This is a great site ... if you find the village/town with your family. If you don't it's back to the microfilm. Sorry about that. I checked for my grandfather's village and did not find him, but I already have his birth record. If just means no one has researched his village or his family surname. Thank you very much for the new site for us to use. Tina On 12/4/08, Karl Roussin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Tina > To use the " Batch Numbers " to search for a person's records in > Germany/Prussia > Just click onto the following link > > http://www.igi-index.de/index.php?seite=batch8&lang=uk&sort=ort&id=aach > > When the page with all of the towns shows up , starting with the first town > of AACH . at the end of the address. > > You can search for a towns records alphabetically > > To search for a different town's records alphabetically , You may want > to print out the following directions that I use. ( found this method by > trial and error {grin} ) > > Left click on the end of that town " Aach " in the upper window , of > Your tool bar . > > All of the address will turn black. > > On the directional arrows of Your keyboard , click on the one that is > pointing to the right. > > The address will turn normal color , and a blinking cursor will appear. > > Use Your " backspace " key to remove the towns name OF AACH , back to > the = sign > Be sure and leave the = sign. > > Type in the name of the town , that You are interested in ( no spaces ) > and click " GO " in the tool bar at the right of the IGI address . > > NOTE ; not all towns are in the IGI towns index. > > IF a town is entered , a list of towns will show up , with the " batch " > number at the right hand side. > > Scroll farther to the right , and You will see a blue " link " word . > > Click onto that blue " link " word and all of the name records in that > batch number , will show up into the next page . > > If the total of persons shown is like 200+ , then use the " refine > search " provision , because there may be hundreds of names in that batch > number > > On that page at the upper right hand corner there will be a " refine > search " > > Click onto refine search and You can type in the full name , or only > the surname of whom You are searching for ,and click search , You do not > need to enter Germany , because that batch number is for a German town , in > all of Prussia > > Then any record of that person , or that surname , will show up in the next > page. > > If there is no one of that name , or surname , the next page will read > ( no record ). > Then You must try another batch number , or another town , for other > batch numbers. > > It seems like a long process , however when You get used to it , You can > check for a lot of info in a very short time. > Karl Roussin > > ======================================== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tina Ellis" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:47 AM > Subject: Re: [PBS] Bernhard Haack and Family > > > > Please do send the site. I'm sure others would like to be able to use it > > also. > > > > Thank you. > > Tina > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >