Hi, Florence, Have been to the LDS web address and have found tons of information. I hope that it has a lot of activity which will warrant its staying online. Gerald F. Greene (Jerry) -----Original Message----- From: Florence D Moore <fmoore@pcola.gulf.net> To: NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com <NCDUPLIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 10:14 AM Subject: LDS records >Forward to all readers : >From: Virginia Ewing [mailto:vewing@ctesc.net] >Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 5:00 PM >Subject: LDS FAMILY SEARCH COMING SOON > >As the director of a LDS Family History Center, I have received a notice >from >Salt Lake LDS FHL, announcing the Beta testing of Family Search on >line. It >is not yet up, a problem with a piece of equipment, but will be starting > >sometimes this month and will be up only a few weeks as a test run. > >If there is not a lot of interest it will be taken off and not put back >on. So >spread the word and keep trying to get through. When it comes on line >the URL >will be: > www.familysearch.org <. > >I have not been told exactly what will be available but know at least >the >Ancestral File and Family History Library Catalog will be included. > >Family Search is the name of the program we have on CDs in all LDS FHCs. > >Some public libraries also have this program. FS includes the IGI, >Ancestral >File, Family History Library Catalog, Social Security Death Records, >Koran and >Vietnam war death records, and Scottish Church Records. > >For those of you not familiar with the various searches, the IGI is the >International Genealogical Index. It includes, in alphabetical order, >all of >the names that have been sent to the Temples to have ordinances >performed in >their name. > >Names in the IGI are usually submitted by members, but not always. > >Non-members also submit their family names to get them into the IGI. > >Some of the marriages may have been part of extraction programs. The >names >were taken from courthouse records and checked and rechecked by >several volunteers before being accepted as correct. > >Most people do try to send in accurate information but there are many >mistakes. My advice is, always check the original source. Use the IGI to >find >where people with your surname would have lived and order the census and >court >records from that area. > >Ancestral File is Gedcoms of group and pedigree sheets sent in by >members and >nonmembers. The name and address of the submitter is included and >hopefully >will allow you to contact others working on your line. If the address is >out >of date sometimes a letter to the Membership dept. in Salt Lake will get >you a >correct address if the person was a member of the LDS church. > >Once again, the material is only as good as the research that went into >it and >some of it is pretty bad. Check it out before you 'adopt' it. > >If you find a mistake on Ancestral File, you can send in your >corrections, >along with your sources of proof, and it will be noted in the next >update. >The first submitter does not have to provide proof, but you do, if you >are >making a correction. You can add additions to a file, or submit a new >file. >You do not have to be a member to submit material. > >The Family History Library Catalog is a listing of every book, film and >fiche >available at the Salt Lake City LDS Family History Library. This allows >us to >find what is available for each locality, World-Wide. It includes the >FHL call >numbers and a description of what is included in the film/fiche or book. > >The material from the books and film/fiche will not be on line. That is >not >something they can do, at this time. Hopefully it will be a possibility >some >time in the distant future. > >The film and fiche will still have to be ordered through FHC. Microfilm >and >microfiche are the property of the FHL and are sent into the care of the >LDS >FHC director and must remain under her/his care until returned. >For this reason they are never allowed to be taken from the LDS FHC. > >Almost all of the microfilm and microfiche at the LDS Family History >Library >in Salt Lake City can be ordered into any LDS FHL, anywhere in the >world, but >there are a few exceptions. Copyright laws prevent them from using >material >without the written consent of the owner. Some of the film and fiche >where >filmed by companies other than the LDS Church and permission to >circulate >these film to LDS FHCs has been denied. There will be a notice included >in the >description, saying it cannot be circulated. Many of the SC microfilm >where >made by a company who has refused permission to allow the film to be >circulated, but there are many microfilm available for SC, some covering >the >same material that is on >the restricted film. > >The LDS FHL is a nonprofit organization, and that is why it still cost >only 15 >cents a sheet for a microfiche, $3.25 plus tax to rent a microfilm for a >month >[may be more in other countries] and the SourceGuide and other home use >programs are sold at such a reasonable price. We aren't allowed to make >a >profit, even in the FHCs. > >The books that are listed are not loaned out but can sometimes be >obtained >through an Interlibrary loan through your public library. >You can request copies of pages and if a book is indexed, by ordering >the >index you can see if your people would have been listed. In cases where >the >copyright has expired the book may have been filmed or can be filmed >upon >request. Never hurts to ask. > >Virginia Ewing vewing@ctesc.net >listowner: Gober, Perry, Ashley & MSWilkin[son] Co., MS >search the mailing list archives at >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >-- >Happy Hunting, Go dig up those Roots! Florence Moore >URL: http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~rjmoore >