Yes, Cary, I too applaud your message. Nor am I a member of LDS, but we need to understand the history and differences between today's Ancestry.com and today's Family Search.org. Tom On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Craig Kilby <craig@craigkilby.com> wrote: > Oh, Cary. You have made my day. You give LOL a whole new meaning. Hilarious > and well put. Craig > > On Oct 3, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Cary Anderson wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "George W. Durman" <GermannaResearch@comcast.net> > > > > You make take exception to the "profit" angle, but that organization > >> (My Family and all it's subsidiaries) have progressed far beyond the > >> original goal of "sealing" everyone who has ever lived. All the LDS > >> endeavors are now about "milking the genealogy cash cow". Would > >> love to see their yearly "non-profit" IRS statements. Wonder how > >> many billions My Family is now worth. > > > > George, > > > > First, I am not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day > Saints. > > However, I do have great respect for their endeavors to get it right. > Since > > about 20 per cent of the members are able to get recommends to enter a > > temple, it is just like other churches on being able to get their members > to > > really tow the line! Even most of those denominations that used to be > very > > strict and > > threw a member out of the church on the least violation, now tend to look > > the other way. > > > > Don't get carried away, George! I hope I don't! Ancestry.com is NOT owned > by > > the LDS church and never has been. History--2 fellows started a company > > using some LDS material, > > but also some original census work. I still use those ACI fiches which > we > > have at the > > local Family History Center. They merged as you know tax lists and > census > > records > > as well as other material to create great list of folks every ten years > and > > colonial times. > > I still from time to time smash a brick wall using the old AIC fiches at > the > > local FHC. > > > > The IGI sometimes gets confused with the other lists AIC [Accelerated > > Indexing Systems]. > > The two partners of ACI had a falling out. One went out the door leaving > > somethings > > behind and others in his pockets. Of part of this, some wound up in > Illinois > > in somones > > back yard or at least copies. > > > > One of the partners started Ancestry. A short time ago this partner sold > to > > a non-LDS person Ancestry. While the new owners of Ancestry live in > > Utah, they are not members of the LDS church. > > > > The programs that the LDS church use now for Temple work are available > only > > to LDS > > members. The temple work being done now is no longer added to the IGI. > Nor > > are > > the extraction programs in process whereby all the microfilm held by the > > church will have > > names and and any dates and places computerized. Non-LDS members may > > participate in > > this extraction program if they so wish. > > > > The LDS church has recognized errors have been made in the passed in some > of > > the > > application of church ordiances and have banned the mass apllication > apllied > > to a list > > of all males or females from some remote village in outer Mongolia, etc. > I > > never was > > bothered by this practice--I am not LDS; rather one of the few High > > Churchers still active the Episcopal church USA. > > > > I just shrugged off the moaning and groaning about "They baptized my > > ancestors!" Well, > > if one thought that would make them assured of the eternal bliss > regardless > > the fact that > > many might be reprobates, then I suggested we should leave all our > records > > to the LDS, and > > request ordianance work after we die. Just as good insurance policy! > > Seriously, if one > > believes that baptising the dead is valid, then the only church I know > that > > does that, is the > > LDS. > > > > Most of my LDS friends have good laughs over all the mess people of good > > intentions had. > > They are trying to unscramle good intentions and get the real > great-grandma > > established out > > of the many misguided "good intentions." > > > > After all, who besides me, have never made an error of judgement in our > > genealogical endeavors? smile. > > > > Cary > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- >