You are only using a small part of what the LDS have....
From what you have said, you have searched the LDS databases like Ancestral File and Pedegree Resource File - and a few indexed censuses. That can be done through the internet, or at a FHC library computer.
There are also MILLIONS of records that have been microfilmed, but the information has not yet been seperately indexed or anything like that. You go to a FHC library, look on Microfiche to find out the Microfilm number of the types of records you want to look up in your area. (You can also get the film number online...) - You order the Microfilm at the center, and pay a few dollars. (Not sure of the exact cost... but it is minimal.) A few weeks later, the Microfilm comes to the FHC library. You then use a Microfilm reader there, and search the records until you find (or don't find) what you are looking for. Many of the FHC's have a Microfilm-copier machine so you can get a photocopy type page of the record. You are looking at actual photograph type copies of the ORIGINAL records - what you would see if you went to that records office in whatever country and saw the originals... if you were even allowed to.
The LDS church has been full-time filming original documents for decades and decades. Info I've just grabbed from the website about the collection...
"The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 742,000 microfiche; 310,000 books, serials, and other formats; 4,500 periodicals; 700 electronic resources."
"• In 2003, the collection increased monthly by an average of 4,100 rolls of film, 700 books, and 16 electronic resources."
For more info...
To find the nearest center...
To find films you can access the Catalog.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
WELCOME to a whole NEW WORLD of Genealogy!
Heather
On 4/14/05, Carol Wait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ruth Ann,
The LDS was the first place that I looked for my ancestors and guess
what!, they aren't in the data base. I did find one grandfather there
and the information regarding him was incorrect. I found a sight that
gave the web site that the Govt. of Norway and the University of Bergen
have on line and was able to trace my family through the census records
etc. that I found there. I found that information we already had about
my grandfather and his brother was incorrect. I did find cousins etc.
in Norway and found their information online. They have very good
sourcing so I was able to check these out myself as these records are
online, although some of it was in French and made it difficult as I
don't speak or read French, my husband took some French and was able to
help me out. The LDS is good, if the information is given to them in
the first place, and if it is correct. After I had found cousins
websites and got their information I was able to find them in the LDS
files, but by then I didn't need them. My mother's family is there with
3 or 4 names, and the information on these people is incorrect. That's
why I search everywhere. Once Ireland, Scotland and England gets more
of the church records etc. online it will be easier to find her family.
One must also know which church to look for, I had no idea which church
they belonged to. There are a lot of churches in Belfast. The Canadian
Immigration records show one great grandfather as catholic, his son
protestant. The religion changed a lot I'm sure because of all the wars
in Ireland over religion. One took the religion which would keep them
and their family safe.
Anyway we all do the best we can, so I just intend to do what I can and
enjoy it. I guess I can't say that my family wasn't on the LDS data
base as there were a few, and the census record was there, but only one
grandparent and one greatgrand father showed up on that census. Can't
figure that one out....
Carol
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> And I wonder why you think your only choices are the internet and
> actual travel to the areas of interest. A wide variety of European
> records (church records, censuses, etc.) are available on microfilm
> from the LDS and require travel no further than your nearest LDS
> Family History Center. Such microfilms *are* the legitimate sources -
> no one would expect you to handle the original church books, for
> example, and you probably wouldn't be allowed to in most cases.
>
> Ruth Ann
>
> Carol Wait wrote:
>
>> I have almost 8,000 names on my tree. I have been able to verify
>> most of them on the internet. Luckily I know relatives in Norway
>> that can help. I don't know how I will get to England, Ireland,
>> Scotland, the Orkeney's, and Europe to go to each and every place to
>> get the legitimate proof. I don't have the money and maybe at my age
>> not the time. Therefore I will depend on the internet for what I do
>> get, hopefully someone in the future who has more money than I, will
>> be able to go to these countries for the legitimate sources. I am
>> not interested in one-upmanship, one name has led me to another which
>> leads to another etc., I do love the history etc. that goes along
>> with my research.
>> Carol
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