Replying to; your last paragraph abt. getting on the web, I found his E-mail add. and wrote him a nice letter,naming a Mr. Jerry Walker,I had to make two long distance phone calls to get it, Thanks: Jan. Jean Dalrymple wrote: > > Dear Jan.. > > Sorry to tell you, but the LDS church does NOT microfilm ANYTHING with out > the WRITTEN permission of who ever is in charge... AND if the diary is in > the possession of your family then they had to have been CALLED and ASKED to > film it.... and there will be a disclaimer at the beginning of the item on > the film stating who GAVE the permission.. they did not break into your > families house and make a copy of the diary..... in fact there is usually a > copy of the orig. letter of permission. > > Now... anything that you give to them or any one else including the stuff > that you put out on the internet becomes the property of who ever you gave > it to unless you have given them WRITTEN notice that they are NOT to give > the information out to any one..... then they can do what ever with > it....... > > I am sorry that the person no longer lives at that addy, perhaps if you were > to get on the net and see if he is out there, you may be able to see where > he got his Information.. other wise check out and see what you can find in > Butler Co OH about your family.... > > Jeannie <>< > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Sexton [mailto:SugarSpoon@worldnet.att.net] > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 11:20 PM > To: KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [KYNICHOL] tid-bit > > Dear Jean, I tried to contact the person with no success after I found > out who it was after writing a letter and made a phone call, the person > apparently has his e-mail changed; because his mail came back to me > twice as I thought I had maybe made a mistake in his address after > I had written it down exactly has it was given to me. I wrote him a nice > letter, Someone told me that the Mormon Genealogy Society now has a copy > of his diary,thats ok, I am just wondering if we had told the people not > to let it out side the family, I really wonder if they would have done > it even thow they promised not to, I took a chance when I first made > copies of it, if it maybe would have done something to the ink as it was > quiet old, it was copied for me from the book its self, few years back, > now realizing that, I make copies from the copies that I copied from my > first copies that was given to me, make sence? > Thanks, Jan. > after my color came back, has I did not wont to write in haste. > > Jean Dalrymple wrote: > > > > Good morning Jan.... > > > > There are MANY err's in the LDS IGI and the Ancestorial file... > especially > > the ancestorial file, the reason there is, is that folks like you and I > > submit the information to the "Morman's" in the first place.... So who > > ever submitted that information got their information from some where > > else... you should contact that submitter... and ask NICELY where they > > obtained the information... > > > > ALSO.. I have found that many folks did NOT know where they were born way > > back then..... they did not celebrate birthdays etc and the elders did not > > talk much about such things.... So perhaps he THOUGHT that he was born in > > one place and he was born in another INROUTE some where, perhaps Cinci... > > as his family was moving West down the OH river.... > > > > I have a gent that swore that he was born in 1710 in PA.... I believed > him > > until just a few months ago I found that he was actually born in Scotland > in > > 1708.... He lived in PA for about 20 years, then moved South into SC. > > I found him and his siblings and parents on a ships record and then in to > > the church records in Scotland and his families church records in PA.... > > He just lived there and ASSUMED that he was born there...... > > > > Now as far as the different dates of birth, that is an easy one.... Some > > times we have to use baptism records...... and the date that you have for > > birth and the other records could very well be one of each.... As for > > census. They are also full of holes.... They are just as good as the > person > > who answered the door... sometimes that was just a neighbor... > > > > Oh, I am not trying to defend the person that submitted the information to > > the LDS, I am just saying that there may be a chance that you both for > very > > good reasons think that you are correct.. > > > > ALSO there are so many folks out there that do NOT bother to prove their > > information... and perhaps like me... I don't prove the collateral lines > > that others send me.... it is just to darn expensive.. I do however try > to > > say that it is unproven by me..... > > > > So before you get to excited, contact that submitter and see where they > > obtained that information.... Perhaps your g-g-grandfathers mother left a > > diary.. > > > > Jeannie <>< > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bruce Sexton [mailto:SugarSpoon@worldnet.att.net] > > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 10:42 PM > > To: KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [KYNICHOL] tid-bit > > > > I clicked on the web page and what I found out to be untrue is the inf. > > abt. my second great grandfather, Nixon Covey,someone submitted the > > wrong inf. to the Morman. WE as a family has his diary that he himself > > left us in his own hand writing,,, I would like for someone write them > > for a correction on him and his fam. I would like to know where the > > Morman genealogy society got their inf. > > 1, he was not born on the 31 of March 1791, he was born on the 1 st. of > > March 1791, For Sure not in Cinncinnati, Oh., But in Harve-De- Grace, > > MD., he never lived in Oh. He lived in diff. parts of Ky. and your Ky. > > cences will tell you that, which I can prove. He taught school in > > Breathitt Co. Ky, and in Estill Co.,Ky. His records stands strong > > there. I wish people wouldn't tell things like that, it urps me to > > know end, > > I am a proud 2nd. great grandaughter of Nixon Covey's And I wish that > > someone would rectify this mess, HE NOR DID NONE OF HIS FAMLEY EVER, > > EVER LIVED IN OHIO { PERIOD}, Jan. > > > > Jean Dalrymple wrote: > > > > > > http://globalgazette.net/gazettes/gaz49.htm > > > > > > interesting research information... j. <><