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From: "Glen and Wendy" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] DEATH REGISTERS FOR EAST LONDON - LDS FILMNUMBERSnowHOW A FAMILY HISTORY CENTER WORKS
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 06:20:46 +0200
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Hi Sue,

Our Centre in Benoni was active for a long time until the Lady who was
running the FHC moved to Canada, we did volunteer to run the FHC although we
are not Mormons, but I think the "Powers that be" {here} did not want non
church members running the FHC alone.

Thank you for the info.

S.A. Rand equals just over R7-00 (at the moment) to the dollar
and climbing.

Kind regards

Glen and Wendy Cuyler
Benoni
S.Africa
0111 849 3231


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Eggett" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] DEATH REGISTERS FOR EAST LONDON - LDS FILM
NUMBERSnowHOW A FAMILY HISTORY CENTER WORKS


> I'm glad you said something. First will you put these R numbers into
> dollars? I didn't think about other countries being different than the
> USA--senior moment, I wish. It's just that some times I don't think.
>
> My husband is disabled now or else we'd volunteer to come. We make a great
> team. He knows just about everything about computers. I am learning more
> about genealogy. In our community I am the family history consultant. My
> husband freely teaches or fixes computers so genealogists can function at
> their best. But for now, consider calling the LDS Mission home and tell
> them there are several individuals who want the center open. Ask the
> Mission
> President if he would request from Church Headquarters for an older couple
> (husband and wife) missionaries who know genealogy. They then could train
> local people to operate the center and assist those newbie researchers.
>
> You can find their number in the phone book under "Church of Jesus Christ
> of
> Latter-day Saints, The" The listing will include the temple in
> Johannesburg,
> bishops and stake presidents (men who administer over the local members of
> the Church). Look for the word "mission". I would guess the mission home
> would be in Johannesburg. I have one foot out the door now to go to the
> family history library. I can inquire about getting more centers there. Of
> course, when you get one, the best way to keep it open is to use them
> often
> and invite your friends to come along. Even better--volunteer yourself for
> a
> few hours a week--you will learn better by teaching or demonstrating it to
> others.
>
> At the last genealogy conference I attended, one lecturer said that so
> much
> information is being put on the Internet that one can "almost" do more
> research at home than at the Salt Lake Library. That varies in different
> parts of the country. England has the most online information right now.
> It
> is projected in about five years the Church volunteers will have completed
> imaging and indexing all the microfilms they have--which is well over two
> million, if I remember right. You'll have access to them through the
> Church's website FamilySearch.org.
>
> For now we'll just work together to find our ancestors. I'm off now. Wish
> me
> luck or something.
>
> Sue
>
> On 12/7/06, Glen and Wendy <> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Sue / Brian,
>>
>> Could I add something here,
>> just want to say, the charge in S.A. to "Lease" a film,
>> if available {at the main LDS centre in S.A} was about R3-00 to R5-00,
>> last time we were there, for a period of two months?
>>
>> If the film had to be ordered from the U.S.A. it cost about R25-00
>>
>> Our branch has not been operational for some time now.
>>
>> No {member} volunteers to run the FHC.
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Thanks Sue {sorry to butt in}
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Glen Cuyler
>> Benoni
>> S.A.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sue Eggett" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 5:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] DEATH REGISTERS FOR EAST LONDON - LDS FILM NUMBERS
>> nowHOW A FAMILY HISTORY CENTER WORKS
>>
>>
>> > Brian, I'm glad you asked. This is not a brief answer because I thought
>> > perhaps our group would like to see the whole picture of how this all
>> > works.
>> > Let's see if I can make sense here.
>>
>>
>>
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