Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 13:18:34 +0000 From: Paul Benyon <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WSX] Finding Children on IGI I haven't seen your advice, unless it was a recent article in one of the genealogy magazines, but this is my way of doing it, but it only works if you have a batch number: I haven't tried it with a film: once you've found the first child in the family that you are looking for the simplest route is to complete the: Batch Number, Last Name Father's First Name Mother's First Name Select the appropriate region And then if there are any other children from the same set parents a click on the search button should display: here's one from Bridport, Dorset to play with just to make sure you've got it right: Batch Number = C074121 Last Name = Andress (not lower case - doesn't work in upper case) Father's First Name = Samuel Mother's First Name = Ann Select the appropriate region = British Isles and you should turn up something like this: >1. Ann ANDRES - International Genealogical Index >Gender: F Christening: 5 Jun 1816 New Meeting Barrack Street-Independent, Bridport, Dorset, England > > 2. Sarah ANDRESS - International Genealogical Index >Gender: F Christening: 6 Apr 1804 New Meeting Barrack Street-Independent, Bridport, Dorset, England > > 3. Charles ANDRESS - International Genealogical Index >Gender: M Christening: 12 Mar 1806 New Meeting Barrack Street-Independent, Bridport, Dorset, England > > 4. Frederic ANDRESS - International Genealogical Index >Gender: M Christening: 24 Aug 1809 New Meeting Barrack Street-Independent, Bridport, Dorset, England > > 5. Elizabeth ANDRESS - International Genealogical Index >Gender: F Christening: 5 Aug 1812 New Meeting Barrack Street-Independent, Bridport, Dorset, England > > 6. Walter ANDRESS - International Genealogical Index >Gender: M Christening: 29 Mar 1815 New Meeting Barrack Street-Independent, Bridport, Dorset, England > However, having said all that, I've found in one or two instances, where the surname has been mis-transcribed that this form of search occasionally mis-fires ie the above name is sometimes spelt ANDREWS etc and depending on the search engine you might miss them! Once I've found a child who matches what I'm looking for, after I've completed the process above, I'll sometimes download the whole batch - as long as it isn't over 5,000 records, leaving out details of names. Cut and paste each page into a good text editor like Textpad - ideally one that runs macros: find and replace with commas all the repetitive stuff: import the result into a spread sheet or database and then play around with the result, in conjunction with the IGI search - adding more info on parents etc as necessary - usually there is no need, but sometimes it throws up connections in First Names etc which perhaps one wouldn't normally find in a standard search. You may find that the search doesn't work first time - in which case you may need to try again - I have experienced problems sometimes and have noted that others have received nil reports when in fact they know there is data there. The answer is to test you search on known info and then extend it accordingly. Hope this answers your query Regards Paul Portland