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Theola [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 12:10 PM Subject: [ROSS-L] Fwd: [SNOW-L] LDS Family Search >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >--part0_920404993_boundary >Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > > >--part0_920404993_boundary >Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.2> >Content-type: message/rfc822 >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >Content-disposition: inline > >Return-Path: <[email protected]> >Received: from rly-zd05.mx.aol.com (rly-zd05.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.229]) by > air-zd01.mail.aol.com (v56.26) with SMTP; Tue, 02 Mar 1999 12:17:05 > -0500 >Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) > by rly-zd05.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) > with ESMTP id MAA28673; > Tue, 2 Mar 1999 12:16:47 -0500 (EST) >Received: (from [email protected]) > by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA05517; > Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:18:25 -0800 (PST) >Resent-Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:18:25 -0800 (PST) >From: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 12:09:47 EST >Old-To: [email protected] >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13 >Subject: [SNOW-L] LDS Family Search >Resent-Message-ID: <"l6DCj.A.BWB.h1B32"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/668 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >FYI, I received this today from the [email protected] List. It was sent >to that list from > [email protected] (Glenn Campbell) < who wrote the >following: > >"This is a bit long winded but worth reading. PLEASE circulate, at least >the address of the FAMILY SEARCH, to any roots-l you may belong (to) so that >the LDS will consider to keep it running." > >----Original Message----- >From: Virginia Ewing [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 5:00 PM >Subject: LDS FAMILY SEARCH COMING SOON > >As the director of a LDS Family History Center, I have received a notice >from Salt Lake LDS FHL, announcing the Beta testing of Family Search on >line. It is not yet up, a problem with a piece of equipment, but will >be starting sometimes this month and will be up only a few weeks as a >test run. > >If there is not a lot of interest it will be taken off and not put back >on. So spread the word and keep trying to get through. When it comes on >line the URL will be: > www.familysearch.org <. > >I have not been told exactly what will be available but know at least >the Ancestral File and Family History Library Catalog will be included. > >Family Search is the name of the program we have on CDs in all LDS FHCs. >Some public libraries also have this program. FS includes the IGI, >Ancestral File, Family History Library Catalog, Social Security Death >Records, Koran and Vietnam war death records, and Scottish Church >Records. > >For those of you not familiar with the various searches, the IGI is the >International Genealogical Index. It includes, in alphabetical order, >all of the names that have been sent to the Temples to have ordinances >performed in their name. > >Names in the IGI are usually submitted by members, but not always. >Non-members also submit their family names to get them into the IGI. >Some of the marriages may have been part of extraction programs. The >names were taken from courthouse records and checked and rechecked by >several volunteers before being accepted as correct. > >Most people do try to send in accurate information but there are many >mistakes. My advice is, always check the original source. Use the IGI >to find where people with your surname would have lived and order the >census and court records from that area. > >Ancestral File is Gedcoms of group and pedigree sheets sent in by >members and non-members. The name and address of the submitter is >included and hopefully will allow you to contact others working on your >line. If the address is out of date sometimes a letter to the Membership >dept. in Salt Lake will get you a correct address if the person was a >member of the LDS church. > >Once again, the material is only as good as the research that went into >it and some of it is pretty bad. Check it out before you 'adopt' it. > >If you find a mistake on Ancestral File, you can send in your corrections, >along with your sources of proof, and it will be noted in the next update. >The first submitter does not have to provide proof, but you do, if you are >making a correction. You can add additions to a file, or submit a new >file. You do not have to be a member to submit material. > >The Family History Library Catalog is a listing of every book, film and >fiche available at the Salt Lake City LDS Family History Library. This >allows us to find what is available for each locality, world-wide. It >includes the FHL call numbers and a description of what is included in the >film/fiche or book. > >The material from the books and film/fiche will not be on line. That is >not something they can do, at this time. Hopefully it will be a >possibility some time in the distant future. > >The film and fiche will still have to be ordered through FHC. Microfilm >and microfiche are the property of the FHL and are sent into the care of >the LDS FHC director and must remain under her/his care until returned. >For this reason they are never allowed to be taken from the LDS FHC. > >Almost all of the microfilm and microfiche at the LDS Family History >Library in Salt Lake City can be ordered into any LDS FHL, anywhere in >the world, but there are a few exceptions. Copyright laws prevent them >from using material without the written consent of the owner. Some of the >film and fiche where filmed by companies other than the LDS Church and >permission to circulate these film to LDS FHCs has been denied. There >will be a notice included in the description, saying it can not be >circulated. Many of the SC microfilm where made by a company who has >refused permission to allow the film to be circulated, but there are many >microfilm available for SC, some covering the same material that is on >the restricted film. > >The LDS FHL is a non-profit organization, and that is why it still cost >only 15 cents a sheet for a microfiche, $3.25 plus tax to rent a >microfilm for a month [may be more in other countries] and the >SourceGuide and other home use programs are sold at such a reasonable >price. We aren't allowed to make a profit, even in the FHCs. > >The books that are listed are not loaned out but can sometimes be >obtained through an Inter-library loan through your public library. >You can request copies of pages and if a book is indexed, by ordering the >index you can see if your people would have been listed. In cases where >the copyright has expired the book may have been filmed or can be filmed >upon request. Never hurts to ask. > >Virginia Ewing [email protected] >listowner: Gober, Perry, Ashley & MSWilkin[son] co, MS >search the mailing list archives at >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >----- End Included Message ----- > > >==== SNOW Mailing List ==== >To search the archives of this list go to: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >--part0_920404993_boundary-- > >