In a message dated 8/22/2004 1:02:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ktzndgs@cox.net writes: > I just wasted some spare time searching the LDS site familysearch.org. > To my surprise they have listed info about my Irish great grandparents. > The site says the info was submitted by and LDS member and that there's > more information available on Disc #16 Pin #'s 140499, 140500 and 140502. > > I think these numbers refer to people's own family records, with discs possibly being available to read at bigger LDS Family History Center libraries, or to be borrowed from the Salt Lake City center to be read at other centers. Some things are submitted by church members, and those, unless there are real sources listed, can be suspect as having been copied from other people's records. I have seen some wide discrepancies and some actual mistakes on what's been posted by others about my own family. I sometimes use this information, if it seems to have been taken from actual records, but otherwise I make notes of it without entering it into my genealogical program. Then, if I find something that corroborates the first information, I can go back to it and add it. The Irish information is particularly susceptible to use without real records ever being seen......I have to accept "likelihoods" with my own Irish ancestors, as the paper proof isn't available to me, and may not even exist. I'd suggest doing as I have, making note of what is on the site, and then trying to get further data to back it up. If you can contact the submitter, you may find what sources he used, such as filmed records you can see at the FHC library.......many Mormon churches have such libraries, and they can obtain films they don't have on hand. Good luck with your search!