I may be wrong here, but I don't THINK the Mormons baptize by proxy anyone from whom they are not directly descended. I too have Mormon relatives, and one of them asked my mother (who was her grandmother) if she minded their doing that. Her answer was, "Yes, I mind very much. Please don't." And I find nothing in the Family Ancestry pages to indicate that it was done, unless of course it has been done but the data has not yet been submitted. One thing about it, however, their doing such a thing is not going to hurt us anyway. I too do not want to offend anyone who believes in doing this. This is certainly not the place for discussions of that sort. Dorrice Jeal & Steve Atwood wrote: > I too have Mormon relatives waiting for me to die so they may baptize me by > proxy. I thought of this when someone mentioned sending it all to the > Mormons. The Mormons also have a way of putting their own slant on history, > sort of a revisionist approach to the way things happened. Their data is > extremely convenient to the genealogist but they do have ulterior motives. > > I am thankful for the Atwood web ring. I am glad to be a part. Please, if > Mormons are out there (and they probably are), don't take offense. I think > this is a pretty honest statement about the way things are. > > Stephen R. Atwood > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Allen E. Humphries <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 7:34 AM > Subject: Re: [ATWOOD] Something to think about > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Karen Moss <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 10:57 AM > > Subject: [ATWOOD] Fwd: {not a subscriber} Something to think about > > > > > > >A recent message to the list got me to thinking. > > > > > >unfortunately, the old gentleman passed on before any real info could be > > >exchanged. ...... they were not the least bit interested in genealogy, > and > > as > > >such, didn't want to be bothered with preserving his information. > > > > > >Perhaps it is something we should think about, where our hard-worked-for > > >information will go in the event of our passing. > > > > Hello, > > My children could care less about my research. They will probably pay > > someone with a dumpster to clean out my house when I am gone. > > I had trouble finding a lot of the data. > > I don't want future (interested) generations having to get as > frustrated > > as I have. > > That is why I am so willing to share - the more people who have copies > of > > the fruit of my labor the better. > > However, a couple of (well meaning, but skittish) people have tied my > > hands by asking that the data I got from them not be published on the Web. > > As they were (and still are) extremely helpful to me, I am trying to > respect > > their wishes. It isn't easy, as I really would like to just plain hand out > > anything I have to anyone who is interested. A couple of others have > really > > crippled my desire to preserve my data by claiming that (THEIR feelings! > NOT > > MINE! Please don't start a flame war over this!) the "Mormons" baptize > > everyone in every GedCom that is sent to them & they don't want that to > > happen to them or their relatives. So, if I donate my work to the > "Mormons", > > these helpful people will cease to share their research with me. One > person > > feels that people are "stealing" the data that she easily finds in public > > records & passes around to a select group that she trusts. > > I LIKE the RootsWeb setup - it will allow the living to be included > > until they are gone without violating their privacy while they are alive. > It > > is not a religious organization & won't irritate the ones who distrust > > religions other than their own. I can easily trim off the small portion > that > > the one person doesn't want "stolen". > > I think that Brad has the right idea in his approach. When I get some > > time, I will put my data up on RootsWeb in a searchable form like his. It > is > > clear, concise, easy to use & shouldn't irritate most of my helpers. > > Please excuse my rambling - a couple of recent messages really got me > > thinking about this & I had it all bottled up inside & had to release my > > feelings to someone who would care. You people are great! > > Allen E. Humphries > > Saugus, MA USA > > > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. -- MZ