From: tickettyboo@mail2oops.com   
      
   On 2018-04-17 09:59:01 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) said:   
      
   > [Incidentally: is there any - other than the moral aspect that   
   > otherwise you're taking without giving - pressure on participants to   
   > join LDS, or even to have any particular religion? I must admit that   
   > the fear of that _is_ one of the reasons I'm nervous about   
   > FamilySearch, though I freely concede that I have never experienced any   
   > such pressure, either when using the website or - some decades ago -   
   > visiting a Family Research Centre.]   
      
   I have used LDS Family  History Centres in a fair few countries over   
   the years. I am not a church member. Each time I have to go to a new   
   one I ring them, politely ask if I may come and use their facilities   
   and say I am not a church member. I am always met with 'We'd be pleased   
   to see you' Not once, in all the years I have visited have I ever come   
   across any pressure, any mention of religion., but I HAVE come across   
   lots of lovely people who are really helpful and have made me feel very   
   welcome.   
      
   I have done some ( but not a lot) of what they call indexing -   
   transcriptions for their databases, as I feel I should payback a   
   little. Though my view , which seems to make sense to them when I have   
   discussed it,  is that I'd rather do transcribing for projects like   
   FreeREG (which I also have done) as they actively encourage   
   transcribers to transcribe the entire record - notes and all, not just   
   the names and dates which the LDS seem to prefer.   
      
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