Notes:
The genesis of the IGI started in the mid-1800’s and has evolved over the years. It started with the TIB, then the FGRA, then to Paper submissions by Church members then to computer generated submissions by Church members. Also the Controlled Extraction Program continues to add millions of entries each year. The 725 million entries give it the status of a large database. Be aware that there are some duplicate entries which provide conflicting information and I’ll come back to that. What is the key word on the screen? Lets take a quick look at these sources of IGI entries.