US) magazine. An article carrying this heading (subject title above) provides an INDEX to ENGLISH only "Parish Register records/and or Bishops' Transcripts, pre-1813, included on the IGI with at least baptisms for no less than a 50 year period. These County percentages are taken from an (unreferenced) official LDS publication dated August 1984." For Middlesex (London) it is 95%; the highest was Worcestershire at 97%; the three lowest are Rutland 2%; Somersetshire and Northamptonshire 3%; and Dorsetshire 8%. If any lister would like the figures for particular Counties, come back off-line. The article goes on to recommend The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers as another excellent source - as many of us know. Les Hewett, Napier, New Zealand.