A debate on this subject should not be held on this list, but I do need to make one comment. Yes, the Ancestral File is what is referred to below. However, if you find the name of the person you are researching in the IGI section, look to see where it came from. If it is an extracted record, then it came from actual church/civil records. Ruth Cherecwich In a message dated 3/16/2004 4:46:29 PM Mountain Standard Time, LAFinken@aol.com writes: Some of the LDS information submitted by members was done about 30 years ago when the Church asked members to try to submit their first 4 generations. Many submitted more if they had it. Some of the members were extremely enthusiastic and submitted what they had been told by their families. Most of our members had NO idea there would be anything like the Internet or Personal Computers or even sites such as this nor that many many others who are not members would ever even see what was submitted!!!