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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (60)	3/11/2004 11:17:45 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 443

Yes, indeed. The Mormon church is very active in geneology and has an entire building (at least) devoted to it in Salt Lake. I've been to that building. I believe the interest in geneology stems from the belief that one will greet his family in heaven. I noticed a lot of discussion about geneology on other forums I'm following and, since I couldn't find an existing sI forum on the subject, I decided to start one. Thanks for the new link. I'll add it. Message #60 from Ann Corrigan at Mar 11, 2004 10:28 PM Congratulations--first time I've seen a Genealogy forum at SI. The Mormons website has a searchable database of numerous church records from around the world. Evidently it's a tenet of their religion for members to research their family; so they microfilmed extensive global church records & made them available for everyone. The site is: www.familysearch.org

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (60)	4/16/2004 9:28:43 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 443

The Mormons have done a great job collecting records, BUT some of their earlier family records are in error. The info is only as good as the people who put it in, and earlier, some of the folks were not checking every single little fact before they published the material. I use nearly every record I find as a clue, not as a "fact" unless the record is a basic record, like birth or death certificate...(even then, I have found a couple of death certificates wrong...usually on the mothers last name spelling) Documentation is really important, if the result is going to mean anything.