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Has anyone ever been to one of the Family History Centers run by FamilySearch.org and the Church of Latter Day Saints? I've always been interested in checking it out, but I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with doing research there that they'd like to share. Thanks!
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Fri, October 14, 2005 - 6:50 AMIve never been, but Im about to order photocopies of a book that is there. I just found out I could, I thought I would have to go myself.
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Fri, October 14, 2005 - 7:52 AMI've been to Family History Centers in San Bruno, CA and Menlo Park, CA on many occasions. They have lots of records compiled on microfische that LDS researchers have collected. My view is that LDS is a good place to start -- a place where you can get leads that you can follow up and confirm other places. -
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Fri, October 14, 2005 - 11:34 AMOh I thought we were talking about going to Salt Lake City.
I do go to the Family History Center in Oakland, they are wonderful!
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Sat, October 15, 2005 - 5:06 AMThey are probably a good place to start, but I also question their information sometimes. I found a couple of lines online that were done by a LDS person that took me all the way back to the Garden of Eden. And I have seen other trees done by LDS people with birthdates that don't really match up. People way too young to be parents. -
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Sat, October 15, 2005 - 7:47 AM>They are probably a good place to start, but I also question their >information sometimes.
I agree completely. What you find there, you really need to confirm someplace else to consider it valid for your own lineage. -
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Sat, October 15, 2005 - 10:42 AMWell Im looking for something specific. There is a book they have in SLC that has county census records of McNairy County Tennessee from 1910 and they just arent anywhere else. believe me, I have checked. I have also ordered every microfilm of every court record from that county around that time.
I cant even get a response from the county itself to help me.
Barry, OF COURSE you are descended from Adam and Eve! you dont think you are a monkey do you? -
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Sat, October 15, 2005 - 10:45 AMyeap, contributions of individuals of family trees is NOT reliable. You gotta go to the source or it doesnt count.
I have done soooo much research and every line seems to go way back (except not to the garden of eden, I must be a monkey after all). but I wonder, at some point, do researchers say, well I cant find the absolutely correct ancestor, but here is one with the same name, so they must be a relation?
Well, the only ones whose names make it over time are VIPs. so how much are we assuming lineage of VIPs and how much is really accurate? oh to travel through time.
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Sat, October 15, 2005 - 2:07 PMno not monkeys. one line i found said that i was decendant from greek gods. i am a son of gods.
marcia there is also the sutro library in san francisco which is supposedly the largest genealogical library west of salt lake city. it's behind stonestown. -
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Sat, October 15, 2005 - 2:26 PMson of god, son of god, that rings a bell.
Ok, I will look into that sutro center. thanx. -
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Sat, October 15, 2005 - 2:56 PMWell, it appears that what Im looking for IS at the Sutro Library!!
I shall go there this week!!
thanks for the suggestion! -
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Sun, October 16, 2005 - 9:06 AMand you can go shopping at stonestown too.
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Sun, October 16, 2005 - 1:25 PMSutro Library rocks. I have spent many a wonderful day researching there. You'll have a wonderful time. :) -
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Sun, October 16, 2005 - 1:47 PMok, Im going tomorrow. I have to go out to SF anyway cuz Im picking up a friend at the airport. (I live in Oakland). I cant wait to check it out! -
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Sun, October 16, 2005 - 7:46 PMhow about the national archives down in san bruno? do you know about it? -
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Sun, October 16, 2005 - 9:22 PMWell Ill keep it in mind, the San Bruno place. Its just that Im looking for a particular census record that is not available through the Mormon family research centers, only in Salt Lake. Well I checked a list of where it is available and it came up as being on file at the Sutro Library.
After I get ahold of it, it will lead me to other research, so I will keep that San Bruno place as an option.
Maybe if Im lucky Ill find out that I am also descended from Greek Gods. do you know which one you are? do you have any super powers that you know of? -
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Mon, October 17, 2005 - 7:49 AMi'll send you my family history report soon but wait a minute i didn't add that line to it. i think i saved the link, let me check.
i think kaos was in there. -
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Mon, October 17, 2005 - 7:52 AM| /Living CHAOS
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Mon, October 17, 2005 - 2:27 PM>how about the national archives down in san bruno? do you know about it?
Another superb resource. I like going there first and finding all the census records for a project at one time. Then with those in hand I go to Sutro and find even more details. :) -
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Mon, October 17, 2005 - 2:44 PMand i moved from the bay area and all those great resources. now i have to find stuff in the inline empire or better yet the coachella valley. -
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Mon, October 17, 2005 - 4:03 PMyou mean you want to go further back than Greek Gods and Adam and Eve? -
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Tue, October 18, 2005 - 7:27 AMthat's only part of my story, i want to know about everyone.
i told you about the ho and pimp ancestors that i have didn't i? -
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Tue, October 18, 2005 - 9:57 AMno!! no you havent told me about the ho and pimps. please fill me in! -
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Tue, October 18, 2005 - 10:50 AMBarry represents the street. -
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Tue, October 18, 2005 - 3:44 PMYeah, Barry is EVERYTHING!! While Im just descended from a bunch of poor farmers who lived in sod houses.
Ive GOT to get back to that research center and find SOMETHING worthwhile. -
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Tue, October 18, 2005 - 4:04 PMBarry may represent the street, but I represent those rascally scions of Scottish landed gentry who couldn't keep their hands off the hired help. ;) -
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Wed, October 19, 2005 - 6:54 PMi don't know much about my scot or any of my european ancestors for that matter. all i have on them is unverified stuff that i found on ancestry.com and so on. i am 3/4 british isles and 1/4 swiss. it's the swiss side that were the pimp and ho.
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Wed, October 19, 2005 - 7:02 PMmy great grandmother and great grandfather on my mom's side were ran out of kansas and had their kids taken away from them around 1900. this was a big family secret for the longest time. in fact, i only found out about it a few years ago. the story i heard growing up was quite different. my uncle even went back to kansas and found a newspaper story about it. i think it was called pandering. not only was he pimping my great grandmother but he had another woman working with them.
i wrote a paper for a college class about them and the teacher was so impressed that he shook my hand when he handed the paper back to me. my mom would be very embarrassed if she knew i was writing papers for college about them. -
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Thu, October 20, 2005 - 5:11 PMI want to read that paper Barry....
So.. I went to the Sutro Library AND found the records I was looking for!! so now Im back on my ubersearch again. yay! -
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Thu, October 20, 2005 - 7:19 PMi don't know if i still have the first paper on file. i'll look. i think i have a later one which includes other interesting information about me, juicy info... -
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Thu, October 20, 2005 - 8:47 PM> i don't know if i still have the first paper on file. i'll look. i think i have a later one which includes other interesting information about me, juicy info...
hmmm, this tribe is gonna get categorized as Mature now... -
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Fri, October 21, 2005 - 4:14 PMwell families are not started without a little "mature" behavior. no mature behavior = no family to research.
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Sun, October 16, 2005 - 9:04 AMbut remember i am only one son of many children from many different gods.
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Mon, October 17, 2005 - 2:23 PMThanks for the info everyone, and for the info about the Sutro Library. I can't believe I haven't heard of it before.
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Tue, November 29, 2005 - 2:10 PMI live in Salt Lake and have been to the Family History Library to do research. It is well organized with a wealth of information. The staff are very friendly and more than helpful. It is a great place to go to do research and get information.
