This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------3E77393C47C2FC590753D936 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------3E77393C47C2FC590753D936 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from imo25.mx.aol.com (imo25.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.69]) by postal.accessus.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA27689 for <wefrank@accessus.net>; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 21:24:40 -0600 (CST) From: CH0808@aol.com Received: from CH0808@aol.com by imo25.mx.aol.com (IMOv19.3) id sRRCa19636; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 22:17:40 +1900 (EST) Message-ID: <e0bcbf76.36e34154@aol.com> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 22:17:40 EST To: 1gwy@gte.net, Dreamerstm@aol.com, Tom Arnold <tom961@alltel.net>, Mary <hstbuff@aol.com>, Ardis Storms <AStorm286@aol.com>, Walter Thompson <wthompsn@wworld.com>, Don Jacques <wizkidz@primenet.com>, Clara Storm <clustorm@sinclair.net>, Bob Griffith <RDGriffith@aol.com>, HSTBUFF@aol.com, Gopapat@aol.com, L1ltrucker@aol.com, Fffeathers@aol.com, Rhynedahll@aol.com, BeHippo@aol.com, ChefGym@aol.com, wefrank@accessus.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Fwd: [RHEA-L] Family Search LDS Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part0_920863061_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_920863061_boundary Content-ID: <0_920863061@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_920863061_boundary Content-ID: <0_920863061@inet_out.mail.aeneas.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <junerhea@aeneas.net> Received: from rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (rly-zc04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.4]) by air-zc03.mail.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Sun, 07 Mar 1999 15:26:15 -0500 Received: from aeneas.net (main.aeneas.net [207.203.176.23]) by rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id PAA19150 for <CH0808@aol.com>; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 15:26:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from junerhea (pmp342.aeneas.net [207.203.187.75]) by aeneas.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id OAA13844 for <CH0808@aol.com>; Sun, 7 Mar 1999 14:16:46 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19990307142204.0068a65c@mail.aeneas.net> X-Sender: junerhea@mail.aeneas.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 14:22:04 -0500 To: CH0808@aol.com From: Fred R Johnson <junerhea@aeneas.net> Subject: [RHEA-L] Family Search LDS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Return-Path: <RHEA-L-request@rootsweb.com> >Resent-Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 09:39:47 -0800 (PST) >From: PHHGENE@aol.com >Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 12:35:39 EST >Old-To: Rhea-L@rootsweb.com, KsMiami-L@rootsweb.com, MoBates-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [RHEA-L] Family Search LDS >Resent-Message-ID: <"HuXRNB.A.ZV.dnr42"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> >To: RHEA-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: RHEA-L@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: RHEA-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <RHEA-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2304 >X-Loop: RHEA-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: RHEA-L-request@rootsweb.com > >RheaGeny is not a subscriber, but a friend of mine, so I am sending this >message to all my lists. >Pat H >phhgene@aol.com > >From: RheaGeny@aol.com >To: clements-l@rootsweb.com, rhea-l@rootsweb.com > > "This is a bit long winded but worth reading. PLEASE circulate, at least the >address of the FAMILY SEARCH, to any roots-l you may belong (to) so that the >LDS will consider to keep it running." > > 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: > http://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, Korean >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. > > Jan C. Plemmons > 4996 1st Coast Hwy. > Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 > 904-321-1865 > e-mail address: janplem@tu.infi.net > > > >==== RHEA Mailing List ==== > RHEA MAILING LIST > > History and Genealogy > of the various Rhea > Lineages > > > > > > --part0_920863061_boundary-- --------------3E77393C47C2FC590753D936--