Amen to that! On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:24:06 -0500, Karen Leonard <kleonard@hiline.net> wrote: >Sitka wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> We can all admit that the LDS web site is full of great information >> for genealogists. It seems that if I stay away for a month or two, I >> come back and find out something else for my surnames. Just recently, >> this was the case. I found out a slew of information on one of my >> Dad's cousins plus all 3 of his wives and childern. This was a nice >> find but when I started digging into the records, LDS states that they >> are "Original Temple Records". My Ass!! These folks were Danish >> Lutherans, not Mormons. I've heard a bit about the Mormons gleaning >> church records and "saving" the dead so they would have a place in >> Heaven... They were supposedly going to cease and desist. To me, it >> looks like they're up to their old tricks. I realize that LDS is >> doing tons of research in order to compile these records for all to >> use but that doesn't give them any right to claim them as Mormons. >> >> Does anybody have any suggestions? Should I just let it go or let >> them know that they're claiming some of MY people? >> >> Amusingly yours, >> >> Bill > >See, now, if you were Catholic you'd just smile a little...I think the >Mormons are the only folks who send more unsolicited communications to >the dead than we do. (Of course, ours mostly look like "pray for XXX".) ><G> > >You don't have to agree with the theology of someone who is praying for >someone else. And since you *sought out* this record, I'd say you can't >even say they were obnoxiously announcing the act of praying, either. > >I recommend you take a deep breath and relax. Your late ancestors >aren't going to be kidnapped or otherwise harmed by anything their >living descendants do. And the fact of their existence isn't anybody's >private property. > >Best to all, >Karen