This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------5CFE376BDED6B9CA7803574D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To All, A bit of genealogy information... Daneen Connery Swanke --------------5CFE376BDED6B9CA7803574D Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <jaymen@konnections.com> Received: from mail.konnections.com (mail.konnections.com [207.173.185.6]) by door.vitrex.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA17381 for <swanked@vitrex.net>; Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:06:38 -0700 Received: from jaymen.konnections.com (ip185-209.konnections.com [207.173.185.209]) by mail.konnections.com (8.9.1/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA03360 for <swanked@vitrex.net>; Sun, 28 Feb 1999 17:57:03 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from jaymen@konnections.com) Message-Id: <199903010057.RAA03360@mail.konnections.com> From: "Jaymen" <jaymen@konnections.com> To: <swanked@vitrex.net> Subject: Fw: [NCGUILFO-L] LDS Ancestral Files Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:01:35 -0700 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Daneen, Can you wait? Look at this message. Sally ---------- > From: Jim W. Tackitt, Pres./Editor <jtackitt@jps.net> > To: NCGUILFO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NCGUILFO-L] LDS Ancestral Files > Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 12:31 PM > > > Beginning March 1st, the LDS church has decided to release Family Search > > to the internet for a 3 week trial basis at: http://www.familysearch.org > > > > They would like everyone to try it out and respond! Happy day! We > > aren't certain exactly how it will be laid out. May only start with a > > few of > > the programs...but it's a start! I hope it won't get out of hand. > > I hope that genealogy "beginners" are made aware that the Ancestral > File of the LDS Church is notorious for the erroneous material that has > been entered [most certainly by well-meaning folk and probably somewhat > better than the material found in the commercial "Ancestry" and "Family > Tree Maker" files] and that the Church does provide a disclaimer with > the data: > > "The information [in these files] has NOT been verified against any > official records. Since the information in Ancestral File is > contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the file to > verify its accuracy." > > Although the Ancestral File does contain extensive errors and NO > DOCUMENTATION, nonetheless this will be an interesting experiment and a > huge time-saver to those who use these files. > > Jim W. Tackitt, 1830 Johnson Dr., Concord, CA 94520; <jtackitt@jps.net> > > *************************************************************** > Tackett Assn. Website: <http://www.jps.net/jtackitt/index.html> > --------------5CFE376BDED6B9CA7803574D--