Open a record details page (the page that shows the indexed information for a historical record). Click the arrow beside Document Information. The chart explains the acronyms and other terms that you can see there.
| Term or Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Affiliate Film Number | The record comes from a microfilm owned by a FamilySearch third-party, such as the National Archives. The third-party film number for the record does not match a FamilySearch film number. To learn how to access the images, visit the third-party website. |
| Affiliate Name | The FamilySearch third-party company that provided the index or image. |
| Affiliate Publication Number | A number assigned by the contributing third party to the record. The number does not correspond to a number you can find on FamilySearch.org. Go to the third-party website to learn how to use the number to access more information. |
| Digital Folder Number | A number assigned to the digital version of the film |
| District | Also known as the Enumeration District for the census. |
| Originating System | Usually shows EASY: Extraction Administration System, a method of indexing record collections before the current indexing program. |
| Indexing Batch or Indexing Project (Batch) Number | Provides the batch number. You can search the collection by the batch number and see other entries within the batch. To learn about batch numbers, see https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/IGI_Batch_Number_Descriptions. |
| Family Number | Found in census records. Corresponds to the family number on the census page. |
| Microfilm Number | The number of the microfilm or microfiche from which the record came. GS refers to the Genealogical Society of Utah, a predecessor of FamilySearch. Many of these records are now digitized and available online. |
| Household ID | The household number found on the census. The number is different from the family number. Some households had more than one family. |
| Image Number | The sequential number of the image on the film. |
| Line Number | Where to find the record in an image of an index with numbered entries on the page, or a census with numbered entries. |
| Sheet Number and Letter | The sheet number and letter found on a census page (such as 11B) |
| ODM | Ordinance Data Management, a database of ordinance information. |
| Reference | Details vary:
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| Page | The page number on the record images. |
| Source Details | Shows a certificate number (cn), family number (fn), volume (v), or other details about the image. |