In the 1911 census I discovered that my grandmother (Ethel Errington) had had a sibling of whom I was not aware. I checked in FreeBMD and decided that the most likely candidate was Elizabeth Janet Errington, birth March Quarter 1889 and death March Quarter 1890. This seemed very likely because it was also the name of my grandmother's grandmother. I thought I might need to buy the certificates to provide proof but decided to see whether the IGI (which I had never used beyond mid nineteenth century) might give any help. I found a baptism for the baby on 19th November 1888 at *Bishop Auckland* and the parents were the right ones - John Errington and Mary Ann. The batch number was 1045075. Does anyone have any idea where this christening might have taken place? I also found my grandmother's other dead sibling's (Margaret Ellen Errington) baptism on 26 July 1886 also at Bishop Auckland. My grandmother's own christening is given as at *Durham* on 5th October 1890. (Batch 1024951) All three were born at Crook, Co. Durham. No church or denomination is indicated. My great grandmother (Mary Ann Errington) is the only one of my great grandparents I knew and I know that her funeral - which I wasn't allowed to attend - was at Crook Salvation Army Citadel. Harold Heslop

Hi Harold, Just a small point, but I suspect one which may indicate the answer to the mystery of this entry - the Batch number starts with the capital letter I for ice-cream not the number one. I am afraid I do not know enough about the inner workings of the IGI to know what the I indicates, but it will indicate a certain type of record. If you look at the batch as a whole, all the entries I saw were female. Similarly for the much larger batch I024951. There is no film number (which would enable us to check the film catalogue) or statement this these are patron submissions, so I am a bit baffled. I wondered momentarily if they were extracted from the 1881 census (as some entries are), however in that case baptism dates would not be listed. Someone more familiar with the IGI may be able to assist. It has made me curious however, so I have emailed the Familysearch website with a brief query asking about the origins of batch I045075. By the way, is there a typo in your dates? If the two Elizabeths are the same, then she would have been baptised before she was born. Ingrid On 12/04/2009, at 7:45 AM, Harold Heslop wrote: > In the 1911 census I discovered that my grandmother (Ethel Errington) > had had a sibling of whom I was not aware. I checked in FreeBMD and > decided that the most likely candidate was Elizabeth Janet Errington, > birth March Quarter 1889 and death March Quarter 1890. This seemed > very > likely because it was also the name of my grandmother's grandmother. > > I thought I might need to buy the certificates to provide proof but > decided to see whether the IGI (which I had never used beyond mid > nineteenth century) might give any help. I found a baptism for the > baby > on 19th November 1888 at *Bishop Auckland* and the parents were the > right ones - John Errington and Mary Ann. The batch number was > 1045075. > > Does anyone have any idea where this christening might have taken > place? > > I also found my grandmother's other dead sibling's (Margaret Ellen > Errington) baptism on 26 July 1886 also at Bishop Auckland. > > My grandmother's own christening is given as at *Durham* on 5th > October > 1890. (Batch 1024951) All three were born at Crook, Co. Durham. > > No church or denomination is indicated. My great grandmother (Mary Ann > Errington) is the only one of my great grandparents I knew and I know > that her funeral - which I wasn't allowed to attend - was at Crook > Salvation Army Citadel.