[ANSTHRLD] 16th century IGI parish transcriptions

[Hillary Greenslade]

--- heralds-request at lists.ansteorra.org wrote:
> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:13:19 -0500 (CDT)
> From: debell1 at txcyber.com
> Subject: [ANSTHRLD] 16th century IGI parish transcriptions
> To: heralds at lists.ansteorra.org
>
> This is a "pull the pin and roll it in" question on name documentation.
> 
> Will the SCA accept the English parish register transcripts from pre 1650
> era that the LDS has published in the IGI?
> 
> Many researchers outside the SCA I have talked to consider these
> transcripts made from the original parish registers to be more accurate
> than many of the sources from that period we use.
> 
> Magnus

As a novice onomastics student, can you advise if the IGI is online?  
What does IGI stand for?  
I got the LDS - Later Day Saints, as I know they are real big into geneology research. 
Hillary