Terri, Please understand that some of us are receiving this list in Digest Mode, and don't know of any other responses made until ours is also posted and sent back to us, usually the next day. Had I known so many people had responded to the inquiries, I would have replied privately to the inquiry. As far as a genealogical source for LDS ancestors, temple sealings are great for tracking migration, setting your ancestors in a specific time period (pre-exodus Nauvoo), or giving you a time frame in LDS history to work around and search the proper records for genealogical information. Yes, the information may not be relevant to people who's ancestors were not LDS, but for those of us whose are (all of my 5th great-grandparents were LDS pioneers) it is pertinant information. At some point I may need to know the doctrine and ordinance practices surrounding Church of England christenings, and would hope someone (or many someones) would answer any query I may post to understand more about it. I may need to know that the god-parents and witnesses were usually relatives, etc. Yes, the discussion was getting into doctrinal specifics, but someone out there may need those specifics to understand what they are looking at or looking for. I believe it helps to understand how an ancestor can be married to one spouse one way, and to another spouse a different way. Hope I didn't offend anyone, Andy E. Wold -- E-mail: wold.andy@usa.net Homepage: http://www.inovion.com/~aewold/index.html