In a message dated 6/16/98 7:22:43 PM Central Daylight Time, MGulluscio@aol.com writes: << GenTips-L@rootsweb.com >> The IGI is an index of temple work done by the LDS Church. While it is an excellent index to locate people in an area, at least part of the data on it would have minimal interest to non-LDS. Names show up there because names have been submitted to temple work either by members or done as part of a project to do extraction of data from original sources to provide names for the temple. If your people aren't there, either no member is doing temple work on the family, or the area was not on the list to have been extracted. It does NOT mean that your people weren't where you thought they were from. It just means a little more work to get into the original records yourself to locate your family. If you have questions about temple work & what it means to an LDS person, e- mail me privately. It would have no significance to someone who is not LDS. . . except that to be on the list as having had temple work done will help relatives find them. Karen