-----Original Message----- From: Barbara MacDonald <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 11:55 AM Subject: Fw: LDS online > > > >>Hi, Everyone! >> I got this from another list earlier today. You may have seen it on your >>other lists, but I felt it was my duty to pass it on to those of you who >>haven't seen it. >> >>Sandra >>********************** >>"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." >> >>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: >> >> http://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. >> >> >>==== DODSON Mailing List ==== >>GenConnect Query Board for DODSON >>http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Dodson >> > >