This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: stripesandtartan Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.yks.general/14782.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thanks so much for your help, this information is fantastic. There's just one thing that confuses me about using the parish records. If i find the name of the parents of one child, how do i find out what other children they had? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc- > thanks so much for your help, this information is fantastic. > > There's just one thing that confuses me about using the parish > records. If i find the name of the parents of one child, how do i find > out what other children they had?> It's quite simple. Having found one child, you will see in the bottom left- hand corner of the screen with the details a batch number. If it is an official extraction from parish records, as opposed to a private submission by an LDS member (which are often unreliable), it will probably begin with the letter C, although it could sometimes be a K, J or I. Just click on the underlined link with the batch no. and this automatically returns you to the search screen, but you will see that the batch no. has now appeared in the appropriate box. Enter just the surname and the parents' names and search again. All the children baptised to that couple in the parish will appear, although you may have to omit the wife's name since often they were not entered in the records by the incumbent. Mothers were not thought of as being very important in those days, only the father! There are pitfalls to watch out for. For instance, if it's a common surname there could well have been more than one couple with the same names in the parish, i.e. John and Mary Smith. Also, they might have had other children in a different parish, in which case you will have to take pot luck by entering the parents' names, the region, country and county (in this case Yorkshire) and approximate dates and leaving the main forename and surname fields blank. A number of possibles may appear but you will then have to use other methods to try and pin down whether they were the same couple as appear in another parish. Since you are obviously a beginner, why don't you take the trouble to read my Newbies' Guide (URL below)? There is a whole section explaining all about the IGI and how to use it. -- Roy Stockdill Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE