I'll second that Sheila! Where would we be without all their missionary work to preserve records. I think it would be good for everyone to understand, in their own words, why the Mormons do what they do for preserving records and what this "sealing" is really all about: http://mormon.org/family-history/ I'm not Mormon but I believe everyone has the right to believe in the religion of their own choosing. Sandy On 11/13/2011 10:10 PM, Sheila Cadwalader wrote: > The Latter Day Saints "seal" individuals together so they will continue > to be a family in the celestial kingdom, but these are usually their own > family ancestors. > > "Sealing" only allows those "baptized" people to hear and/or be taught > the Morman principles, it doesn't make them Mormon. There is still "free > will". > > Look how many of the Mormon doctrines are being adopted today: no > caffeine, no tobacco, less meat (less cholesterol) - pretty healthy ! > > Thank goodness for us genealogists that they (Mormons) had the foresight > to microfilm all those records. > > Sheila > > > >> I haven't noticed anyone tearing down the Mormons. But, lets be clear, their >> motives are very different from that of us family genealogists. We want to >> know who our ancestors were, while they want to convert our ancestors into >> their religion long after they are dead. And knowing how devoutly Christian >> some of my ancestors were, I know they would howl in outrage at being turned >> into a Mormon without their consent. So would I. And if you think this is >> all nonsense, think again. The LDS have run into firestorm of outrage from >> Jews who have learned that their ancestors were "sealed" into the Mormon >> religion by non-family members. This is the dark side of the Mormon >> religion. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List admin: ilhamilt-admin@rootsweb.com > Info/Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IL/hamilton.html > USGenWeb site: http://hamilton.ilgw.org > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I would like to applaud Shelia and Sandy for their comments. The LDS (Mormons) do a great service to the world in their preservation of records. At their Family History Centers and the Family History Library in Salt Lake, they are there to help you with your research. It is a great benefit to all genealogists -- beginner and advanced. And, it is free. A personal note: We have close friends that are Mormon. They have a fabulous family life style. Perhaps we should learn from them. Joy -------------------------------------------------- From: "Sandy Bauer" <sandy@whalen-family.org> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 11:12 PM To: <ilhamilt@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ILHAMILT] Mormon project to photograph records > I'll second that Sheila! Where would we be without all their > missionary work to preserve records. > > I think it would be good for everyone to understand, in their own words, > why the Mormons do what they do for preserving records and what this > "sealing" is really all about: > > http://mormon.org/family-history/ > > I'm not Mormon but I believe everyone has the right to believe in the > religion of their own choosing. > > Sandy > > > On 11/13/2011 10:10 PM, Sheila Cadwalader wrote: >> The Latter Day Saints "seal" individuals together so they will continue >> to be a family in the celestial kingdom, but these are usually their own >> family ancestors. >> >> "Sealing" only allows those "baptized" people to hear and/or be taught >> the Morman principles, it doesn't make them Mormon. There is still "free >> will". >> >> Look how many of the Mormon doctrines are being adopted today: no >> caffeine, no tobacco, less meat (less cholesterol) - pretty healthy ! >> >> Thank goodness for us genealogists that they (Mormons) had the foresight >> to microfilm all those records. >> >> Sheila >> >> >> >>> I haven't noticed anyone tearing down the Mormons. But, lets be clear, >>> their >>> motives are very different from that of us family genealogists. We want >>> to >>> know who our ancestors were, while they want to convert our ancestors >>> into >>> their religion long after they are dead. And knowing how devoutly >>> Christian >>> some of my ancestors were, I know they would howl in outrage at being >>> turned >>> into a Mormon without their consent. So would I. And if you think this >>> is >>> all nonsense, think again. The LDS have run into firestorm of outrage >>> from >>> Jews who have learned that their ancestors were "sealed" into the Mormon >>> religion by non-family members. This is the dark side of the Mormon >>> religion. >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> List admin: ilhamilt-admin@rootsweb.com >> Info/Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IL/hamilton.html >> USGenWeb site: http://hamilton.ilgw.org >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ILHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List admin: ilhamilt-admin@rootsweb.com > Info/Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IL/hamilton.html > USGenWeb site: http://hamilton.ilgw.org > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILHAMILT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >