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