The Bishop of Limerick has put a hold on all church films in his control area. He objects to the LDS Practice of doing baptisms and confirmations for their dead ancestors to seal them in an eternal chain together. They have gotten a lot of flack for their beliefs. I find it no different than the Jehovah witnesses and how many people they actually will be saved, the Catholic belief in Limbo, or the Shakers, who believe in strict celibacy and no giving in marriage. It is simply a religious belief, If it is not your belief it means nothing to you , right? I feel bad that the Bishop cut millions off from records that would unite families and give honor to Ireland as an ancestral home of billions of people. I have been trying to piece my husband's family together for 22 years. Those are the records I need. I know his father, Grandfather and the name of his Great Grandfather. They were catholic, so you all know how many records were compiled on that side of the religious line and why. I guess I will have to wait till the Bishop dies and hope for a Bishop more concerned with families gathering and making Ireland the point of their beginnings, then finding threat in some church ceremony which they don't even believe in. Till then we are at his mercy, or have to spend a lot of money to hire a professional there to do the work. The LDS Library had been my life line and they are in the process of putting histories, books, genealogies and amazing items in the huge vaults in Cottonwood Canyon that have not had the ability to do before now. Copies of some of the books that will be on line were burnt when Hitler burnt the books. The librarians have always been very helpful and never, ever preachy. Let them believe as they do. Because of those beliefs, they will be freely sharing with us, on line, in the next years, incredible amounts of new information from around the world. That to me is a win, win situation.!. Candace Punch.

i was so very lucky. I was able to get a book full of family heritage from the old Limerick Archives at the Granary before the closed. I wish all could have had the chance to do so. If you know the Civil Parish your family came from you can write to the church and perhaps the priest there will be glad to send any records for a donation to the parish church. Judy Christopher (O'Brien/Fox County Limerick) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Punch, Candace" <Candace.Punch@warnerbros.com> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:26 PM Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] FW: LDS Films in the church records > > > > > > > The Bishop of Limerick has put a hold on all church films in his > control area. He objects to the LDS Practice of doing baptisms and > confirmations for their dead ancestors to seal them in an eternal chain > together. They have gotten a lot of flack for their beliefs. I find it > no different than the Jehovah witnesses and how many people they > actually will be saved, the Catholic belief in Limbo, or the Shakers, > who believe in strict celibacy and no giving in marriage. > > > > It is simply a religious belief, If it is not your belief it means > nothing to you , right? I feel bad that the Bishop cut millions off > from records that would unite families and give honor to Ireland as an > ancestral home of billions of people. I have been trying to piece my > husband's family together for 22 years. Those are the records I need. I > know his father, Grandfather and the name of his Great Grandfather. They > were catholic, so you all know how many records were compiled on that > side of the religious line and why. I guess I will have to wait till the > Bishop dies and hope for a Bishop more concerned with families gathering > and making Ireland the point of their beginnings, then finding threat in > some church ceremony which they don't even believe in. Till then we are > at his mercy, or have to spend a lot of money to hire a professional > there to do the work. The LDS Library had been my life line and they > are in the process of putting histories, books, genealogies and amazing > items in the huge vaults in Cottonwood Canyon that have not had the > ability to do before now. Copies of some of the books that will be on > line were burnt when Hitler burnt the books. The librarians have always > been very helpful and never, ever preachy. Let them believe as they do. > Because of those beliefs, they will be freely sharing with us, on line, > in the next years, incredible amounts of new information from around the > world. That to me is a win, win situation.!. > > > > Candace Punch. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I am not a member of the LDS, However I am a librarian at the FHL Center near me. I work with some wonderful people. They have shown me a few things about research and I have been able to share a few ways to do research. As well as I have been able to help them and patrons when they have problems with the computers. If not for them we would I believe have had a harder time finding anything on our relatives. I personally started with their site when I started as I was trying to find information on my husbands grandfather and grandmother who were from Germany and Denmark. They both died before he was even born. Carla Johnson Judy Christopher <ajuntasc@comcast.net> wrote: i was so very lucky. I was able to get a book full of family heritage from the old Limerick Archives at the Granary before the closed. I wish all could have had the chance to do so. If you know the Civil Parish your family came from you can write to the church and perhaps the priest there will be glad to send any records for a donation to the parish church. Judy Christopher (O'Brien/Fox County Limerick) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Punch, Candace" To: Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:26 PM Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] FW: LDS Films in the church records > > > > > > > The Bishop of Limerick has put a hold on all church films in his > control area. He objects to the LDS Practice of doing baptisms and > confirmations for their dead ancestors to seal them in an eternal chain > together. They have gotten a lot of flack for their beliefs. I find it > no different than the Jehovah witnesses and how many people they > actually will be saved, the Catholic belief in Limbo, or the Shakers, > who believe in strict celibacy and no giving in marriage. > > > > It is simply a religious belief, If it is not your belief it means > nothing to you , right? I feel bad that the Bishop cut millions off > from records that would unite families and give honor to Ireland as an > ancestral home of billions of people. I have been trying to piece my > husband's family together for 22 years. Those are the records I need. I > know his father, Grandfather and the name of his Great Grandfather. They > were catholic, so you all know how many records were compiled on that > side of the religious line and why. I guess I will have to wait till the > Bishop dies and hope for a Bishop more concerned with families gathering > and making Ireland the point of their beginnings, then finding threat in > some church ceremony which they don't even believe in. Till then we are > at his mercy, or have to spend a lot of money to hire a professional > there to do the work. The LDS Library had been my life line and they > are in the process of putting histories, books, genealogies and amazing > items in the huge vaults in Cottonwood Canyon that have not had the > ability to do before now. Copies of some of the books that will be on > line were burnt when Hitler burnt the books. The librarians have always > been very helpful and never, ever preachy. Let them believe as they do. > Because of those beliefs, they will be freely sharing with us, on line, > in the next years, incredible amounts of new information from around the > world. That to me is a win, win situation.!. > > > > Candace Punch. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message