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BVRI question

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Sidami

Sidami Report 18 Jan 2008 13:43

Can you tell me please the marriages and births on these discs are they true?
Sue

Sidami

Sidami Report 18 Jan 2008 17:46

any one know please

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 18 Jan 2008 17:48

Yes, they're extracted from parish records so they're as true as they can be, allowing for transcription errors, of course.

Sidami

Sidami Report 18 Jan 2008 18:02

Thankyou Margaret I thought they were taken like the IGI
Sue

Huia

Huia Report 18 Jan 2008 18:07

The IGI is also an indexed transcript from Parish Records, so the BVRI is obviously much the same as the IGI.
I cant say I have seen the BVRI.