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

[Rose Ingram]

Right you are Jennifer if you are referring to the IGI data (or the
Ancestral File) on the www.familysearch.org website.  The IGI is not a very
useful tool for research (except extracted English records and some German
records), but at least some clues are provided.   I believe any data on the
IGI submitted by LDS members before about 1980 or 1990 may not have been
properly researched, probably due to lack of availability of filmed records.

Data on the Pedigree Resource File also needs to be checked and/or proven.
You have probably seen that some of this data on the PRF and also on the
Rootsweb site, is repeated from old Family Tree Maker files.  :-(

As mentioned already, do your own research and prove or disprove the
information you see.

Rose  Ingram

From: "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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