I guess I will put my two cents worth in here. A few years back I obtained the name and address of a LDS researcher who had submitted data on a line of my family that I had been trying to locate for a long time. I wrote the submitter and as always sent all data on my direct line to the branch he had submitted. I ask him to let me know the documentation that supported his research - not only did it take him 9 months to write back but he never said one word about that branch of my family and I later found out that he took every bit of the data I had sent him and submitted to LDS as his own research. I have also been told by a very reliable source that LDS researchers make up names in a lineage just so there is something on file. Another LDS researcher was the last person seen to have some of the old marriage books belonging to Bath COunty which disappeared from the court house. My shadow will never darken the door of an LDS library again and I would never use any of the information that came from them. Billie Hunt bhunt@ycnx.net

Billie, I take great distress to your email. Any one can input names and not everyone is LDS. I am and I take great care to have orginial sources for my information. Many volunteers have spent millions of hours extracting orginal records so everyone can have access to them and the 1880 every name index done by volunteers has helped many many people find their family members. Maybe the person was LDS and maybe not, but you should not judge all people by one and I have NEVER heard of anyone making up names!!! Just like all records submitted by individual on the internet, rootsweb, ancestral file, everyone is told to use it as a tool to check and use resources. Grow up. I will now unsubscribe to this list. Orita ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billie Hunt" <bhunt@ycnx.net> To: <KYBATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: [KYBATH] LDS > I guess I will put my two cents worth in here. A few years back I obtained > the name and address of a LDS researcher who had submitted data on a line of > my family that I had been trying to locate for a long time. I wrote the > submitter and as always sent all data on my direct line to the branch he had > submitted. I ask him to let me know the documentation that supported his > research - not only did it take him 9 months to write back but he never said > one word about that branch of my family and I later found out that he took > every bit of the data I had sent him and submitted to LDS as his own > research. I have also been told by a very reliable source that LDS > researchers make up names in a lineage just so there is something on file. > Another LDS researcher was the last person seen to have some of the old > marriage books belonging to Bath COunty which disappeared from the court > house. My shadow will never darken the door of an LDS library again and I > would never use any of the information that came from them. > > Billie Hunt > bhunt@ycnx.net > >

Dear Billie, Please see my comments injected below........... <sigh> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billie Hunt" <bhunt@ycnx.net> To: <KYBATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: [KYBATH] LDS > I guess I will put my two cents worth in here. A few years back I obtained > the name and address of a LDS researcher who had submitted data on a line of > my family that I had been trying to locate for a long time. I wrote the > submitter and as always sent all data on my direct line to the branch he had > submitted. I ask him to let me know the documentation that supported his > research - not only did it take him 9 months to write back but he never said > one word about that branch of my family and I later found out that he took > every bit of the data I had sent him and submitted to LDS as his own > research. Billie.... you are an experienced library worker.... so I know that you know that these kinds of things happen all the time.... they may not be right.... but when you share your work with others that you don't really know these things can happen.... it has even happened to ME...!! I hope you're not suggesting this man was a member of the LDS Church.... that would be a false accusation since you do not know that!! > I have also been told by a very reliable source that LDS > researchers make up names in a lineage just so there is something on file. Well, let ME be your other "very reliable source".... I have been an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for over 30 years. I joined in Morehead when I was 21 years old. Many members are on this listserver as well as the Rowan Co. listserver. I have also been one of those teachers of genealogy classes and instructor on how to use the LDS library resourses and I'll assure you that no one, on purpose, makes up, falsifies, or in any other way "doctors" data. It is contrary to the very core of our belief and our reasons for doing research. Many, many people spend years researching and painstakingly searching for records and precise sources. I think your statement is defamitory and that you should be more careful. The LDS Church came through Kentucky, as they did in many other states, and at their own expense, microfilmed ALL the records they could get and THEN gave a copy to all the local libraries and colleges. If it wasn't for their indexing and archiving.... where would many researchers be today?? Who do think started making genealogy so popular? Nuff said! > Another LDS researcher was the last person seen to have some of the old > marriage books belonging to Bath COunty which disappeared from the court > house. My shadow will never darken the door of an LDS library again and I > would never use any of the information that came from them. my, my Billie... that is a big step.... so rash... and a big INUENDO at that.... so unbecoming of you!! ...so the last person seen.... is by default... the person who STOLE some records... hmmm.... It's statements like that that start bad rumors and bad feelings. I'm not sure I'm ever going to have the same opinion of you that I had yesterday and in the past. Please don't poison others by making such rash and illogical statements. > > Billie Hunt > bhunt@ycnx.net > Have a good day Billie and please, please be a little more discriminating in your choice of words. I for one am very offended by your generalizations and stray conclusions!! Johnny Mack Souder from Morehead, Ky... with deep roots in Bath County, Rowan Co. and Morgan Co. Johnny Mack Souder souderj@mindspring.com ICQ #17300362 _________________ Souder/ Bennett/ Wainscott/ Wright/ Richardson Clifton/ Scudder/ Lancaster (Owen & Madison Co., Ky) _________________ McKinney/ Bailey/ Cassity/ Williams/ Wilson/ Owen/ Archer Hasty/ Carter/ Chastain/ Gill/ Murdock/ Richards/ Grant/ Ammon (Rowan, Bath, Morgan, Montgomery, Lincoln, & Clark Co.'s.) _________________ ..."I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference" Robert Frost