I can’t believe the way you misrepresent things. If you are ordering a whole microfilm — which can contain hundreds of pages — then $5.50 would probably just cover the cost.
All the stuff on the website, including the census, is free. The Church doesn’t make money on its genealogy work, although it spends a lot of money on it. The library is free.
Yes, the Church tried to protect “Family Search” from a commercial encroachment. So what? They had established the website and spent millions developing it.
Church members have also done millions of hours of free work inputting data from public records, so that others can access it for free. All of the data on ellisislandrecords.org was put into searchable form by Mormon volunteers. Mormon volunteers have been working on inputting other records, like the Freedmen’s Bank, so that other people can search it.
You can snipe all you want, but all it does is reveal your irrational, hateful obsession with putting down Mormons.
All the stuff on the website, including the census, is free.
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AMuch of the stuff on the website, is lists of microfilms...
The actual good stuff is not there...
Just the unsubstantiated stuff..
The census stuff can be got elsewhere..
Any library has the same..
It appears that more and more the LDS are not the only kids on the block...
Serious genealogists dont use them...
And BTW
No, I’m not the one that is obsessed with Joey Smith and his home made religion...
Just wondering.
Church members have also done millions of hours of free work inputting data from public records, so that others can access it for free.
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CVhurch members just hand in lists of unsubstantiated names...
The LDS do not check them for accuracy...
Most historical societies and groups wont allow the LDS so called research to be used as proof of ancestry for membership
That ought to tell you something about the level of trust that is lacking...
If you are ordering a whole microfilm — which can contain hundreds of pages — then $5.50 would probably just cover the cost.
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For just one name, which may or may not be there...
Then if there’s 10 microfilms, which does one look at ???
all 10 ???
$55.000
Then if there are 10 names one needs to research...
That’s 100 microfilms....
That’s $550.00...
As a “genealogist”, you see the problem ???
Budgeting the funds needed...
Why bother helping the Morg get rich when the info is out there elsewhere..
and properly sourced
and free ???