Great news. Read on. ---------- > From: pam <ericpam-347@lyte.net> > To: CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CHEROKEE-L] lds search site > Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 4:18 PM > > Forward to all readers : > From: Virginia Ewing [mailto:vewing@ctesc.net] > 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 vewing@ctesc.net > I thought this would be of intrest. I have heard the list is up and > running. Check it out! > Pam Dent Webb > > > ==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== > <<><><><>Cherokee Culture and life is the topic for THIS list <><><><>> > A list for Cherokee Genealogy Only ;CherokeeGene-L-request@rootsweb.com > <<><><><>unsubscribe directions<><><><>> > CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com & CHEROKEE-D-request@rootsweb.com > Listowner Dan wb@wvi.com proud rootsweb sponser > Any ONE not using good manners or posting hoaxs on the list will be unsubscribed