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From: jwwright <>
Subject: Re: LDS (Morman) genealogy search engine
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 23:06:10 GMT


wrote:
>
> UUCP wrote:
> >
> > From:
> > Subject: Re: LDS (Morman) genealogy search engine
> > Organization: U. S. Internet, Inc.
> >
> > What I have found from their site so far didn't impress me very much.
> > Entered my father's name, then gave both his parent's names and his
> > spouse's name as requested...results gave links to pages where my
> > family's surname showed up. I already had all of them!
> > I thought this was supposed to check their databases for actual
> > information.
> > "Patricia" <> wrote:
> >
> > >Hey! Just think of the new people who are getting interested in THEIR
> > >roots!! Means more people searching, more people writing things down, more
> > >chances of making connections for the rest of us!! Think of what this
> > >means! (I know, I know, long waits to get online) <G>
> > >
> I think the material at the LDS site is from material submitted by
> individuals and not that gathered through their microfilming project. I
> have entered names from places that they have microfilmed, such as
> courthouses and church records, and there is no corresponding data at
> the 'Net site. I think the microfilmed records must be ordered as usual
> from the various centers.

I'm sure that's true, but you know it will take some time to get all the
ufilmed data online. The key to the whole thing is knowing which ufilm
to order.

regards.

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