I checked helps in NFS, and found directions about adding living names to NFS and who will be able to see it. That said, many of the instructors and staff at RootsTech cautioned about over-adding living names. It creates duplication (now and in the future) and takes up space on the server. Those files will have to be combined or removed upon the death of the individual. NFS is not supposed to replace our personal records. Ask this question on the Helps and follow those directions, being careful not to overdo things. Bear in mind that the knowledge documents are always under review and may change over time. The KD on using "Do Not Combine" now includes the instruction not to use the name field for it, for example. That's a refinement. Some of those "living" names we find on occasion also come from the old Pedigree Resource File. Some programs are sensitive to ANYTHING in either the death date or death place field, including spaces, and interpret it as a death. Deleting something? Then use the delete button; don't highlight and hit the space bar. I have found others where someone added the word "living" in the death field. Guess how the computer reads that? Sometimes researchers add notes to the death fields, like "lawyer." That also is interpreted as a death. But the submitters to PRF didn't know their files would be included in a program like NFS 20 years later, so what they did seemed fine to them. If I take care of things I find for others, maybe 20 years from now, someone will be helpful with what I'm doing in good faith. Jerry __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6909 (20120223) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

I remember that a quote was mentioned on this list about a year ago or so, stating that compters and the internet was invented to further the work of redeming our kindred dead. But I simply can not find it, not matter what I use as search words on lds.org under magazines. Any-one out there with a better computer/serch skill than mine? Or even a better memory for quotes? I need it for an upcoming lesson on family history and templework. Thanks. Helle