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To: Tennessee Nana

Oh, good grief! He acts like these “treasure” records belong only to the LDS. These are public records that have been in libraries and index books for decades. Anyone can browse them online from the comfort of their easy chair from many different sites.


6 posted on 03/15/2009 2:03:51 PM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill
Oh, good grief! He acts like these “treasure” records belong only to the LDS. These are public records that have been in libraries and index books for decades. Anyone can browse them online from the comfort of their easy chair from many different sites.

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Having done some looking up of my ancestors, I have looked in the LDS Genealogical Libery and found some, and I have had to look at original records from all over to find some.

I for one am thankful that someone has taken the time, energy, and effort to go around the world and photograph as many old records as passable.

Then this film is copied and made avabile in many locations, making it easier to find folks in places I would never have had a chance to visit.

And today there is a whole new army of volunteers that type the information into a computer form that is being made avalible on line.
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

No, it belongs to all, it has just taken a lot of dedicated work to get it together in a way that all can use it.

12 posted on 03/15/2009 2:56:04 PM PDT by fproy2222
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