G'day from WA before we get a bushfire going on this subject.I would just like to make a couple of observations, on the following messages (which are ALL correct; by the way!) Firstly I have always been told by LDS staff that the IGI are only intended as a guide as to where to search for verifiable information. Secondly as in the instance first quoted a lot of people are on the lists because a source person remembers there was an Uncle Bill but has no details. putting this person on IGI may then result in another researcher being able to tie in that person into their tree. In my own case I have no details of any Aunts or Uncles beyond the first names that I always used ( i.e. Aunt Gladys, was she Dads sister or Sister in Law, but I will list her as a relation on Dads side , in the hopes I mau in future find documents to make her one or the other,) So perhaps we should all accept IGI and many other online searches for what they all are,a source of HELP to find places to search for confirmation records of our ancestors. Just like Censuses etc they are only as much use as we make of them , misspellings, omissions and all. If we use them all together we can often find the people we seek. Also we should all try to help by answering queries, where we can , and maybe even putting our parts of the tree onto World Connect or similar to help others in their searches. I have traced my grandparents by use of UK Censuses, IGI, Ancestry Com , and a lot of list members around the world, So I know if we all pull together we can suceed,it just takes time and the ability to think laterally ewhen faced with brick walls. Happy Hunting Derek in Sunny Western Australia. -----Original Message----- From: Raymond W. M. Henderson <batman@origin.net.au> To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, November 03, 2000 5:30 PM Subject: Re: Any suggestions re IGI >Interesting Comment Gary, >Have you ever considered the amount of work the L.D.S. do? >And it's their to be shared by everyone, shame as it always seems to being >knocked for small mistakes or what ever but it is rare to see anyone making >comments on the positive side or thanking the L.D.S. for the amount of work they >do throughout the world. >If we joined together and helped each other towards our goals the world could be >a better place to live, but their will always be the takers and the givers sadly >the takers will always outweigh the givers. >I'm not a memeber of the L.D.S. but I do support what they do in documenting >genealogy and history. > >Raymond Henderson. > >Gary Luke wrote: > >> At 07:32 AM 3/11/00 +1100, Kay Podmore wrote: >> >> Every entry on the IGI has a source reference. You would have to follow it >> up to see where the information came from. Some that I have traced were >> taken from published books where there were minimal details (sometimes >> questionable), some IGI births are from estimates calculated from the >> probable age at marriage being 20 or 25, some are from a patron's >> unsubstantiated anecdotes about their family, and some are from actual >> original documents where the person may have been unsure of their own age >> or birth place. Some of the IGI is exactly correct but you never know which >> ones without further research. The IGI at best is only a secondary >> reference to other records. >> >> Gary >> ============ >> >> >I am wondering why there would be an inclusion in the IGI such as follows: >> >James LUCKSTONE >> > Sex: M >> >Event(s): >> > Birth: 1827 >> > Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England >> >Parents: >> > >> >How would it have come about that there is no exact date and also there are >> >no parents mentioned. >> >> ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== >> Australian Prisoners of War >> http://www.southernx.com.au/pow.html >> >> ============================== >> The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family >> members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. >> http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp > > >==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== >Ballarat History Index >http://www.southernx.com.au/ballarat1.html > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >