Thank you for informed reply Nivard. My driving skills must be the reason for the niggles I had been having. Thanks especially for the tips about the old collections. I had a very old note which I have been fruitlessly chasing around about how a surname may have become a first name in my family way back in the Crowland area. I am hopeful those old collections may give me a lead. Thanks again Rosie On 30/01/2016 17:18, Nivard Ovington via wrote: > Hi Rosie > > Re familysearch > > The old IGI was made up of two main elements > > A. The patron submissions, some of which were based on sound research, > unfortunately some were a work of fiction and guesstimates, and > therefore patron submissions were unreliable > > B. Extractions from Parish and other records, which in the main were/are > reliable > > ============ > > New familysearch does *not* contain the patron submissions, it is wholly > based on extractions > > Therefore is much more reliable (albeit harder to drive ;-) > > ============ > > For those of a mind, the old IGI is still there in the "Browse all > published collections" > > (go to familysearch, select Search and then select Browse all published > collections, then enter IGI in the search box) > > Select International Genealogical Index (IGI) > > You then get a search page with both "Community Contributed IGI" (patron > submissions) and "Community Indexed IGI" (extractions) included > > You can search them together or separately > > NB the majority of extracted records are included in the latest > familysearch search but the patron submitted are not > > Transcription errors apart which are a problem in *any* database for > several reasons, most records in the latest familysearch are reliable > (but require confirming by checking the source) > > The main problem I see these days is finding the record of interest as > new familysearch is not the easiest to manoeuvre around > > PS some records on familysearch do not have an image or have an image > that is restricted as the LDS do not have the necessary permissions to > allow it > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 30/01/2016 07:46, xpn11 via wrote: >> A question related to the OP- Family Search-are records collected by LDS >> members and held on film before they launched their current project of >> filmed and indexed records included in their indexing ? I note some >> entries have no image and in one or two cases I have not been able to >> track the record when browsing the images. Probably my error but I just >> wondered. >> If I recall correctly some of the member gathered information the old >> LDS website carried was unreliable. >> I find the value of the LDS site is in the filmed images.The FreeReg is >> very helpful and I think records are very carefully transcribed, it is >> an admirable project and I thank all those who contribute. Used together >> they have changed the game. >> Using the Family Search index to search Norfolk PRs shows up some weak >> transcribing. Not as bad as Ancestry though. >> Rosie > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message