Hello Stuart,

Thanks for your response.  Sounds like you have had extensive
experience using these search tools.  Thanks!

Saludos
Victor Villarreal
Reynosa, México


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Stuart Armstrong <stuarta@a...> wrote:
> Hello v.h.villarreal,
> 
> Thursday, August 25, 2005, 1:30:18 PM, you wrote:
> 
> > Angie,
> 
> > And speaking about research tips, I don't have a clear idea what's the
> > purpose of the fields [Serial/Sheet Number] and [Film Number] in the
> > IGI search page.  Have you found any use for those?
> 
> The best time to use these is when you find a record of interest that
> has a batch number. Records were submitted by extraction workers or by
> church members in batches. So it is often the case that the records in
> a particular batch are either for related persons or persons who lived
> in the same area at the same time.
> 
> So whenever a batch number exists, try searching for all the records
> from that batch. (I think you have to entry a country too.) Some
> batches are very large and may have sheet numbers too. If these were
> microfilmed or extracted from a microfilm, there may be a Film number.
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Stuart                            mailto:stuarta@a...