Hi, As far as I have been told they do go to the courthouses, etc. They get permission to photograph the records. Now like anything that needs to be transcribed to make it available online mistakes can be made when interperting this due to several factors. I know that only about a year or two after they had filmed records at a courthouse that courthouse burned to the ground. They rebuilt and asked the LDS if they could pay for copies of the records. They were given the records for free. Carla crazyangel25@webtv.net wrote: Just out of curiosity does anyone know where the LDS actually get the records they have? Do they physically go to the court houses, or hall or records or wherever they may be and look them up? I dont believe in all cases at least, that they take photgraphs of the records as suggested or they wouldnt be so inaccurate.And honestly I dont care about their copyrights. They got their information somewhere too, and if I ever managed to find even just "one" accurate piece of information from their site I would publish it on my website and dont care what their copyright laws are. Its my family. and thats my 2¢.. Cris Atwater California p.s if no one knows the answer to my question I will call the LDS temple in Oakland California and see if I can get someone who isnt rude to answer my question. ------------------------------- 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