This question is not specific to either of these groups but I thought perhaps someone here in my be able to answer my question or give me a suggestion as far as where to go for an answer. When searching familysearch.org and a record lists the microfilm number that the record was transcribed from, is there a way to figure out how to narrow things down to find the record that the transcription comes from? For example I have a film for the quarterly returns of births in Ireland and the microfilm number - 101148 was given. I was in my local family history Library and pulled up the film the other day. There were 559 images on that microfilm and because I was in their local library I was able to see each image. I could not however figure out how things were organized so that I did not have to individually look at every single page. So basically my question is - is there a way to be able to narrow down which image range Irish records are organized or does anyone know who I could write you or call to get the answer? Finding an image when there is a certificate number or other definitive way of narrowing things down I know how to do. It's the Irish records that I'm having an issue with. Thanks in advance, Gail Jorgensen

It would depend on how the municipality recorded them at the time. Each locality, country, year could be different. For example Germany was very organized very early — being German! Try to find if there’s an Index for that film. Or just enjoy scrolling! Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 30, 2017, at 1:24 AM, Gail Schinnerer Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> wrote: > > This question is not specific to either of these groups but I thought > perhaps someone here in my be able to answer my question or give me a > suggestion as far as where to go for an answer. > > When searching familysearch.org and a record lists the microfilm number > that the record was transcribed from, is there a way to figure out how to > narrow things down to find the record that the transcription comes from? > > For example I have a film for the quarterly returns of births in Ireland > and the microfilm number - 101148 was given. I was in my local family > history Library and pulled up the film the other day. There were 559 images > on that microfilm and because I was in their local library I was able to > see each image. I could not however figure out how things were organized so > that I did not have to individually look at every single page. > > So basically my question is - is there a way to be able to narrow down > which image range Irish records are organized or does anyone know who I > could write you or call to get the answer? Finding an image when there is a > certificate number or other definitive way of narrowing things down I know > how to do. It's the Irish records that I'm having an issue with. > > Thanks in advance, > Gail Jorgensen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message