Thank you, Marco. The wiki site gives detailed information. As far as I know, familysearch doesn't have vital records films for Oberaltertheim. I asked about ordering films at my local family history center but was told that I would have to use PayPal to order them, which I can't do, so it's a non-issue anyway. I wish they hadn't changed their payment methods. Thanks again. Judy On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Marco Scavo <marco.scavo@comcast.net>wrote: > The information contained in the IGI varies. Sometimes it's from records > themselves, sometimes it's from people. I would suggest that it merely be > used as a guide to doing your own research. I personally wouldn't read too > much into the lack of a father's name on there until I had independently > verified it. > > https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/International_Genealogical_Index > > -----Original Message----- > From: german-bohemian-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:german-bohemian-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of judy petersen > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 3:14 PM > To: German Bohemians mail list > Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] the IGI at familysearch.org > > Vera Nagel, Germany) raised the issue of the IGI in trying to help another > researcher. I have used the IGI (International Genealogical Index) but > have > some questions. What exactly is the info on the IGI? Is it transcribed > info from the actual birth, marriage, death records (civil or > religious) in a given country, or is it info from a researcher's family > tree > or Bible, etc. (posted by a person on the IGI) rather than from the actual > civil & parish records? > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >