Hello, listers -- This is in response to a post today (27 Nov) from Liisa (whose e-mail is usually <liisahobler@hotmail.com >) re: the Glass House Street and Leicester Fields French Huguenot Churches in London in connection with surnames HOBLER and CLAUDON. Information about these two churches has been posted in the past on this list. For example, the list archives has Glasshouse mentioned in 9 previous posts, Leicester Fields was in 7 posts. Some of these posts had details about the churches (eg. locations), especially those which were in a series last July on the Huguenot Churches of London. The reference number mentioned by Liisa in her post -- C049211 -- is what the LDS calls a batch number. It's a reference number used in the IGI (International Genealogical Index) to refer back to the original records. The C at the beginning stands for Christenings. If you go to the IGI online (www.familysearch.org), click on Search for Ancestors, then on IGI. Select British Isles and England as the location. You can then type in either HOBLER or CLAUDON, using these batch numbers and all the records from the Glasshouse and Leicester Fields churches for those surnames should come up in a list. Try changing the C at the beginning of the batch number for an M to look for marriages. (Remember that the IGI does not normally include burials or deaths.) I checked the batch number in one of the HOBLER records on the IGI and, in the this case, it refers to a printout of records from Glasshouse and Leicester Fields which are on microfiche # 6903732. Remember also that all French church records published by the Hug. Soc. of London have been entered into the IGI (with the exception of deaths/burials). Therefore, you should be able to obtain those listings on the IGI. LDS has also filmed the records of these and other London churches. Please see the previous posts in the archives for details such as film numbers. Lastly, a caution about the IGI. It's a wonderful tool but it is, after all, only an index. By definition, incomplete and with transcription errors. Finding records on the IGI is no substitute for searching the original records themselves to verify information. Also, the original records usually contain much more than the information on the IGI. For example, christenings may include names of friends, relatives, grandparents or godparents. Marriage records often contain parents or siblings or friends' names. All this is omitted on the IGI. The LDS has established many FHCs (Family History Centres) worldwide. You can order films or fiche there and, thus, search original records. Information about where FHCs are located is on the LDS website. I hope this information has helped. Andrea