However, further down the screen, you see the details from which the index was created and in this case, it mentions the record was a christening record (usually a great source of information) of an event taking place at Charles Church of Charles Parish, York, Virginia, British Colonial America. Generally speaking, we would not consider an index the most reliable type of record set. It is just that…an index created from a variety of records. Note the alert message across the top that says “This extracted IGI record was used to create this person.” The IGI is the International Genealogical Index. But we must view the source which we can do by clicking on the words “View Source.”īy clicking or tapping “View Source,” more information is provided and in this case, it looks like this: We can evaluate at first glance that a birth or christening record is typically a sound and reliable record for both primary and secondary information.
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