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From: Florence D Moore <>
Subject: LDS records
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 08:07:55 -0600

Forward to all readers :
From: Virginia Ewing [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 5:00 PM
Subject: LDS FAMILY SEARCH COMING SOON

As the director of a LDS Family History Center, I have received a notice
from
Salt Lake LDS FHL, announcing the Beta testing of Family Search on
line. It
is not yet up, a problem with a piece of equipment, but will be starting

sometimes this month and will be up only a few weeks as a test run.

If there is not a lot of interest it will be taken off and not put back
on. So
spread the word and keep trying to get through. When it comes on line
the URL
will be: > www.familysearch.org <.

I have not been told exactly what will be available but know at least
the
Ancestral File and Family History Library Catalog will be included.

Family Search is the name of the program we have on CDs in all LDS FHCs.

Some public libraries also have this program. FS includes the IGI,
Ancestral
File, Family History Library Catalog, Social Security Death Records,
Koran and
Vietnam war death records, and Scottish Church Records.

For those of you not familiar with the various searches, the IGI is the
International Genealogical Index. It includes, in alphabetical order,
all of
the names that have been sent to the Temples to have ordinances
performed in
their name.

Names in the IGI are usually submitted by members, but not always.

Non-members also submit their family names to get them into the IGI.

Some of the marriages may have been part of extraction programs. The
names
were taken from courthouse records and checked and rechecked by
several volunteers before being accepted as correct.

Most people do try to send in accurate information but there are many
mistakes. My advice is, always check the original source. Use the IGI to
find
where people with your surname would have lived and order the census and
court
records from that area.

Ancestral File is Gedcoms of group and pedigree sheets sent in by
members and
nonmembers. The name and address of the submitter is included and
hopefully
will allow you to contact others working on your line. If the address is
out
of date sometimes a letter to the Membership dept. in Salt Lake will get
you a
correct address if the person was a member of the LDS church.

Once again, the material is only as good as the research that went into
it and
some of it is pretty bad. Check it out before you 'adopt' it.

If you find a mistake on Ancestral File, you can send in your
corrections,
along with your sources of proof, and it will be noted in the next
update.
The first submitter does not have to provide proof, but you do, if you
are
making a correction. You can add additions to a file, or submit a new
file.
You do not have to be a member to submit material.

The Family History Library Catalog is a listing of every book, film and
fiche
available at the Salt Lake City LDS Family History Library. This allows
us to
find what is available for each locality, World-Wide. It includes the
FHL call
numbers and a description of what is included in the film/fiche or book.

The material from the books and film/fiche will not be on line. That is
not
something they can do, at this time. Hopefully it will be a possibility
some
time in the distant future.

The film and fiche will still have to be ordered through FHC. Microfilm
and
microfiche are the property of the FHL and are sent into the care of the
LDS
FHC director and must remain under her/his care until returned.
For this reason they are never allowed to be taken from the LDS FHC.

Almost all of the microfilm and microfiche at the LDS Family History
Library
in Salt Lake City can be ordered into any LDS FHL, anywhere in the
world, but
there are a few exceptions. Copyright laws prevent them from using
material
without the written consent of the owner. Some of the film and fiche
where
filmed by companies other than the LDS Church and permission to
circulate
these film to LDS FHCs has been denied. There will be a notice included
in the
description, saying it cannot be circulated. Many of the SC microfilm
where
made by a company who has refused permission to allow the film to be
circulated, but there are many microfilm available for SC, some covering
the
same material that is on
the restricted film.

The LDS FHL is a nonprofit organization, and that is why it still cost
only 15
cents a sheet for a microfiche, $3.25 plus tax to rent a microfilm for a
month
[may be more in other countries] and the SourceGuide and other home use
programs are sold at such a reasonable price. We aren't allowed to make
a
profit, even in the FHCs.

The books that are listed are not loaned out but can sometimes be
obtained
through an Interlibrary loan through your public library.
You can request copies of pages and if a book is indexed, by ordering
the
index you can see if your people would have been listed. In cases where
the
copyright has expired the book may have been filmed or can be filmed
upon
request. Never hurts to ask.

Virginia Ewing
listowner: Gober, Perry, Ashley & MSWilkin[son] Co., MS
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--
Happy Hunting, Go dig up those Roots! Florence Moore
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