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'''IGI''' stands for '''International Genealogical Index'''. The IGI is an This terminology originally applied to the entire enormous database created and maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints or [[LDS]], also known as the Mormons, but now has a more restricted meaning. This Please note this page is '''not''' an official LDS page.

==What is the IGI?==The Mormons have an extensive program to microfilm vast numbers of old records which are an aid to genealogy. For example, they microfilm records of churches of all denominations, ancient land tax records, military records, shipping lists, census records and so on. They make these microfilms available to all people, regardless of religion, and depending on your location, the microfilms can be viewed for free or for a small postage specified charge.

There are two ways an entry can be made into the IGI: * When a parish record (The Church of Jesus Christ of any denomination) is microfilmedLatter-Day Saints or LDS, the now has a website [[LDShttps://familysearch.org FamilySearch]] church extracts the names and details of all christenings and marriages. These appear on the IGI as ''Extracted Records'' and are highly accurate. The record will include the film number.* Members may be found in two sections of the LDS church submit their own information. These appear on website under the IGI as ''Submitted by LDS Member''. These entries are of variable accuracycategory Search, subcategories Records (also called Historical Records) and Genealogies.

The IGI database has hundreds Records found in the Historical Records category include index transcriptions of millions of names on it. If you microfilmed records, and are new to genealogyaccurate records, apart from transcription errors or if you omissions. In addition, there are beginning to research a new family linedigital pages of images of church, and other, the IGI is a great place to startrecords which have not been transcribed, but please bear in mind that so it is not a complete coverage of all events, and that entries submitted by LDS members can sometimes be inaccuratenecessary to browse these collections.

===India The category Genealogies contains records===and family trees submitted by users. The Indian section website states: "Accuracy of the data in these genealogies varies from tree to tree; we encourage you to validate all data". The term IGI deals almost exclusively with Europeans and Anglo-Indians (Eurasians). In 1994, there were about 240,000 names for India. If you have is now restricted to a more up-to-date count, then please update this pagesubcategory of submitted records in Genealogies.

There are currently two Family Search sites, which we will call "Family Search", or the new website ==India records==The transcribed Historical Records deal almost exclusively with Europeans and "Previous version Family Search"Anglo-Indians (Eurasians), or Pv Family Searchas they are records from Christian churches.

'''Previous version Family Search'''<br> You can view the Indian data online using the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp Advanced Search] on the LDS’s [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp Previous version Family Search] website. Select country "India" (or Singapore etc) You can also search using the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true IGI Search]. The data is almost, but not quite as extensive. Select region “Asia”. Then select country “India” or "All countries" for a wider area including countries such as Singapore, Malaysia etc. There is a facility details following refer to add batch numbers, see belowrecords from Christian churches.

The Pv Family Search A new website also includes a was introduced 28 April 2010. '''[httphttps://pilotwww.familysearch.org/recordsearch/startFamilySearch]'''. '''This is a free website'''.html#start Record <br>Details:<br>First click on Search Pilot]. To access the India and Ceylon records, then click on the map for “Asia and Middle East” and select either India, or Sri Lanka. Click on "Start researching in India".This will bring you to a Search facility which searches all the searchable databases for India (a handy new feature available from c October 2014). The direct link is [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927063 '''India''']. If you want to search a pilot project to access online images of data. Currently particular database (June 2010for baptisms, marriages or burials) it contains the data mentioned in the following paragraph, but this may change in the futureclick on "view all collections". India related baptisms, marriages and burials can also be researched at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&region=ASIA_MIDDLE_EAST '''Asia and Middle East Records''']. The searchable India records are '''transcriptions''', are described as index records and do not contain images.

''' Changes intoduced 28 April 2010'''<br>'''Family Search has placed new From this group of records on a new website, (which is still "under construction") [https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch]'''. To access the India and Ceylon records from this site, scroll down the page to “Browse by location” and select “Asia and Middle East”. However, India related records can be researched more directly at [https:learn/wiki/www.familysearch.orgen/s/collection/list#page=1&region=ASIA_MIDDLE_EAST '''Asia and Middle East Records''']. From this link Sri_Lanka,_Colombo_District_Dutch_Reformed_Church_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)'''Sri Lanka, Colombo District Dutch Reformed Church Records 1677-1990''' ] are also available with images online, but are not searchable. Note, this web page takes the images may take some time to load. This An India List post gives some hints for browsing these [[Ceylon]] images.<ref>India List post [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-02/1297851646 post"LDS - Asia & Middle East - Sri Lanka/Colombo"] gives some hints for browsing these dated 16 February 2011 </ref> Another series of images only (not searchable)(added March 2013), accessible from the same link is [[Ceylon]] imageshttps://familysearch. To confuse mattersorg/learn/wiki/en/India, the _Gujarat_Diocese_Protestant_Church_Records_(smallFamilySearch_Historical_Records) number of records for "other" areas in Asia such as [[Macao]]'''India, [[Singapore]]Gujarat Diocese Protestant Church Records, [[Bencoolen1854-2012''']] etc available on Some of the Family Search website now records are not found in the Asia categoryHindi and Gujarati languages, but there are some records in the "All Record Collections" category English, in a group as evidenced by one of records called World Miscellaneous and may be accessed through the following links: [https://www.familysearch.org/searchlearn/wiki/collectionen/show#uri=httpFile:India,_Gujarat_Diocese_Church_Records_DGS_7251285_3_Baptism.jpg sample records] shown. A further set of images only (not searchable) was added May 2015, [https://www.familysearch.org/searchapilearn/searchwiki/collectionen/1783956 World Miscellaneous Births India,_Madras_Diocese_Protestant_Church_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) '''India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990'''], baptisms, marriages and Baptismsburials from the Church of South India, Madras Diocese. These are the type of records known as [[Church records#Bishops' Transcripts|Bishop's Transcripts]], copies sent by parishes to the Diocesan Office. '''Note''':The category date range allocated by FamilySeach for these latter records may be very unreliable. As an example for [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=httppal://wwwMM9.familysearch3.org1/searchapi/search/collection/1809045 World Miscellaneous TH-1942-37715-183-8?cc=2174941&wc=3NH8-16F:1584404203 Marriages: 1872 Jul-1877 Jun], page 1 shows some marriages from 1843, and the majority of the records on the first four pages are either earlier or later than the dates specified. (The images for Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records appear to be extracted from, or perhaps may be the complete set, of eighteen microfilms, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collectioncatalog/show#uri1123389?availability=http://www.familysearchFamily%20History%20Library catalogue entry]).org/searchapi/search/collection/1809046 World Miscellaneous Deaths and Burials]

The original To confuse matters, the (small) number of records for "other" areas in Asia such as [[Macao]], [[Singapore]], [[Bencoolen]] etc available on the FamilySearch website now are not found in the Asia category, but in the “All Published Collections” category, subcategory "Other", in a group of records called "World Miscellaneous" and may be accessed through the following links:''' [httphttps://wwwfamilysearch.org/search/collection/1783956 World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms], [https://familysearch.org/engsearch/collection/1809045 World Miscellaneous Marriages], [https://defaultfamilysearch.asp Previous version org/search/collection/1809046 World Miscellaneous Deaths and Burials]'''. Included in this group are records from [[St. Helena]], [[China]] and a small number from [[Indonesia]], [[Iran]], previously Persia, and a few records from India and Bangladesh.<ref>[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/World_Miscellaneous_Births_and_Baptisms,_Coverage_Table_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, Coverage Table (FamilySearchHistorical Records)] continues and in time the two sites will be merged into the new siteFamilySearch Wiki.Retrieved 19 September 2014</ref>

The LDS website previously described description of the transcribed records is for India as "Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records" for births and baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials. The current description is "Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City". They in fact appear to be based on the India Office [[Church records|church records]] at the British Library , including the N/5 [[Princely states|Indian States]] records.<ref>India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2010-10/1286947107 post 13 October 2010]</ref> However, it appears that the records from the [[LDS Microfilms for Church Records outside of the usual Presidencies#Madras Ecclesiastical Returns - Omissions and Corrections 1777-1884|Madras Ecclesiastical Returns - Omissions and Corrections 1777-1884]] are '''not''' included.<ref>Email to User:Maureene dated 20 July 2011 indicates two brothers, Joseph Thorpe, 18, who died 23 Dec 1853 and was buried in the "Old Cemetery" at Guntoor, Hyderabad Residency and George Benjamin Thorpe, 23, who died 29 Jun 1858 at Jaulnah , who appear in the Omissions Film for Madras Burial (“film B265”) are '''not''' included in the Family Search data.</ref> Please note that on an individual basis the LDS record does not show all the details available on the original. Also not every India Office church record is recorded in the LDS database. Some individual entries are known to have been '''omitted''', probably due to error.<ref>

In additionIf you are searching for a name which could have various spellings, you can search using a single letter replaced by a wildcard question mark '''?''', or the Previous version Family Search website contains the LDS multiple character wildcard asterisk ''' *''' <ref> [httphttps://www.familysearch.org/engblog/Libraryen/FHLCsearching-wildcards-familysearch-2/frameset_fhlc.asp '''Library Catalogue''' Searching with Wildcards in FamilySearch] for all FamilySearch Blog</ref> Note that the LDS microfilms, as does FamilySearch transcribed databases are also available on the new pay site. Currently June 2010Ancestry, (world wide subscription) under the catalogue on the new website has some problemstitles "India, Select Marriages 1792-1948"; "India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948"; "India, Select Deaths and it is better Burials, 1719-1948". These records are transcriptions without images.The privacy restrictions appear to be the same as the FamilySearch restrictions.  To find out details of microfilms which may be ordered from FamilySearch, use the original website for the '''[https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Library Catalogue. catalogue]''' <br> [http://www.londonfhc.org/ London Family History Centre] has a film catalogue for the [http://www.londonfhc.org/content/catalogue?p=Indian+Subcontinent Indian Subcontinent] and for [http://www.londonfhc.org/content/catalogue?c=221&p=Indian+Subcontinent,India India] in a different format to the main catalogue, classified by geographical region.

'''If you have found a transcribed record from the India Births, Marriages or Burials on Family SearchFamilySearch, as stated previously please be aware that this is not a full record. It is recommended that you view the original entry from the microfilm quoted.''' This will almost always contain occupational information which may provide a valuable clue for the location of further records. In addition, you can check that there have been no transcription errors. '''Information about ordering microfilms or photocopies may be found in the article [[Family History Centres]]'''. Note also that there will soon (estimated date '''(UK) autumn 2012''') be is an alternative way to obtain a copy of a record, when as '''most of the record images become are now available on the pay website Find My Past[[Findmypast|findmypast]]'''. If the image is available on findmypast, this will be the most convenient method for most people.

:Instructions on how to use the microfilmed copies of the Ecclesiatical Returns and their indexes at an LDS [[Family History Centres| Family History Centre]]. Read these instructions if you are searching for '''records of births after 1910, or marriages after 1935''' which are not shown online on FamilySearch because of privacy reasons. Note however the records sent to England '''declined in number from the early 1930s''' with minimal numbers in the 1940s.