--part1_11a.c23a7a7.29a12b03_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I spotted this message on the CORNISH List. I've tried it. This utility is very handy! Yours aye, John Jardine Cincinnati, Ohio USA D&G FHS Member #1918 JARDINE/JARDEN in Dumfries, Maxwelltown, Annan, Applegarth, Wamphray, Torthorwald, Collin, Racks, Cummertrees, Powfoot, Mouswald, Kirkmichael, Templand; GREEN in Dumfries, Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbright; RAE in Dumfries, Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbright; MOFFAT in Dumfries, Maxwelltown; McMILLAN in Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Irongray; BRODIE in Dumfries, Maxwelltown; HOPE in Annan --part1_11a.c23a7a7.29a12b03_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yc01.mx.aol.com (rly-yc01.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.33]) by air-yc05.mail.aol.com (v83.35) with ESMTP id MAILINYC53-0215210543; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 21:05:43 -0500 Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.32]) by rly-yc01.mx.aol.com (v83.35) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYC18-0215210501; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 21:05:01 -0500 Received: (from [email protected]) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id g1G229l26058; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 19:02:09 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 19:02:09 -0700 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Fri Feb 15 19:02:09 2002 From: "Hugh Wallis" <[email protected]> Old-To: "'Glamorgan List'" <[email protected]>, "'London List'" <[email protected]>, "'Surrey List'" <[email protected]>, "'Somerset List'" <[email protected]>, "'Norfolk list'" <[email protected]>, "'Kent List'" <[email protected]>, "'Brecon List'" <[email protected]>, "'Gwent List'" <[email protected]>, "'Monmouthshire List'" <[email protected]>, "'Powys List'" <[email protected]>, "'Northants List'" <[email protected]>, "'Bucks List'" <[email protected]>, "'Berks List'" <[email protected]>, "'Cornwall List'" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 21:01:23 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Feb 2002 02:01:25.0066 (UTC) FILETIME=[D6A1DAA0:01C1B68D] Subject: [CON-GEN] IGI Batch Numbers - a new facility Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/6277 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Dear listers Have you been frustrated searching the IGI for your rellies when you have only the surname but got tired of figuring out batch numbers and typing them into the LDS search screen (since you can't do a last name search unless you know a batch number)? I have been - so I decided to do something about it. I have made an exhaustive search of the likely ranges of batch numbers for the British Isles and created a database of those numbers and the source records that they apply to. I have searched all the possible numbers in the ranges shown on my website. For each batch I extracted the church or chapel (if specified), town, county and country names of the first record that appears when it is called up in my browser. I then organised them by country and county and created a website. A very powerful feature that I have included is a hotlink from each batch number to the actual search engine provided at http://www.familysearch.org, including the ability to enter the surname you are looking for. This makes it very easy to search all the batches for a particular geographic location using just the last name you are searching for - something that is not possible directly from the LDS site without doing a lot of typing. It also connects towns that are listed in more than one county in the IGI which can sometimes be a problem causing you to lose a relly because you are looking across a county border!! I hope you will like it - please let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements, enhancements, or new features that I might be able to implement. (oh yes - where is the site? - I wondered if you would ask that. - take a look at my signature line) Thanks Hugh Wallis Ontario, Canada Formerly of Surrey, UK IGI Batch numbers - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#Page Title.htm ==== CORNISH-GEN Mailing List ==== Search the List Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=CORNISH-GEN --part1_11a.c23a7a7.29a12b03_boundary--