I'm sure this has been covered before, but I'd like a clarification. Are the pre-1855 OPR birth and marriage records on the Scotlandspeople website directly derived from the LDS IGI, or were they extracted and verified independently from the microfilms created by LDS? I hope the latter, since some of the patron submissions are highly suspect, to say the least. The reason way I bring this up is that I have found that not all birth and marriage records from the microfilm for Kirkcudbright BMDs were extracted to the IGI; some year gaps were found. Yours aye, John Jardine Cincinnati, Ohio USA D&G FHS Member #1918 Alba mo dhuthaich gu deireadh mo la! (Scotland my homeland forever!) JARDINE/JARDEN in Dumfries, Maxwelltown, Annan, Applegarth, Wamphray, Torthorwald, Collin, Racks, Cummertrees, Powfoot, Mouswald, Kirkmichael, Templand; GREEN in Dumfries, Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbright; RAE in Dumfries, Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbright; MOFFAT in Dumfries, Maxwelltown; McMILLAN in Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Irongray; HALLIDAY in Irongray; BRODIE in Dumfries, Maxwelltown; DICKSON in Mouswald; HOPE in Annan; JOHNSTON(E) in Applegarth, Kirkpatrick-Juxta; PORTEOUS in Applegarth; RICHARDSON in Applegarth

This comes from the FAQ on the ScotlandsPeople web site: Is the OPR data on ScotlandsPeople the same as that found on the LDS website? Theoretically yes, however not all the OPR data available on ScotlandsPeople can be accessed in the LDS church's International Genealogical Index (IGI). In addition, the GROS are constantly updating the indexes as customers, many of them professional genealogists, highlight errors and misinterpretations in the original documents. The LDS are unable to reflect these changes, in the IGI, which was compiled from old microfilms of the records made in the 1950's and 1960's. Also, here is another explanation, from their site: The images available on this site are scans taken directly from the microfiche held by GROS; therefore they contain the same information you would normally see when looking at the actual record. So as you can see, their data is not derived on LDS microfilm; rather the LDS microfilm was built from GRO and parish data. Kathy Orlando, FL (facing a second hurricane!!) -----Original Message----- From: JJardcinc@aol.com [mailto:JJardcinc@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:57 AM To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [D-G LIST] OPR Records on Scotlandspeople vs. LDS IGI I'm sure this has been covered before, but I'd like a clarification. Are the pre-1855 OPR birth and marriage records on the Scotlandspeople website directly derived from the LDS IGI, or were they extracted and verified independently from the microfilms created by LDS? I hope the latter, since some of the patron submissions are highly suspect, to say the least. The reason way I bring this up is that I have found that not all birth and marriage records from the microfilm for Kirkcudbright BMDs were extracted to the IGI; some year gaps were found. Yours aye, John Jardine Cincinnati, Ohio USA D&G FHS Member #1918 Alba mo dhuthaich gu deireadh mo la! (Scotland my homeland forever!) JARDINE/JARDEN in Dumfries, Maxwelltown, Annan, Applegarth, Wamphray, Torthorwald, Collin, Racks, Cummertrees, Powfoot, Mouswald, Kirkmichael, Templand; GREEN in Dumfries, Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbright; RAE in Dumfries, Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbright; MOFFAT in Dumfries, Maxwelltown; McMILLAN in Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Irongray; HALLIDAY in Irongray; BRODIE in Dumfries, Maxwelltown; DICKSON in Mouswald; HOPE in Annan; JOHNSTON(E) in Applegarth, Kirkpatrick-Juxta; PORTEOUS in Applegarth; RICHARDSON in Applegarth ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== FIND YOUR ANCESTORS http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/