I am working on my genealogy, and I found a good genealogy website that happens to be owned by members of LDS. I typed in my great grandfather's name, and found some records pertaining to him. It had a note that the information had been submitted by a Mormon.
Now, my question is, why would a Mormon be interested in my great grandfather? None of his descendants are Mormons.
2007-07-26 00:21:40 · 9 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think it's because the Mormons believe that if they have the names of everyone in the world, they can be "saved". Their genealogy work is immense, as is their "gene bank" under a mountain. But please check the correctness of the information you get from them. It is not always accurate.
2007-07-26 00:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There is a difference between finding an ancestor on Family Search and having temple work done for that person. The Church collects information from all over the world. They copy it and put it on film. The film is available to any one, member or not. These records are now being indexed and will soon be available on line. Half of all the people using information are non-members.
Church members use information to do sacred ordinances for the dead in temples. If the person was born in the past 95 years, the work should only be done by an immediate family member.
2007-07-28 18:00:12 · answer #2 · answered by Isolde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mormons are very interested in Genealogy. This is for several reasons.
1. We believe in eternal families. The family unit is essential.
2. We believe that individuals who died without knowledge of the true gospel, will have the opportunity to learn and accept it, if they choose, in the next life. Genealogy plays a role in this process.
2007-07-29 23:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by Ender 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "mormon" in question may actually be related. Can you honestly say you know every single relative of your great grandfather's? However, the more likely answer is simply that Mormon's gather all the info on genealogy they can so that it is easier for other mormons to find their ancestors. In doing so they only stick to people they know have mormon descendants, because there is not way of knowing for sure.
2007-07-27 14:54:40 · answer #4 · answered by friendlyexmo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First off just because your grandfathers name and some information is in the geneological library doesn't mean he has been baptised Mormon by proxy as some posters have insinuated..
Names and information enter the geneology library from many different sources.. Census records become public domain after a certain number of years meaning anyone can request the records pay the fee and obtain them.. Names, birthplaces, number of children, ages of children, spouses names, etc are found on census records.. The LDS geneology library requests census records from all over the world all the time.. When a request of this sort is made often the name of the submitter linked to the data is the name of the worker who requested the information or the one who actually put it into the library system upon it's arrival.. There are 1000's and 1000's of pages with my grandfathers name as the submitter because he is the one who ordered the original census records when they became public domain..
Other information comes from photographed Catholic (primarily) records of christinings, deaths, etc. he LDS church was given access to a lot of these records in the 1940's 50's and 60's... So the records that were deteriorating could be preserved in photos.. The same applys the submitters name is the name of the worker who intigrated the data into the geneological libraries system. or possibly the photographers name...
Other data arrives through graveyard cataloging meaning someone walks the lanes at a graveyard collecting the gravemarker data then submits it... There was a big push for this in the 1970's as many gravemarkers were deteriorating quickly with information in iminant danger of being lost forever..
Other information is collected from other public domain records, land purchase records, newspaper obituaries, old court house records, cattle and live stock purchase records etc.
Many records enter the Mormon geneological library from nonmember sources as well.. Since the Mormon geneological library is know around the world as one of the most extensive sources of geneological records many geneologists submit records to be included in the library even non mormons.. The Mormon geneological library keeps the records in a climate controled facility hollowed out of a mountain to deter deterioration.. When a new form of data storage enters the market records are recopied over to it.. Paper to microfilm and microfisch... Microfilm and microfisch to CD's... CD's tp the storage system of the future when the time comes.. It's a constant battle to keep the records from deteriorating so they are available for future generations use..
If you are really concerned about how the records came to be there write to the library giving them extensive info on your grandfathers data they may be able to backtrack it to the original sourse and let you know exactly what that is.. whether it is a public domain record, or graveyard data etc. In some instances the original submitter has agreed to contact and you can talk with them and learn exactly where they got the data which can lead you to more data.. For instance if the data is from a photographed Catholic record... searching for 10 years before and 10 years after your grandfathers information in the same churches records could lead to finding siblings cousins etc... If it's a census record his family might be listed if the infor is from when he was a child, his children might be listed if the record is from that time in his life.. etc...
Geneology can be really interesting... The Mormon geneological library is a great source for finding data especially now that computarization has led to nearly instantanious cross referencing of records..
2007-07-26 08:35:08 · answer #5 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Could be a cousin who submitted the information - either yours or his! OR someone else in the descendants who has joined the Church over more recent years.
The proselyting and Gospel sharing message in the church is quite active, as we share our blessings with others as regularly as occasion would permit.
Either way, somebody along the way has either submitted it, or given permission for it to be submitted.
Also, the Church's genealogy program helps government and libraries with their information, as the Church's are the Best in the world
2007-07-26 07:43:01 · answer #6 · answered by dr c 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
did you ask that Mormon? He/she might be related to you? I believe they have a way for you to contact that person? although it's been about a year since I have been on the website I think you are on.
D
2007-07-26 16:00:57 · answer #7 · answered by Dionysus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mormons are interested in everybody that ever lived. All that ever existed are extremely valuable to God, as they tell me. I have Mormon relatives.
2007-07-26 13:02:41 · answer #8 · answered by Brigid O' Somebody 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They do genealogy for everyone....they believe that they can baptize the dead with stand in"s. ya it's strange.
2007-07-26 07:29:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋