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Rootsweb Family Tree Information - Confused

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Half

Half Report 19 Aug 2005 08:28

Hi Many many thanks for your help. I had an idea it was what both of you said but at 2 o'clock in the morning my brain wasn't at its best. I really should start going to bed earlier LOL Again thanks Lil

Heather

Heather Report 19 Aug 2005 08:10

Hi, it looks like another member of your tribe is/was a mormon and has added your chap to be baptised into 'the faith'.

Muriel

Muriel Report 19 Aug 2005 04:09

The IGI records contain the Mormon church baptism, sealing and endowments. These are only of use to Mormons. The IGI did not start out as an index for genealogists and it is only by the goodwill of the LDS church that they have been made available. For the general searcher the thing to remember is that the IGI is simply an index. When you have found what you think is a family record you go down and click on the batch number. The batch number begins with a code. C,Kor J are taken from baptismal registers, M or E are from a marriage register and P are from printed copy. All numerical codes and those beginning with A or F are church (Mormon) submissions and should be treated with some caution, mainly because of the early methods of indexing. On the family search page you should always go to the source link. It will take you to another screen and tell you the source of the entry. I am not an authority on the subject but have found my way around the program by trial and error. A tip, if you know where your ancestor was born do a google search for IGI Batch numbers for that place and you will get pages of batch and dates and can browse through them at your leisure. Hope this helps. Muriel

Half

Half Report 19 Aug 2005 02:32

I have gone onto the Family Tree page of Rootsweb and found the following information for my paternal g grandfather: ID Joshua Rooney Surname: Rooney Given Name: Joshua Sex: M Birth: 1888 in Egremont, Cumberland, England Death: 22 Feb 1943 LDS Baptism: 7 Nov 1998 Temple: PROVO Endowment: 26 Feb 2003 Temple: PROVO Sealing Child: status CLEARED Change Date: 15 Apr 2003 at 02.00.00 Can someone please explain the LDS Baptism etc as I know his dob and death dates are correct but I don't understand the rest of it. Regards Lil