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From: Edwin E Wagner <>
Subject: Re: LDS Research
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 08:57:37 -0700


Well I must put my two cents in here as so much about FHC's

I have worked in them, also set them up, they are run as their manager see
fit.. some will take reservations over the phone, others will not as,
someone said first come first served is a rule, with a time limit. But are
not busy enough for this to be a problem unless you live in Salt Lake or
Mesa Az where some 400 to 500 visit the FHC here every day. Big center..
here in Mesa.

Also you people out there that are new to research.. The files in the LDS
FHC's are only as good as the reseacher who did the work many mistakes are
in these files and if someone can figure out how to clean them up they would
be very appreciative.... They are only a guild line in most cases.

I am not knocking the LDS FHC centers at all.. They do a very good service..

Gene

Check this site out.

htt[://www.inficad.com/~genelea/gerhist/gernote.htm

At 07:33 AM 6/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I have always had concerns on where the FHC get their information. Is it
>reliable? Is it based strictly on what has been provided by families? Is it
>backed up by documents such as those obtained from National Archives and
>state and local court records.
>
>Joe
>
>----------
>> From: Thom Faircloth <>
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: LDS Research
>> Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 10:15 PM
>>
>> To All:
>> The IGI, Ancestral File, Social Security Death Index, Military Index, and
>> Family History Library Catalog have been available on CD for more than 10
>> years. In the last couple of years the LDS Church has made these
>programs
>> and their associated CDs available for sale. However they are extremely
>> expensive. So generally you will only find them in libraries with a
>> substantial budget for their genealogy sections. Our local library system
>is
>> lucky to have gotten a huge grant for the family heritage section of our
>new
>> library. The Oconee Regional Library here in Dublin GA. has every
>program
>> that the FHCs have.
>> According to a friend who is a member of the First Presidency of the
>Church,
>> internet security issues preclude the LDS Church from considering making
>> their files available on the net.
>> Thom
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Utterback <>
>> To: <>
>> Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 5:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: LDS Research
>>
>>
>> >The LDS has resisted placing the IGI - or any of its other vast
>resources -
>> >on CD-ROM over the past few years. However, they have recently starting
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living.

"Let the facts speak for themselves and leave the ASSUMPTIONS to the
scientific community"

"Sucess is often persistence outlasting stupidity"

Leatrice (Lea) Wagner
Edwin E. (Gene) Wagner
6428 E. Presidio ST
Mesa AZ. 85215
602 981 1253
http://www.inficad.com/~genele

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