This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------D3F3E1D67D6727FD8B5A63E6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------D3F3E1D67D6727FD8B5A63E6 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.30]) by mtiwgwc08.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.07 118 124) with ESMTP id <19990205050732.LADG8788@bl-14.rootsweb.com>; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 05:07:32 +0000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA21228; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:52:46 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:52:46 -0800 (PST) From: TGLatey@aol.com Message-ID: <8ea37e3f.36ba7b43@aol.com> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 00:01:55 EST Old-To: FOX-L@Rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 205 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by bl-14.rootsweb.com id UAA21198 Subject: [FOX-L] FOX News: LDS Church to go online with family history Web site Resent-Message-ID: <"pM6r6D.A.dLF.dknu2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: FOX-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: FOX-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: FOX-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <FOX-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/3672 X-Loop: FOX-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: FOX-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id UAA21228 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 =20 Good Evening FOX Hounds, Tamara Altizer sent this message to me ( thanks Tamara :-) ). I have rec= eived several mailings on the subject. Just in case you haven't heard here's t= he news... LDS Church to go online with family history Web site=20 By KATIE PARKER=20 parker@du2.byu.edu=20 NewsNet Staff Writer http://newsnet.byu.edu/noframes/show_story.cfm?number=3D8836 The Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is working to make genealogical files accessible from a family his= tory Web site. Elaine Hasleton, a public affairs representative from the Fam= ily History Center in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, said the Web site i= s in its developmental stages.=20 The project is underway, however Hasleton said no set completion date has= been given.=20 The ancestral files of the LDS Church will most likely be accessible from= the site, said Craig Foster, a spokesman for the family history center's publ= ic affairs projects.=20 Foster said the details of what other files and information will be acces= sible from the site is not final.=20 "We are all excited about the future for family history," said Jana Darrington, 21, a senior from Mesa, Ariz., majoring in family history.=20 "Making a Web site for family history seems like a logical thing for the = LDS Church to do ... It would be a dream to be able to work out of my home. I= can work for as long as I want, whenever I want." -- Lynda Cameron, Provo, re= gular HBLL Family History Center patron=20 As the department assistant for the Harold B. Lee Library's family histor= y department, Darrington said many people have asked about the possibility = of family history files going online.=20 "This will make things much more available for the patrons and make genea= logy work widely known," she said.=20 Darrington expects the number of people going to family history centers t= o naturally decline once the files become available from home.=20 "But I'm sure the elderly who don't feel comfortable using the Internet w= ill still make use of the facilities," Darrington said.=20 Lynda Cameron of Provo visits the HBLL Family History Center at least onc= e a week, sometimes more.=20 "Making a Web site for family history seems like a logical thing for the = LDS Church to do," Cameron said.=20 Cameron is originally from Australia, where her father, Keith Williams, s= till resides. She said they are both working on genealogy for their family continents apart.=20 "This will really open information up for my father and make things more available for everyone," Cameron said. "It would be a dream to be able to= work out of my home. I can work for as long as I want, whenever I want."=20 Darrington also mentioned that this new project with family history will introduce many non-members to the LDS Church.=20 "There are many people who work on family history that are not Mormon," s= he said.=20 Many of them already use LDS family history departments, and with the fut= ure Web site many more will become familiar with the LDS Church, Darrington s= aid.=20 This story was posted on Tuesday, February 2 1999 =A9 NewsNet. 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