On Monday, May 30, 2016 at 3:57:34 PM UTC-4, D. Spencer Hines wrote: > "There was something similar but larger that was created by the now defunct > Medieval Genealogy unit at the Family History Library." > > Stewart Baldwin > ---------------------------------- > > Please explain why it became defunct -- i.e., who made the decision to shut > it down -- and what was the rationale? > > DSH > > Fortem Posce Animum Mortis Terrore Carentem > > Decimus Junius Juvenalis [Juvenal] (ca. 60 A.D. Aquino, Italy - ca. 127 > A.D.] Satire X A former version of yourself: D. Spencer Hines in 2005 said in response to news that the Unit was possibly retuning: "That is GREAT NEWS. I was told the previous Medieval Families Unit was shut down by the LDS because it was considered "too elitist" [thereby arousing dysfunctional jealousies in some poor addle-pated folks] -- among other reasons -- including "finances" and "allocation of resources" -- two reasons often used as cover-up excuses. So this is welcome news indeed. Thanks for posting this, Douglas. D. Spencer Hines Lux et Veritas et Libertas Vires et Honor"