Janet I don't think most of the volunteers know themselves why. Since the FHCs are all volunteers many times, as in my case, you must go on different days and see who is the most knowledgeable and helpful. Then plan to keep going that day, in my case it is Tuesday when the head volunteer works. I don't believe even she knows about all of it. It just seems like we all stumble along together. So if You feel "put off " that is probably why. Michael On 5/8/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jenelle, > If you find that article, I would love to find out why they were > sealed. I > have asked at the FHL for an explanation of the sealings, but was never > given > an explanation. Just put off. > Janet > > In a message dated 5/8/2006 12:09:57 AM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > I have an interesting article I photocopied from a family history magazine > re the LDS "Sealings" I would have to dig for it. Might explain (like > mine) > "missing relatives and why they were sealed. > Jenelle. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "michael paton" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 2:39 PM > Subject: Re: [Renfrew] missing OPR's > > > > Janet > > My pet peeves with them have been the occasional film that they list > as > > having, but they won't send it to the churchs. You must plan a trip to > Utah > > to see them. They must have many members on the tourist commision. Also > I > > keep bumping into a researcher who has been there ahead of me (by 30 or > 40 > > years) and somehow locked the records of his search so I can't see what > he > > found or why he was looking there But many members of my family have > been > > sealed? I guess attitudes have changed since the internet but it is a > shame > > that a researcher goes to all that trouble to have the information > locked > > away from future generations. My information gets sent to the cousins so > all > > have a copy and if my computer crashes the data can be easily rebuilt > > because I sent them copies of each document. > > Even with running into these problems I was able to blunder my way > into > a > > great deal of information on the IGI and check it often for things I may > > have missed. I usually get a hard copy of everything, since that was the > > only way I was able to prove what I saw in the 1990s before > GGGrandfather > > disappeared from the IGI. It also helped me find him later on > > Scotlandspeople. > > Michael > > > > > > On 5/7/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Michael, > > > I found my grandfather on the IGI fische in the 1980's at a Mormon > library > > > near where I lived then. I found him again on the internet igi, then > he > > > disappeared. His record both times was taken from a film of the > church > > > records taken > > > by the LDS. Fortunately I wrote to Scotland years ago for his birth > > > record > > > after I found it on the OPR, but I wonder how many other people are > > > missing a > > > relative or ancestor because of the missing OPR records. Seems such a > > > shame > > > when the LDS does so much good in helping people find records and as > you > > > said, > > > the IGI is still the best place to start looking. > > > > > > Janet > > > > > > > > > > > >