-----Original Message----- >From: David A Lord <griff1n@clara.co.uk> > >Here is the url for those who may want to access the document that was >mentioned in the recent message – I found it quite a search to find this: To David and Prussia-Roots; Considering the document contains volumes of research information for genealogists, and considering it is free to download, "quite a search" is a small price to pay. The reason I mentioned the research guide the way I did in my original reply this morning, and NOT include a URL to download the document, is because I know there are so very many researchers who have only used the LDS web site to search databases. LDS offers so much more. Database searches (at LDS or elsewhere) are only about 5% to 10% of a genealogist's work. I wanted readers on this list to explore the LDS web site a bit and see more of what is available to them. Serving up a hyperlink totally defeats that purpose. Having said that, I now see that I should have listed instructions to give folks a helping hand in finding the document . . . but I had to leave for an appointment. Some of us still have to work. So, here's the info on how to find the various German research documents at the LDS web site (Yes, there is more than one research document - which people would never know by clicking on a URL to download one) . . . Go to the LDS web site and click on the following in this order . . . 1.) "Search" tab at top of home page. 2.) "Research Helps" on blue bar. 3.) Select the first letter of the locale you're interested in in the boxed alphabet at the top. In this case, "G" for Germany. 4.) Now, scroll down and find "Germany" to see all the documents LDS offers about German research. The ones with [PDF] after the title can be downloaded for free. The others can be purchased for a nominal cost at your nearest LDS Family History Center. Hopefully people will follow those steps and see that LDS has research guides for almost all 50 of the United States, and for many countries outside the U.S., that they can also download. While genealogy is a ton of common sense, researchers will never succeed without taking the time to read and learn (or attend lectures) on the records of where their ancestors lived. LDS research guides are just the first step in that process. Good luck to all, LGO