Hi listers, As an LDS person I'll see if I can make it make more sense. Even though the duplicates of Ann's birthyear listings give researchers no additional info, they do contain info of value to the church, namely the dates, etc of the ordinance work done from them. In New Family Search we are combining the duplication in our own families. It is like putting it all in a folder for each person with the outside of the folder having the correct info or most correct. The other listings are not removed just organized. I believe when the extraction was done, it was checked against the existing IGI and for those who already had ordinances performed, those items were removed so as not to duplicate work, however I have seen cases where both exist. I have been told by a researcher that some extraction listings were removed later which seems strange and I can't explain it. When patron submissions have an exact christening (baptism) date and place they will mostly be reliable, but as others have said it is always best to verify a date from this source which applies to other sources as well. Happy researching, Charlotte -----Original Message----- From: bedford-request@rootsweb.com To: bedford@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 12:07 pm Subject: BEDFORD Digest, Vol 5, Issue 19