IGI Useful Links

Useful Links

Some Useful Entry Points

These give access to FamilySearch at various points in the search hierarchy:

Website	Link	Description
FamilySearch	Discover Your Family History	Main Home Page.
	United Kingdom & Ireland	List of Historical Record Collections.
	International Genealogical Index (IGI)	A special IGI collection page where it will soon be possible to search either the Extracted IGI records or the Contributed IGI records.
Rootsweb	Hugh Wallis's Batch Number website	Still useful as an entry point to FamilySearch but not updated since 2002.

Library Catalogue Search

Note that the new library catalogue often fails to produce a result when a valid film number is entered.

Website	Link	Description
FamilySearch	New FamilySearch Library Catalogue
FamilySearch	Old FamilySearch Library Catalogue

Research Articles & Blogs

Here's a collection of links to information about the old and new IGI, on the FamilySearch website and elsewhere.

Website	Link	Description
FamilySearch	IGI Batch Number Descriptions	What the prefixes mean.
	The International Genealogical Index (IGI) is complete	Blog article (24 Aug 2012) by Steve Anderson of FamilySearch about the completion of the transfer of IGI data to new FamilySearch.
	International Genealogical Index	Research Wiki article about the old IGI, with a collection of links to articles.
	Finding the Source of IGI Batch Numbers	Research article (10 Jan 2012).
	IGI Batch Numbers for the British Isles and North America	Research article (29 May 2012).
	New IGI Batch Number Search	Blog article (24 May 2011), with user-submitted comments.
	Fixing Problems with the Batch Number Search in FamilySearch	Blog article (5 Dec 2011), with user-submitted comments.
	Where Is the IGI on the New Site?	Blog article (22 Feb 2012), with user-submitted comments.
	The Link to the Classic FamilySearch Site is Gone!	Blog article (7 Feb 2012), with user-submitted comments.
	Life After the IGI	Article by Robert Raymond (1 Mar 2012).
	New FamilySearch Feature - IGI	Useful blog post by Steve (25 May 2012) about how to find IGI records on New FamilySearch; includes user-submitted comments.
	FamilySearch Historical Records - Known Issues	List of known problem batches from the 'England Births and Christenings' record collection.
	FamilySearch Historical Records - Known Issues	List of known problem batches from the 'England Marriages' record collection.
Ancestry Insider	What is the IGI?	Article from 3 Jan 2011.
	Whence the IGI?	Article from 5 Jan 2011 on the history of the IGI.
	Where did the IGI Go?	Article from 11 Jan 2011.
	Kehrer Webinar: International Genealogical Index	Article from 5 Jul 2012.