Cheryl, please read the other message I sent you first (these are the bits I've copied from what other helpful people have sent me): Is an IGI a Genealogical Index? How does one come across it? > > > > The IGI is the International Genealogical Index - probably the most > important genealogical index around world-wide. It was first published > by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) in 1973 > as a tool to help its members in their religious work - but has become > almost invaluable in family history research. > > The best thing to do is to buy one of the many (inexpensive) books on > Family History. This will give all the sources for the genealogist - > including use of the IGI. You can buy outputs of the IGI - usually by > Surname and (in the UK) by County. In the case of PENNINGTON, > Lancashire there are 129 pages (you can buy A4 print-outs containing two > pages), either through Family History Societies; from the nearest LDS > Library (if you live in America then there should be one near you!); and > are advertised in such as 'Family Tree Magazine'. If there is an LDS > Library near you then you can also download information onto a floppy > disk, that you can then read at home at your leisure (there are > inexpensive programs available to help you do this). > Maybe you will find something about British research from these as well: These urls are primers in beginning Irish research: http://www.bess.tcd.ie/roots_ie.htm http://www.geocities.com/~fiannag/ipig.html http://www.familytreemaker.com/issue4.html http://www.familytreemaker.com/00000384.html for Scotch-Irish http://www.familytreemaker.com/4_pocket.html http://www.bess.tcd.ie/roots/guide.htm Also if you look up the Genuki website - although large it is very rewarding - it may be helpful Best Wishes Jan AnthSullivan@bigpond.com ---------- > From: Cheryl Kerr <ckerr@midcoast.com.au> > To: SURNAME-QUERY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: FIZZELL,John and Bridget;Liverpool,ENG;1830's > Date: Monday, 16 March 1998 20:31 > > Hi-I regret I can't help with your particular search, but am wondering if > you would share with me how you went about making the track back. I found > my husband's great grandmothers ship record, came on a ship, the Baretto > Junior in 1850, from 'the Downs". I don't know how to find out where 'the > Downs' are, and how to proceed with the search from there, I'm new to this > and new to Australian research, and my husband, the Aussie, never did any > searching at all! Any help would be appreciated. > thanks, > Cheryl, the mad yank, in Oz, the land of wonder > > At 05:31 PM 13/03/98 +1100, you wrote: > >Hello > >Looking for inforamtion about John and Bridget Fizzell dates unknown, > >places unknown > >Son Samuel was baptised in St Peter Liverpool on 16th July 1837 and > >emigrted to Australia > >Also keen to contact other people researching Fizzell family in Australia, > >US and Ireland > >Jan Fizzell > >AnthSullivan@bigpond.com.au > > > > > >==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== > >To unsubscribe from SURNAME-QUERY, send an e-mail message to: > > SURNAME-QUERY-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > > SURNAME-QUERY-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > >Subject: unsubscribe > >In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > >(Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from SURNAME-QUERY, send an e-mail message to: > SURNAME-QUERY-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > SURNAME-QUERY-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > Subject: unsubscribe > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > >