Hi Beth: Not necessarily. Most of the ones I have seen on these batch numbers are extracted records. They usually say..... Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date. Kathleen In a message dated 6/10/08 7:28:29 PM, ohgallia-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:34:35 -0700 > From: Beth Haney <bhaney@speakeasy.net> > Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA] A question about Ancestry.com > To: ohgallia@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <484F2BAB.5090306@speakeasy.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I haven't had time to look much yet, but it could hold some jewels.  > Now, these are records that have been submitted by other researchers, > aren't they? > > KGiusti639@aol.com wrote: > > Here is a link to the batch numbers for Ohio, just in case this is new to > > anyone.... > > > > If you go to this site, look down for the county you want and it lists > what > > records are available by batch number for familysearch.org. > > > > > http://www.ohgen.net/usa/states/ohio/vital-record-batch-numbers-by-county/index.html > > > > There are some birth and marriage records for Gallia and Lawrence County. > > > > Kathleen > > > > > > ************** > > Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's > > Best 2008. > >       (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > ************** Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102)