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From: Joe Louks <>
Subject: Re: LDS (Morman) genealogy search engine
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 19:38:03 -0500


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.

You are absolutely correct. There is no way that all of the microfilmed
records can be put online at this time. Just as you will not find the
content of the books at the LOC online. Some (most) of your research
still involves legwork.

Joe

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