He pressed the F8 key and typed in the names of the parents: Joshua Grant and Athalia Howard. This was information he already knew, and he used it to become acquainted with using the IGI. First, he looked for Joseph Grant as a child with his brothers and sisters. The Individual Search and Parent Search use the same records, but Marriage Search retrieves a different set of records.īrother Jones chose the Parent Search. He could choose to look at the information in three ways: (1) Individual Search, where the ordinances of baptism, endowment, and sealing to parents are listed (2) Parent Search, where records are arranged by names of parents and often list together the brothers and sisters of a family or (3) Marriage Search, where marriage sealing information is found. He also learned that persons who were members of the Church in their lifetime were less likely to be found listed in the IGI therefore, he should carefully consult family records and Ancestral File to help determine if temple work has already been completed for these persons so he knows not to resubmit their names.īrother Jones learned that he could access the IGI by selecting a search and typing in a name.
He learned that some names in the Addendum are the same names found in the Main IGI but may show additional ordinances.
More than 30 million names are due to be added to the Addendum soon. The current edition includes the 1993 IGI, which contains about 200 million names, and the 1994 Addendum, which contains an additional 40 million names. He learned that the IGI contains names of deceased persons who have had temple work done for them. He prepared for his visit to the stake center FamilySearch ® workstation by asking his ward consultant for information about the International Genealogical Index. Now Brother Jones was anxious to see if the International Genealogical Index ® (IGI) would contain any information on this family.
Ancestral File had listed Uncle Joseph but not his wife and children. He had prayerfully searched his own family records and used the Ancestral File to see what he could find on a distant uncle, Joseph Grant, who had not joined the Church. Brother Jones was researching his pioneer ancestors.
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