Jerry - the 'submissions' in question are the submissions a member makes when submiting names for Temple work. Non-members would simply be adding their relatives to the interconnected family tree - not 'submitting' them for Temple work. So those names are not "submitted" for Temple work and are not included in this discussion. On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Jerry Cowley <jbcowley@rmci.net> wrote: > The main concern I'd have about making all Family Tree submissions default > temple submissions, is that nonmembers may not be comfortable with that. > Jerry > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 8272 (20130426) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I do a lot of local indexing of obits, and the like. When I can spend ten or fifteen minutes identifying more information about a man or woman whose obit says "no known survivors" in our local papers, I put them into nfs. NOT to clear them for temple work myself, but to put the information out so a distant relative who may be searching for them can find them...even if it's a second cousin or somebody further afield but related. I know that eventually, these folks will get their temple work done, but if a family member finds it, and does it sooner than the millenium, so much the better. I probably wouldn't be inclined to put it where the information could be found if I thought it would go directly to temple file because it IS'NT my personal family. But I want to have the information found if it can be found--and sometimes people end up hundreds of miles away from where they were born or grew up. And of course, some of them were born and died before Social Security death index kicked in. And I suppose there are some that think I shouldn't even do that, but I must admit I feel sorry for someone who died with no known survivors, at least I can put them where someone who is related might find them. Of course, if a non-member submits a family tree, members could find it and do the Temple work--hopefully after verifying the information. (Sorry, but I know most of us make occasional accidental mistakes, and others among us grab anybody who has the right name, whether they could logically be the right family or not. It's those who give LDS genealogists a bad name, not that there aren't those among the non-members as well, but when we do Temple work for these folks, you'd think we could hold ourselves to a bit higher standard than "any same name will do" to seal into the family tree.) Karen On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Thomas Jay Kemp <thomas.j.kemp@gmail.com>wrote: > Jerry - the 'submissions' in question are the submissions a member makes > when submiting names for Temple work. > Non-members would simply be adding their relatives to the interconnected > family tree - not 'submitting' them for Temple work. > So those names are not "submitted" for Temple work and are not included in > this discussion. > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Jerry Cowley <jbcowley@rmci.net> wrote: > > > The main concern I'd have about making all Family Tree submissions > default > > temple submissions, is that nonmembers may not be comfortable with that. > > Jerry > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > > signature > > database 8272 (20130426) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Finding ancestors is like eating potato chips--you can't stop with just one!