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Good Evening FOX Hounds,

Tamara Altizer sent this message to me ( thanks Tamara :-) ). I have rec=
eived
several mailings on the subject. Just in case you haven't heard here's t=
he
news...

LDS Church to go online with family history Web site=20
By KATIE PARKER=20
=20
NewsNet Staff Writer

http://newsnet.byu.edu/noframes/show_story.cfm?number=3D8836

The Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints is working to make genealogical files accessible from a family his=
tory
Web site. Elaine Hasleton, a public affairs representative from the Fam=
ily
History Center in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, said the Web site i=
s in
its developmental stages.=20

The project is underway, however Hasleton said no set completion date has=
been
given.=20

The ancestral files of the LDS Church will most likely be accessible from=
the
site, said Craig Foster, a spokesman for the family history center's publ=
ic
affairs projects.=20

Foster said the details of what other files and information will be acces=
sible
from the site is not final.=20

"We are all excited about the future for family history," said Jana
Darrington, 21, a senior from Mesa, Ariz., majoring in family history.=20

"Making a Web site for family history seems like a logical thing for the =
LDS
Church to do ... It would be a dream to be able to work out of my home. I=
can
work for as long as I want, whenever I want." -- Lynda Cameron, Provo, re=
gular
HBLL Family History Center patron=20

As the department assistant for the Harold B. Lee Library's family histor=
y
department, Darrington said many people have asked about the possibility =
of
family history files going online.=20

"This will make things much more available for the patrons and make genea=
logy
work widely known," she said.=20

Darrington expects the number of people going to family history centers t=
o
naturally decline once the files become available from home.=20

"But I'm sure the elderly who don't feel comfortable using the Internet w=
ill
still make use of the facilities," Darrington said.=20

Lynda Cameron of Provo visits the HBLL Family History Center at least onc=
e a
week, sometimes more.=20

"Making a Web site for family history seems like a logical thing for the =
LDS
Church to do," Cameron said.=20

Cameron is originally from Australia, where her father, Keith Williams, s=
till
resides. She said they are both working on genealogy for their family
continents apart.=20

"This will really open information up for my father and make things more
available for everyone," Cameron said. "It would be a dream to be able to=
work
out of my home. I can work for as long as I want, whenever I want."=20

Darrington also mentioned that this new project with family history will
introduce many non-members to the LDS Church.=20

"There are many people who work on family history that are not Mormon," s=
he
said.=20

Many of them already use LDS family history departments, and with the fut=
ure
Web site many more will become familiar with the LDS Church, Darrington s=
aid.=20

This story was posted on Tuesday, February 2 1999 =A9 NewsNet. All rights
reserved.=20

Happy huntin',
Terry Latey
FOX Genealogical Research Group - "The FOX Hounds"
and FOX-L Mail List Coordinator

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