To: C Lamb Have you tried Facebook at Facebook.com? I have a friend who has found about 10 relatives on Facebook plus photos, and he also uses it to post his...
So far some of the best responses have been from the message board, I have gotten answers years after posting. White pages mostly help locate a persons...
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singhals
singhals@...
Aug 19, 2011 2:16 pm
When I did my letter-writing campaign, I mailed 50 letters with an SASE enclosed. I received 4 replies, which accumulated to one contact; the other three were...
I did my letter-writing campaign back in the late 80's. I was looking for more information on my great-grandfather, and I used the dreaded Halbert's book I...
A lot of those in New.familysearch could be old and no longer contactable. Like you say many do not want to be contacted just look at the junk or spam mail...
Have you tried Ancestry.com? You can't search for living people there, but you can search for an ancestor. If you find that ancestor, the person who...
Yes there is a round the way to search for the living by way of Obits. They list many of the family members. Even if you do not get enough information...
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Tom Kemp
thomas.j.kemp@...
Aug 19, 2011 5:57 pm
Re: Getting responses from e-mail to nFS submitters I am getting & receiving plenty of e-mail from other nFS submitters. Just today I heard from a person re:...
... Hi folks, I endorse Tom's comments, my success with NFS emails has been 100 percent, when I have written a clear intent note. I appreciate folks indicating...
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singhals
singhals@...
Aug 20, 2011 2:24 pm
... My experience with the whatchamacallems (forums, interest groups, chatrooms, whatever) at familysearch was, at best, neutral. I posted a note one of my...
Thanks it is good to know the members are alive and well and busy searching for their ancestors. Paul ________________________________ From: singhals...
I am encouraged by the success y'all have had with emailing relatives and possible relatives in new FamilySearch. I think I will attempt to email again....
... From: "singhals"; <singhals@...> ... However we have to be careful to not let these single occurrences color our opinion. I remember reading once of...
I recall at some point in the past the Church created a "sandbox" where one could work with nFS on a copy of the database. Does that still exist, and if so,...
Gary, During the quarterly release cycles of nFS, a beta version of nFS was made available to test the new release before it became public. The beta used old ...
Perfect. That site will do the job. Gary ... From: "Bill Buchanan" <genealogistbuchanan@...> To: <FHCNET@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011...
I recall reading about the changes in terminology but if someone could point me to the official statement regarding the status of the term "Family History...
Check here https://www.familysearch.org/help/viewdocument?documentId=help-chelpfamilyhistorycentershtml&sliceId=&userQuery=familysearch+center Miles Meyer ... ...
Gary, The following is a copy of the email sent to this list on Feb. 22 by Lance McIntosh, director of US Family History Center operations: Family History...
Thank you. That is the one I was remembering. Gary. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ... From: BlueJayW@... Sender: FHCNET@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 21 Aug...
FamilySearch Centers also include more than 150 affiliate libraries throughout the world. These affiliates are mostly public libraries, university libraries,...
Online film ordering was turned on today in our area. I went to the website and ordered a film for myself. I had to set my default FHC, so I did that (had to...
Thank you for calling we want to be of help and now they should have your email address and will be able to send you documents that may help you also. Paul...
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Dee Ziegler
dee.ziegler@...
Aug 24, 2011 11:35 pm
** ... https://www.familysearch.org/node/1264 lists areas that now have online film ordering...and "soon" ==== ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Thanks for the link. Good to know we will be getting in about a month, but it seems like there should be some kind of official notification through the...
All Family History Center Directors will be receiving email through their LDSmail. If they have been using their LDS mail it will be active but if not they...
Thanks. I am receiving e-mail from the LDS account - received one today. But still no official e-mail about the online ordering which appears to be scheduled...
We received an email yesterday notifying us that online ordering will be turned on for us on 21 September 2011. Also included were links to instructions to...
