Hi Maggie If you go to http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htmu Hugh Wallis has wrritten about batch numbers as well as providing direct links. The batch you noted 7813533 - if you click on an individual entry and then on Source call at bottom of entry you will be taken to page which tells that this batch is a patrons submission. Possibly correct but would suggest you check with copy of original registers. Cheers Jean -----Original Message----- From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MaggieMole@aol.com Sent: 24 August 2007 17:17 To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Subject: [WRY] IGI batches Dear Listers, Can someone tell me something about the IGI batch number system please? I am putting all the baptismal entries for my CROWTHER line in Sowerby, Halifax, into a spreadsheet for easier pattern identification. So far I have restricted myself to IGI batches starting with C, J or K - the two latter splitting some sections into male and female. I have been told that batches beginning with any other letter have been done by individuals and are not too reliable. However, today I found a batch numbered 7813533, which contains too many CROWTHER entries for me to ignore. Is it a good idea to incorporate these into my sheet? I would still ID them with the batch number. What is reliable in the IGI and what isn't? Sorry to be ignorant about this! Maggie Berry ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message