i'm sure this is not true. i am an LDS and not sure how many in this list are, but i have not seen anything about this at all. if they do move any records, please be assured that they will be handled with extreme care and will not be destroyed. the family history library in SLC is the largest of its kind in the world. almost all records are archived in more than one way so even if something did happen to any original records the data would still be available. i wouldnt worry about this. this is more than likely a hoax. look at all the LDS church has done for genealogy . i dont think we would destroy any records. On Sunday 23 May 2004 03:59 pm, The Gabriels in BC wrote: > Yes hopefully this is the case, and maybe someone else has > mistranslated the information. If they are trying to playa joke, then it > is in very poor taste. I shall have to look up the LDS website and see > what they have to say. I received the email about the destruction of > records through the Genealogy.com notification board. That is why I was > wondering if this was real or not. > > Thanks for the help > Carol > > List Admin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Crawford" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 12:50 PM > Subject: Re: [MARSHALL] The LDS Library in Salt Lake City and record > destruction > > > Could this be something that has come out of a misunderstanding ? The LD > > Library is under going planned major renovations this summer and certain > > collections will be temporarily moved around while the work is being > > done. It is announced on the LDS web-site. > > > > Hopefully, this is the case. > > > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "The Gabriels in BC" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 2:45 PM > > Subject: [MARSHALL] The LDS Library in Salt Lake City and record > > destruction > > > > Hi everyone, recently I have received an email that I find awfully > > > > hard > > > > > to believe. Has anyone else heard of or received the same email from > > > someone claiming to live in Salt Lake City, stating that the LDS > > > library > > > > is > > > > > about to destroy thousands of records? > > > > > > Part of the email I have received reads as follows: > > > It would go a long way if you would file a letter of protest with your > > > request to get copies. "Don't eliminate the Ancestrial File". It has > > great > > > > value to your patrons. Please do not destroy it nor place it out of our > > > reach in the Granite Vault. (Sounds really urgent doesn't it. It is to > > the > > > > ones using it. As I said, anyone who can value records submitted from > > 1976 > > > > to 2000 needs to yell loudly and quickly.) > > > > > > Also request having someone go through the actual family group sheets > > that > > > > were once held in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on the 4th floor. > > The > > > > whole collection of hundreds of books has been taken out of circulation > > > > and > > > > > are about to also be destroyed. Yell Loudly and ask if someone can look > > up > > > > names in the actual paper submission on the FLAGG and Barstow lines if > > you > > > > have an interest. > > > > > > Has anyone heard of this or received something like this? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Carol Gabriel > > > > > > List Admin > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237