[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Church Records of Latter Day Saints

[Jennifer K. Walker]

I have found the records of the Mormon Church/Latter Day Saints to be full
of errors.  I have checked and rechecked much of the information that is
there, and ultimately have concluded that, as far as my research is
concerned, their records are not reliable.

I discussed this with a distant cousin of mine who was also researching our
family, after she converted to the Mormon Church.  She made the point that
new converts MUST research their family in order to become members (in an
effort to pray for all those who have died previously, so that they can be
brought into Heaven.)  As a result many of those who have submitted their
records have done so hastily and without much scrutiny of the records.  It
is these records which are maintained by the church.

Jennifer Walker
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 22:48:57 -0400
From: "Ray Bloch" <rbloch at columbus.rr.com>
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Article in WSJ
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To all members:

June 22, 2006 in the Wall Street Journal, Page D1

Article entitled:  "New Ways to Dig For Your Roots Online"

In the third paragraph it states the following:

"In recent months, FamilySearch.org, a free site sponsored by the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, has been expanding its collection of
birth, marriage, death, census and other records.  It has also begun a
massive project to digitize billions of records previously avilable only on
microfilm, particularly civil, church and local records.  It plans to make
those available online beginning early next year."

I thought this might be of interest for those of us who have spent time
waiting for microfilms to arrive at our local Family History Centers.  This
technology will allow us the ability to scour the records in the Family
History Library from our computers at home.

Ray Bloch