Clues, Magic Numbers and the IGI

In the movie National Treasure, Nicholas Cage goes into a great and spacious building and steals a document, one that will give him clues to finding the treasure. We are going to do the same thing, only happily, the documents in the building we are going to can be copied.

But before attempting to steal the Declaration of Independence, Ben and Riley come up with a plan. We must do the same.

THE PLAN:  Look in the IGI to see if any records for Alfred and Ann have been extracted.

Using the IGI through Classic FamilySearch.org,


(To get to Classic FamilySearch.org, click the blue "previous site" button on FamilySearch.org. At Classic FamilySearch.org, click “Search Records” tab, click “Advanced Search,” click “International Genealogical Index” tab.)


we get this:

 

Clicking on item #6 produces this:

Shazam! Here is a film number for an extracted marriage record. Clicking on 0502210 reveals:

The number 0502210 is a call number for a microfilm containing the Bishop’s transcripts for Holy Trinity Church in Coventry from 1662-1848. Didn’t that monument in the Willard City Cemetery say that Alfred and Ann were married in 1823 in Trinity Church Coventry? Perhaps the microfilm will contain an original record of Ann and Alfred’s marriage! Write down that magic number: 0502210 and Off We Go!