Tag Archives: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

If your ancestor went to New Zealand, you may wish to check FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org out, as it has just added 358,395 probate record images from 1878-1960. The records were created by local courts throughout New Zealand regions. An index is … Continue reading →

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Familysearch = original search page

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

I’m often asked what happened to the original page of the familysearch search engine.  Although I have written about this before I am adding details again. The old page is still reachable (from here at least) at http://classic.familysearch.org/   On … Continue reading →

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Steve Archer’s website – IGI batch number

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

This website lists most of the extracted batches for the British Isles that previously formed part of the IGI (International Genealogical Index), the on-line database created by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(LDS). Although the IGI is no longer … Continue reading →

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LDS and Batch numbers

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

              Hugh  Wallis’s  batch number web site can be found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers .htm     Familysearch has a further explanation at https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Finding_the_Source_of_IGI_Batch_Numbers And they give a link to http://www.pricegen.com/resources/globalbatchnumbers.htm which explains more about how to research … Continue reading →

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Family History Classes Available Free on Internet

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

The FamilySearch Family History Library has made 23 classes available free through their website http://www.familysearch.org   Subjects range from European research to United States, and military records. There are “Beginning Research Series” England and Ireland and England, and also a class on descendancy research. Time to … Continue reading →

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Dick Eastman genealogy newsletter

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

The Dick Eastman Newsletter today reported the following site http://www.familysearch.org/techtips/   an extension of the Family Search site that gives Technical Tips for Genealogists and Family Historians.  

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