Just passing on some info I received. Hope it will help someone. Feel free to pass it on to anyone you want to. Shirley: [email protected] NEW & IMPROVED IGI ON FAMILYSEARCH.ORG! You may have recently noticed the familysearch.org site was having some frustrating problems these past 3 weeks. Well, there's a very good reason why and I'm sure you'll be very happy to hear it! Recent changes are in place at the LDS website. "A new version of the International Genealogy Index (IGI) is now available on www.familysearch.org, the LDS Church's Family Search Internet Site. This new version contains the following enhancements: --Additional Names - More names have been added to the index. These names were received since the last release in January 2000. (Reminder that this does not mean the database is complete. They are still playing catch-up on some records, so keep checking back). --Regular updates - The index will be updated regularly as new information is received. No longer will the wait be the usual 3 years for an update. Note: For those individuals you know you do not have Internet access and visit a local LDS Family History Center to review the IGI, etc., please let them know that the Internet's version of the IGI will be more updated (sooner)than the individual Centers will. Not all centers have Internet access and still rely on the typical 3-year updates for their information. --Individuals linked as families - Some names are linked into families and can be displayed on family group records and pedigree charts (previously offered only in the Ancestral File). The number of linked individuals is relative small, but is expected to grow significantly in the future. You can also download family group records and pedigree charts. --Additional Event Information - All events that were in original user submissions are now displayed and can be used as search criteria. --Improved searching - You can now search the index by given name, surname and state, and more types of events, even across regions. The processes used to find individuals in spite of spelling and other differences in the name have also been improved. --Information to describe the source - When you display an individual's records, you will see messages that describe the source of information. Also, the batch number and film number searches have been simplified." FOR LDS MEMBERS ONLY... --Ordinance information soon to be available - Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will soon be able to view ordinance records in the IGI on the familysearch.org Web site. This service will entail a special registration process which will require certain membership information to gain access to this sacred data. Watch for ward and stake announcements about this in the next few weeks.

Cool, now if we can get someone to add more Comer names LOL! Heck, I am still stuck! E ----- Original Message ----- From: "bobert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:27 PM Subject: [BSChat] NEW/IMPROVED LDS INFO/DATA > Just passing on some info I received. Hope it will help someone. Feel > free to pass it on to anyone you want to. Shirley: [email protected] > > NEW & IMPROVED IGI ON FAMILYSEARCH.ORG! > > You may have recently noticed the familysearch.org site was having > some frustrating problems these past 3 weeks. Well, there's a very good > reason why and I'm sure you'll be very happy to hear it! Recent changes > are in place at the LDS website. > > "A new version of the International Genealogy Index (IGI) is now > available on www.familysearch.org, the LDS Church's Family Search > Internet > Site. > This new version contains the following enhancements: > --Additional Names - More names have been added to the index. > These names were received since the last release in January 2000. > (Reminder > that this does not mean the database is complete. They are still > playing > catch-up on some records, so keep checking back). > --Regular updates - The index will be updated regularly as new > information is received. No longer will the wait be the usual 3 years > for > an update. Note: For those individuals you know you do not have Internet > access and visit a local LDS Family History Center to review the IGI, > etc., please let them know that the Internet's version of the IGI will > be more updated (sooner)than the individual Centers will. Not all > centers have Internet access and still rely on the typical 3-year > updates for their information. > > --Individuals linked as families - Some names are linked into > families and can be displayed on family group records and pedigree > charts > (previously offered only in the Ancestral File). The number of linked > individuals is relative small, but is expected to grow significantly in > the future. > You can also download family group records and pedigree charts. > > --Additional Event Information - All events that were in original > user submissions are now displayed and can be used as search criteria. > > --Improved searching - You can now search the index by given name, > surname and state, and more types of events, even across regions. The > processes used to find individuals in spite of spelling and other > differences in the name have also been improved. > > --Information to describe the source - When you display an > individual's records, you will see messages that describe the source of > information. > Also, the batch number and film number searches have been > simplified." > > FOR LDS MEMBERS ONLY... > --Ordinance information soon to be available - Members of the > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will soon be able to view > ordinance records in the IGI on the familysearch.org Web site. This > service > will entail a special registration process which will require certain > membership information to gain access to this sacred data. Watch for > ward > and stake announcements about this in the next few weeks. > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. If you disagree with the subject, CHANGE the subject. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >