Pat, you are correct. Thank you. The IGI has the records on line. You just have to sort out member submitted files from extracted local records. I had no trouble finding Christening records for Alexander and siblings. Betty On 11/15/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Before the advent of computers in the Family History Centers these records > were available on microfiche. If you are fortune enough to go to a > History > Center that never throws anything away you probably can find those > microfiche, > take the appropriate name to the printer and print them out. I find using > these print outs at home very advantageous over using the CD version in > the > library. They contain the same information. These records date > from about 1855 > backward to the 1500s. Civil registration began in 1855. You can order > a > microfilm of the original church records and sometimes find > more information > in the church register. > > Perhaps someone can answer this. Does the computer IGI that we access at > home contain those Scottish Church Records? I think it does. > > I researched a family that immigrated 1900 to NYC, found them on 1881 and > 1891 Scottish census and followed what appeared to be their ancestry > on these > Scottish Church Records, and earlier census. I subscribed to GRO online > for a > short time to prove or disprove my guesses -- they were surprisingly > accurate. GRO is the Government Record Office. It has a web site to > which one can > subscribe (summer 2004 the cost is £6. approximately $9.00 for calendar > 48 > hours, and can be charged to a credit card) in order to access civil > registration marriage, birth and death records. That cost includes so > many "points" > which can be applied to printing out documents. At that time most of the > online > records were post 1855. > > Pat Finnell > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >