As others have already said, it really depends on how the locality recorded the record. I know that for some of the records I've accessed there is an index either at the beginning or end of the film (Italian birth/marriage/death records). With others there is an index in a separate film altogether (i.e. NY Land Records, Probate records). Others are sorted by name, or date, or a combination of the two (i.e. NYC Marriage Index). Still others by date, locality and certificate number. Which Irish records were you trying to access? Perhaps we can figure out how it might work for that specific record. :) Debbie > 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