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From: jwwright <>
Subject: Re: LDS (Morman) genealogy search engine
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 03:56:20 GMT


Joe Louks wrote:
>
> 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
Well first i don't think there is indexed all or a large part of their
ufilmed data, so I don't know where the name I'm looking for is located
in the ufilm. Secondly, I don't think I can order the ufilm online (or
cd) if that's what they are selling. So I don't see the advantage over
driving to the fhc and placing a paper order for the ufilm.
In my case it's just as easy to drive to the public library if i have to
search the ufilm anyway. The Published indexes are woefully lacking. I
expected the LDS to have a better index.

regards.

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