Hi Stephen, I have been researching for over 20 years & being doing so at LDS centres for most of that time. I have never been approached about religion at all. At most centres you sign in with your name & address & tick a column to say whether you are a member of the church or not. The reason for identifying yourself I think is mainly in case you accidently leave something behind at the centre such as important papers etc & they can contact you to let you know & also so they know how many people are in & out of the centre which helps them know what demands there are for readers, how far people have travelled etc. I think another reason is also possibly so that they know who "not" to mention anything about religion to rather than the other way around. When you get to know the volunteers there you usually find that quite a large proportion of these people are not member of the Church at all but volunteers just as we have in other genealogical societies, libraries etc. Besides being able to look through books & microfiche & also many genealogy CDs that they have for the use of visitors you can of course order in films. The films cover a large variety of topics, but the majority that people order would be church records & bishop's transcripts of the church that your ancestors attended. Some of this information might be on the IGI but a lot is not. Burial records for instance are generally not on the IGI but most of these films of church records cover the actual register of births, marriages & burials in a parish. As these films are of the actual registers you can see the original record where you will be able to see names of parents & in the case of Baptisms who the godparents were or for marriages who the witnesses were as well as parents names, occupations etc. With the IGI of course if there is an entry from the Church records listed then you know that there is a film that you can order to see the original church record. Another benefit is that you can also photocopy the record for a minimal photocopying charge. If your ancestors frequented the same church, sometimes for many generations you can for less than the cost of a certificate from the registrar get copies of hundreds of family records from the one film. If you go to the LDS site: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp Under the Library tage at the top choose Library Catalog then click on one of the tabs eg "place search" & type in the place you are interested in eg Kendal & a list of results will come up. For instance for Kendal I just chose Kendal, Westmorland, England & then from the list of Kendal records I chose Kendal Church Records. Here are just a few of the many results. Baptismal register, 1823-1858 / United Presbyterian Church of Kendal (Westmoreland) Baptisms and burials, 1754-1801 / Pear Tree Chapel (Kendal : Inghamite) Births and baptisms, 1687-1838 / Presbyterian Church (Kendal, Westmoreland) Births and baptisms, 1762-1840 / Catholic Church. Holy Trinity Chapel (Kendal, Westmoreland) Births, baptisms and burials, 1802-1837 / Strickland Gate Chapel (Kendal : Wesleyan) Births, marriages, and burials, 1762-1837 / Society of Friends. Kendal Monthly Meeting (England) Bishop's transcripts for Burneside, 1813-1895 / Church of England. Chapelry of Burneside (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Crook, 1813-1870 / Church of England. Chapelry of Crook (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Grayrigg, 1813-1871 / Church of England. Chapelry of Grayrigg (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Helsington, 1813-1886 / Church of England. Chapelry of Helsington (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Hugil, 1813-1862 / Church of England. Chapelry of Hugil (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Kendal, 1721-1845 / Church of England. Parish Church of Kendal (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Kentmere, 1813-1877 / Church of England. Chapelry of Kentmere (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Long Sleddale, 1813-1861 / Church of England. Chapelry of Long Sleddale (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Natland, 1813-1870 / Church of England. Chapelry of Natland (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for New Hutton, 1813-1881 / Church of England. Chapelry of New Hutton (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Old Hutton, 1813-1846 / Church of England. Chapelry of Old Hutton (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Selside, 1813-1876 / Church of England. Chapelry of Selside (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for St. George's Church, Kendal, 1856-1873 / Church of England. St. George's Church (Kendal, Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for St. Thomas' Church, Kendal, 1856-1875 / Church of England. St. Thomas' Church (Kendal, Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Stavely, 1815-1857 / Church of England. Chapelry of Stavely (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Underbarrow, 1813-1865 / Church of England. Chapelry of Underbarrow (Westmoreland) Bishop's transcripts for Winster, 1813-1871 / Church of England. Chapelry of Winster (Westmoreland) Church records, 1823-1934 / Primitive Methodist Church (Kendal, Westmoreland) Church records, 1848-1914 / Wesleyan Methodist Chapels. Kendal Circuit (Westmoreland) Hope this helps put your mind at rest. If you don't use the fantastic resourses they offer you are missing out on a lot. Best wishes, Sharon