it is said that many of the parish records for Essex are not in the IGI. those tend to be my ancestor's records. in fact, those tend to be a lot of people's ancestor's records. if we knew what the batch and film number was, we'd be able to trace our ancestry, but we can't because someone either didn't think that the specific church record should be in the IGI, or because at some point during an upgrade, FamilySearch dropped a number of records off the site-I can mention at least 5 records, but no-one (especially familysearch) will believe me because they aren't there anymore. perfect catch 22. Cornelia On Thu 04/14/11 2:14 AM , "Kay DONALD CLARK" [email protected] sent: My friend has recently (end of 2010) ordered some photocopies by the method suggested on this list. It worked perfectly but did take some weeks. I had visited the Family History Centre in London and they told me about the process. You can print the order form from one of the drop boxes on the front page of the OLD website. It takes a bit of searching for and I'm sorry but I can't remember exactly where it is. The requests for copies have to be for IGI entries taken from the original registers. ie you have to find your person on the OLD site on the IGI and it has to say taken from the registers and NOT entered by a member of the church! I am currently unsure if this process works with the NEW Beta search. I can't see why not as all the necessary batch numbers/ call numbers are also on the new search. There is a minimum number for the copies requested. (I think it is eight but this may not be correct). You then fill in your card details and they will take about two dollars per copy which will vary according to exchange rates at the time. I think this is quite a bargain considering they have to find it, copy it and post it. Kay ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email [1] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] [2] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] [3] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] http://www.netintelligence.com/email [2] mailto:[email protected] [3] mailto:[email protected]