Maureen, I cannot speak about other people's ancestors and what was done. I just was asking about my grandfather and what a particular marking indicated in the file. I thanked the person at the LDS library (in Salt Lake City) for her help and started doing my own research. As I mentioned earlier, no one was searching for my grandfather until I came along. The FHC I used in Emerson NJ had mostly non-Mormons doing research. In fact, one was a retired Catholic priest who was researching. Nora In a message dated 1/2/2008 7:23:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, _mcshelly2@msn.com_ (mailto:mcshelly2@msn.com) writes: In other words, they just rebaptized everyone on the films? Hmmm. That's pretty arrogant and amazing, isn't it? We were told when our genealogy instructor took us to the Family History Center the first time for a tour that the members place their ancestors' names in a special box or vault in the Temple for re-baptizing and that is why they have to do their family histories. At our FHC it is always full of church members doing their research .... If they were all rebaptized AUTOMATICALLY, it doesn't seem to make any sense, then, that the LDS would have spent all the time, effort and money to create all those Family History Centers and the online research site and so forth. Does it? I'm fully open to any answer -- not being Mormon -- but I wonder if they meant it is the Church that does the actual baptizing after the person has found his ancestor? And it is the Church that has put its members' family histories into the IGI? In my own faith, for instance, any baptized Christian can baptize -- and I baptized my preemie daughter ASAP after birth in the hospital -- then had her baptized again later at my Church, for the record. But the first baptism was "real." Did the person answering your question mean all the people on all the films were automatically re-baptized? Or maybe that after an ancestor is found, the member of the Mormon faith does not and can not, under their rules, re-baptize his own ancestor ..... but ONLY THE CHURCH can do that act or ceremony of re-baptizing? M. **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

Hi.. I have met several folks of all denominations who have worked in the Family History Centers. One gentleman, who has been a volunteer for years has helped me with my Italian ancestors.? I am sure he is Roman Catholic.? Certainly, the generosity in sharing this information has to be acknowledged.? It seems to me that no one's "faith" is compromised? (because?one's commitment to one's faith cannot be compromised if it is genuine)?and thus, it has been foolish not to allow records to be collected. But, this is unfortunately what has happened in Ireland and elsewhere.? We can only hope that those who hold the records of our ancestors will have some regard for our need to connect and begin to find ways to make information accessible! Bev W -----Original Message----- From: Irishcolleen45@aol.com To: irish-new-york-city@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 7:35 pm Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] LDS Re-Baptizing Maureen, I cannot speak about other people's ancestors and what was done. I just was asking about my grandfather and what a particular marking indicated in the file. I thanked the person at the LDS library (in Salt Lake City) for her help and started doing my own research. As I mentioned earlier, no one was searching for my grandfather until I came along. The FHC I used in Emerson NJ had mostly non-Mormons doing research. In fact, one was a retired Catholic priest who was researching. Nora In a message dated 1/2/2008 7:23:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, _mcshelly2@msn.com_ (mailto:mcshelly2@msn.com) writes: In other words, they just rebaptized everyone on the films? Hmmm. That's pretty arrogant and amazing, isn't it? We were told when our genealogy instructor took us to the Family History Center the first time for a tour that the members place their ancestors' names in a special box or vault in the Temple for re-baptizing and that is why they have to do their family histories. At our FHC it is always full of church members doing their research .... If they were all rebaptized AUTOMATICALLY, it doesn't seem to make any sense, then, that the LDS would have spent all the time, effort and money to create all those Family History Centers and the online research site and so forth. Does it? I'm fully open to any answer -- not being Mormon -- but I wonder if they meant it is the Church that does the actual baptizing after the person has found his ancestor? And it is the Church that has put its members' family histories into the IGI? In my own faith, for instance, any baptized Christian can baptize -- and I baptized my preemie daughter ASAP after birth in the hospital -- then had her baptized again later at my Church, for the record. But the first baptism was "real." Did the person answering your question mean all the people on all the films were automatically re-baptized? Or maybe that after an ancestor is found, the member of the Mormon faith does not and can not, under their rules, re-baptize his own ancestor ..... but ONLY THE CHURCH can do that act or ceremony of re-baptizing? M. **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

All the discussion on Catholic parish records has renewed my determination to search out the marriage records for my gr-grandparents. Could anyone share the most efficient approach to finding the possible parishes for the time period of 1860 through 1895? I've tried the ones where the children were baptized but that hasn't worked. If I don't know where the bride was living before the marriage and I don't know the actual year, is it completely hopeless at this point? They are not listed on the Italian gen website. Any suggestions appreciated. Melanie