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Subject: [NJHUNTER-L] Fw: [DILLEY-L] Update on LDS info
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 10:53:48 -0500

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Subject: [DILLEY-L] Update on LDS info
Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 12:39 PM

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>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 non-members. 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 If the address is out of date sometimes a letter to the Membership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 can not 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 non-profit 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 Inter-library 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

>search the mailing list archives at

>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

>

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