I'm looking at a nFS record (*Person identifier:* L4PB-48J) that has the below source info. Anyone know how to figure out what the source document was that was extracted? Presumably since it was extracted there is a film (hopefully imaged) out there. I would like to look at it. I'm guessing it was probably a marriage record from the amount of info that was extracted and the fact that her only link is to a husband (although there is no marriage data included) . *Sources about the Name* Name: May Elizabeth IndiestContributorFamilySearch Source Source type: Other, Image number: 229, Record number: 32, Batch number: C05335-4, Location in source: vol 2, p425A, no1198, Source template: IBIR, Locality: Iowa, Wisconsin, United States, Language: English - Repaging, Contributor: EXTRACTION thanks, -- Dan Taysom [email protected]
The Batch number beginning with the letter "C" means the extraction is from a birth and/or christening record. I have seen many christening dates with the batch numbers begin with "C" or "A". Other letters and series of numbers mean different things. Here is a link to a document which explains the various batch numbers: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/IGI_Batch_Number_Descriptions The document is entitled 'IGI Batch Number Definitions' (pretty straight forward I guess -- :>) An individual family file submission by a patron used to have a batch number attached to them as well. This was from the days when we sent the various forms to Salt Lake for clearance. There was a way to figure out the day and year that the batch was processed just by looking at the batch number. (For instance, some of my submissions were 7920812. I was told that 79 would refer to the year; 208 refers to the day of the year and 12 indicates that it was the 12th batch on that particular day.) Anyway the reason that there is no marriage date or place for the couple in question is that it was from a birth record for their child. Always look at the child's information just in case you receive more explanation on a specific source. Also send an email to the staff at the family history library and copy down the source information. Ask them how to find out what source to examine to see that birth/christening record. Mary Scott