Well, it is true that in some time periods, research is much more work than in others. On the other hand, if it means someone doesn't have to languish in Spirit Prison any more, but can progress to more and better things, it is probably worth the work, even if we only find one person. I still haven't figured out how people can find hundreds of names at a time though. I am always adding names, and do a lot of genealogy, but they usually come in a family at a time, (or a part of a family). Karen In a message dated 6/23/2009 11:18:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time, babybunt@msn.com writes: I have found that they believe that their great aunt mary has done it all or that it's just too much work. Ann > From: jorgetodeschini@hotmail.com > To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:13:42 -0300 > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] How many members do genealogy > > Well, 85% non-LDS means 15% LDS. Outside of Utah, how many communities are 15% LDS? The average for the US is 2% LDS, right? (Six million out of 300 million total population). Clearly, the LDS at this particular FHC are more interested in genealogy than the "average American." Some ground has been covered. The question to ask now might be "how many members within my ward/stake/scope of my calling are not doing their FHC and why not?" > > > > > From: Jean Weber > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:10 PM > To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] How many members do genealogy > > > Thank you Kathy. In our Family History Centre it is about the same with > nonmembers using it much more than members. > Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Taylor" <kathycat6@gmail.com> > To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:12 PM > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] How many members do genealogy > > > > Jean, > > Art Johnson said in a monthly missionary meeting regarding new > > FamilySearch > > that 3% of members were doing family history. Then when nFS came out in > > St > > Louis he said that 10% of that temple district were doing it. > > > > In our family history center, 85% of the patrons were not members of the > > church. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Kathy > > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Jean Weber <mjquilts@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> I am giving a talk on Sunday and would like to know if anyone knows just > >> what percentage of members are doing family history work. I have heard it > >> is > >> about 4%. Does anyone know? I wonder how many nonmembers research their > >> families. > >> > >> If anyone can help thanks. > >> > >> Jean > >> > >> > > > > 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 > > > > __________ NOD32 3998 (20090409) Information __________ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > 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 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 **************Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http ://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown00000027)

Karen wrote: I still haven't figured out how people can find hundreds of names at a time though One can find hundreds of names at a time by (a) checking probate records -- each deceased person might have several children (I have seen up to 23!) and sometimes some children are already dead and the records then show the names of the deceased children's children; (b) going page by page on a microfilm of birth records and finding all births of all children of a certain ancestor and all children of all of this ancestor's siblings; (c) finding a book that already did extensive research on a certain area or family you are interested in. Of course, sometimes one can go months or years to find only one more generation of ancestors. But then you can start branching out from there. I was baptized in 1999 and went to the temple in 2000. It was an 18-hour bus trip then. About one year later, a temple was dedicated in Porto Alegre, where I lived. I then took "my" first ten "names" to the temple in January of 2001 -- my grandfathers, my late grandmother, a couple of great-grandparents and siblings. Later, I started entering data from a book an uncle of mine had just written so by March I had 100 names. I was at the Stake Center getting some of them TempleReady and a friend asked if I could come up with 100 names a month. I seriously doubted it. Well, from March 2001 to June 2009 it has been 8 years, 4 months, or 100 months, and guess what. Yesterday I entered my 10,000th individual into my PAF file. Of those, about 6,000 are dead, and 1,600+ of those have had ordinances performed for them. I never thought I would get 100 names/months, but that has just happened so far. And if I get stuck -- well, you can see how much work I already have in my hands, for me and my children. From: Sahara346@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:44 AM To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] How many members do genealogy Well, it is true that in some time periods, research is much more work than in others. On the other hand, if it means someone doesn't have to languish in Spirit Prison any more, but can progress to more and better things, it is probably worth the work, even if we only find one person. I still haven't figured out how people can find hundreds of names at a time though. I am always adding names, and do a lot of genealogy, but they usually come in a family at a time, (or a part of a family). Karen In a message dated 6/23/2009 11:18:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time, babybunt@msn.com writes: I have found that they believe that their great aunt mary has done it all or that it's just too much work. Ann > From: jorgetodeschini@hotmail.com > To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:13:42 -0300 > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] How many members do genealogy > > Well, 85% non-LDS means 15% LDS. Outside of Utah, how many communities are 15% LDS? The average for the US is 2% LDS, right? (Six million out of 300 million total population). Clearly, the LDS at this particular FHC are more interested in genealogy than the "average American." Some ground has been covered. The question to ask now might be "how many members within my ward/stake/scope of my calling are not doing their FHC and why not?" > > > > > From: Jean Weber > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:10 PM > To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] How many members do genealogy > > > Thank you Kathy. In our Family History Centre it is about the same with > nonmembers using it much more than members. > Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Taylor" <kathycat6@gmail.com> > To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:12 PM > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] How many members do genealogy > > > > Jean, > > Art Johnson said in a monthly missionary meeting regarding new > > FamilySearch > > that 3% of members were doing family history. Then when nFS came out in > > St > > Louis he said that 10% of that temple district were doing it. > > > > In our family history center, 85% of the patrons were not members of the > > church. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Kathy > > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Jean Weber <mjquilts@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> I am giving a talk on Sunday and would like to know if anyone knows just > >> what percentage of members are doing family history work. I have heard it > >> is > >> about 4%. Does anyone know? I wonder how many nonmembers research their > >> families. > >> > >> If anyone can help thanks. > >> > >> Jean > >> > >> > > > > 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 > > > > __________ NOD32 3998 (20090409) Information __________ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > 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 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 **************Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. 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Jorge Todeschini wrote: > > I was baptized in 1999 and went to the temple in 2000. It was an 18-hour bus trip then. About one year later, a temple was dedicated in Porto Alegre, where I lived. I then took "my" first ten "names" to the temple in January of 2001 -- my grandfathers, my late grandmother, a couple of great-grandparents and siblings. Later, I started entering data from a book an uncle of mine had just written so by March I had 100 names. I was at the Stake Center getting some of them TempleReady and a friend asked if I could come up with 100 names a month. I seriously doubted it. Well, from March 2001 to June 2009 it has been 8 years, 4 months, or 100 months, and guess what. Yesterday I entered my 10,000th individual into my PAF file. Of those, about 6,000 are dead, and 1,600+ of those have had ordinances performed for them. > > I never thought I would get 100 names/months, but that has just happened so far. And if I get stuck -- well, you can see how much work I already have in my hands, for me and my children. Do tell! I have German immigrants in my family from Germany to south Brazil area (that covers Porto Alegre, stretching north to Campinas as well as Sao Paulo) I have not located yet. Has list of the names of those who emigrated there. I know I will find hundreds once I find the villages they settled in. David Samuelsen