Hi George the thing with the Scottish I.G.I only has all the marriages from the O.P.R . the chr are only what their individual members include for sealing etc. To see all the chr you have to check the O.P.R which are at the ORIGINS SITE also on microfiche & a c/d called Scottish Church Records at any Family History Library.(L.D.S ) The I.G.I does have all the civil registration from 1855 to 1875 which you can send to the L.D.S main centres & get a photocopy for $4.00 aud All the Best Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 5 April 2002 6:36 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN] IGI batch numbers > Thanks Barbara, > I tried substituting the prefix letter of C for K,J and M as you suggested > but came up with no results. > Is there further magic I should be working? > All the searches resulting in marriage records of male or female using Hugh > Wallis's program come from batch numbers starting in "M" > All the christenings coming up with a result ( all female ) start with "C" > Do the male births all fall into another category starting with "?" > Or is the system of batch numbers purely random and the records of male > christenings not included in the IGI listings? > I would welcome your input > Best Regards > George Wallace > > > ==== SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN Mailing List ==== > Look for Haddingtonshire villages and parishes in the Statistical Accounts of Scotland online: http://edina.ac.uk/cgi/StatAcc/StatAcc.cgi > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >