AnnieCarvalho

OOPS! I double posted and don't know how to delete a post. Sorry.

They really need a "laugh" button on this website!

Welcome to the forum :)

It doesn't really bother me. I probably feel more safe, in fact, knowing one or more people are carrying.

Well, up until recently, people made mistakes in their genealogy because records were so difficult to obtain. Now, at ancestry.com the records are at your fingertips. I had done a lot of my own research before computers came along. I started with myself, making a tree on ancestry.com, and worked backwords, collecting the records to verify the information. I found some mistakes and was able to go back even further. I think it would be fun to try to recreate your relative's work, verifying and collecting the records. But that's me... I like things like this. Another thing is when you are working on ancestry.com you can often collect photographs and stories from distant relatives who may have those things you did not have. They will post them on their tree, and you can collect them to your tree. I have put faces to several lines of ancestors whose photos I did not have.

I take groups on the Camino Santiago each Spring, so I walk it. Before I pick up my group each year, I walk a section on my own. It's my way of training. This year I'm walking from Madrid north to Sahagun before going to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to pick up my group. I've walked that coastal route, it's beautiful but a lot of hills - biking would be nice if you're in good shape. There are inexpensive places to sleep all along the route.

I went to the Azores a few years back to visit relatives there, and found a similar thing happening. Except on one island, the space for burial was so needed, I was told that if nobody kept up a gravesite (the families are supposed to keep them up there), they would exhume the bodies and (literally) toss them over the wall into the sea. I'm not sure if that was true, and if so, I'm sure they're no longer doing it, but I laughed at the same time being horrified. lol!

Personally, I prefer ancestry.com (which is free for LDS members) to the Family Search program. There are several reasons. First, ancestry.com has resources like census records, birth and death records, immigration records, so you can validate your entries. Second, nobody can come along and change your family tree. My experience with family search has been frustrating. I knew my grandparents, great grandparents, and a couple of the great-great-grandparents personally. I have their information and know it to be true. Several times I have gotten on Family Search to find that somebody has come along and changed my information. An example is an aunt who was born a twin. The twin sister died in infancy. But in the same state was another girl with the same name born the same day, and over and over, I've had people overwrite my tree with this other person's information, which is false. She was no relation. So it's just frustrating. Third, I have sent my DNA to ancestry.com and have found numerous cousins I didn't know existed, some living quite close. It's been fun connecting to people also working on our family - hearing their stories, etc. And last, via the DNA, we have reconnected with several children who were given up for adoption as babies by various cousins and even second cousins. We've solved several mysteries and they have found their biological families. It's been pretty cool The thing is, in order to do Temple Submissions, I'm having to transfer a gedcom of my Ancestry tree to Family Search, and that's a big job. At some point in the future, I"m hoping Ancestry.com will have the Temple Information available for LDS members. I have heard a rumor that it's in the working, and I hope that's true. If you DO enjoy genealogy and are are LDS, you might give ancestry.com a try. It's very user friendly and a good way to be sure your research is supported by documentation.

You can still buy the women's one-piece garments in a couple of styles. I buy the flare legged one piece for Church or when I'm wearing a dress because you don't have to keep tucking in the top, etc. It fits looser, more like a slip - well one of them does. Works better for me in a dress. I agree in the summer they can be hot - but as someone mentioned, the mesh tops are cooler. I actually love the bottoms. I do a lot of long distance walking and find them more comfortable than standard underwear. They don't bind at the top of the legs.

I used Legacy for years, but then changed from a PC to a Mac and have lost it all. I"ve now constructed my tree on ancestry.com and I love it. If you are LDS, you get a FREE membership and it's simple to use. With that, you don't need to go to the FHC because most of the records are at your fingertips.

I use the neti pot all the time, when I'm exposed to perfumes. It works really well for me. Just be sure to use sterile water and a good quality salt. It takes some getting used to, closing off the throat in the back, but not hard once you figure it out.

It's a plain text file that can be read by most programs, and is usually used to transfer information from one program to another. In the case of ancestry.com you make a gedcom file of your tree in order to transfer it to Family Tree Maker.

I understand, MormonGator . . . not everyone does. I recently found two distant cousins who had been given up for adoption as newborns. We found each other via the ancestry.com DNA - I knew who the first one was the minute I saw her photo. The other was a mystery that took some digging, but who we finally identified. It has really been rewarding. I'm enjoy your blog, by the way. The title intrigued me. I especially liked the post where you told people not to worry if people called us too passionate about our politics/religion/hobbies, and that the world is lacking passion. It rang true.

I pretty much disagree with everything you have said. For the record, I had 3 sons in scouts, and I was a den mother, so your assumptions again are wrong. And I, like you, am finished with this conversation.

One of the things the Church encourages us to do is our genealogy. I've worked for years on mine, and also help other people with their Family Trees. Since I can't attend Church, Sunday is my day not only to read the scriptures and study, but also to do genealogy. I do indexing or work on my own Family History. Here is a blog I have started for my Family members about our ancestors, in case anyone here is interested in that sort of thing. I feel so blessed to have had so many grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents that I actually knew and spent time with. I only hope I can be such a blessing to my own grandchildren. http://ourpreciouspast.blogspot.com/ Do any of you enjoy working on genealogy?

We've discussed. I'm done.

Yes, we have LOTS of them.

For me, there is a difference between walking away and turning tail and running. Seems like I've read somewhere that we LDS folks are counselled to walk away rather than argue. I could be wrong, though.

Hello! Welcome to the forum. I've been in France several times. Two years ago, I walked from Lourdes to Spain. It's a beautiful country!

The problem is, a seeker is not trying to defend their own faith. They're questioning it and looking for someone to help them find their way. They're looking for a light out of the tunnel of darkness.

This is a really important statement. When you have been told something is true for decades, and now someone is saying something different, it's important to ask questions and get answers. I understand your need for answers and I hope you'll find someone who will patiently listen and answer what they can. The "anti" literature can rend your heart and spirit. Even if you were here to argue, there's hope. Paul persecuted Christians, and his heart was changed.

Yes, I've seen several Pentagram Stained Glass windows on churches in Spain.