I'm not LDS, but I took my genealogy classes from a woman who had converted to Mormonism. When we in the class asked the questions about their baptizing the dead, etc she gave a very easy explanation. She said that it would be like someone giving you a ticket to the movies. You can accept the ticket, but you don't have to go. It's just an invitation. The dead don't have to accept the Mormon faith. And yes, my early Dutch New Netherlanders were baptized into the Mormon faith. Whether they ever accepted, I'll never know. Dee in Phoenix When a person dies, a library closes. --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.