Janet, (I didnt' know how to reach you "off list") Regarding Amanda's comment, let me clarify one point: We believe that a person continues to exist after death. Their spirit simply has left their body but they are still "them" with the right to choose. If proxy work is done on their behalf, they still have the right to choose whether or not to accept it. If they wish to have those blessings (like baptism or marriage for the eternities), they must choose it. If not, it is of no effect on them. We simply offer the opportunity. Same for the living, we offer folks the chance to learn about our beliefs to see if they wish to embrace them here on earth. Same principle of agency exists.--right to choose for yourself. You can find out more information about our temples and basic beliefs at www.mormon.org This is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint's official site for basic information. Hope this helps you and any other listers that find temple work notations on films and other records. Sharon :o) Buffalo NY Researching: Umiker, Simmen, Schatzman, Vogel, Leuenberg, Leuthi, Volkart and Vogelsang--Canton Aargau (Thalheim and surrounding areas.) --- On Sun 01/05, wrote: From: [mailto: [email protected]] To: [email protected] Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 21:00:50 -0700 Subject: SWITZERLAND-D Digest V03 #5 > --- Begin Attached Message---SWITZERLAND-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 5 Today's Topics: #1 Fwd: RE: [SWITZ] Endowments for th ["Paul Rands" #2 RE: [SWITZ] Endowments for the Dea [Amanda Bagley #3 [SWITZ] thank you all! ["Dianne" ] #4 [SWITZ] Pery, Switzerland [[email protected]] Administrivia: Going on vacation? Gone longer than 4 days? Go to http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CHE/SWITZERLAND.html to unsubscribe ______________________________ > --- End Attached Message---> --- Begin Attached Message---It appears Dean addressed this to me thinking I originated the post. I readdressed it to Janet via the list and am forwarding it to the list since I don't have Janet's address/name anymore. Regards, Paul near Portland, Oregon ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: Dean Leuzinger To: 'Paul Rands' Subject: RE: [SWITZ] Endowments for the Dead Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 06:22:20 -0700 Hi Janet - don't know if I can be much help or not - I have 7 Streiff's from abt. 1605 thru 1659 all from Canton Glarus. I show marriages with Legler, Vogel & Spaelti. My notes indicate the info came from Ancestral File section of familysearch.org To test my reference, today, I just did a name search for "Fridolin Streiff", "no dates", "Switzerland" as country - familysearch.org showed me 117 references, some in 1800s. I haven't continued developing my Streiff line, as I'm looking for "Leuzinger". Dean.... _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup ______________________________ > --- End Attached Message---> --- Begin Attached Message---------=_Part_460_1933473.1041793061418 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Janet, I know that it is not very easy to understand, but I guess first things first, you need to understand that Endowments for the dead, baptism and confimation are part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints. Then you need to understand the religion. Being LDS, we believe that we "go through" the Temple, making sacred promises to Heavenly Father, and keeping the beliefs we do, second, we believe that not only do we make these promises for ourselves, but we can be proxy for those ancestors that have passed on. So the Endowment for the dead simply means that your relative is a Mormon, thats all :) If you have any other questions please feel free to email me [email protected] Amanda ------=_Part_460_1933473.1041793061418-- ______________________________ > --- End Attached Message---> --- Begin Attached Message---Ken & I would like to thank all of you for your suggestions on finding rooms for rent near Melchnau. You are ALL a great group of helpful people, and we appreciate you so much! Dianne & Ken in Texas ______________________________ > --- End Attached Message---> --- Begin Attached Message---The person that wanted information on the village of Pery, Switzerland, I have pictures and I visited there the last three years. I have a lot of information on Pery. Contact me at [email protected] Roy > --- End Attached Message--- _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!