Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-04

Church school centers. Yet oftentInes
,nese very saints are most eager to get
lt tnelr temple work. and to do some
thing Tor the redemption OF their faith
III mouse What can such saints do2
And now can they secure the advan
taGes OF this society when living so
lar away First. let such take ont 4
membership In the society This VIII
cost two dollars the FIRST year. and
one dollar year thereafter unless they
eject 10 take out Il life mefnbershin
which is SO. no dues being expected
OF them after that. Then. let such a
seeker write To the society," giving all
the information possible. and ask to
nave his work taken up The charges
OF the society for such research work
are AZ cents an hour to members and 30
cents to non members.
III may be objected that this will cost
considerable. Do you think we Will get
any good thing in this world cheaply?
lt is quite the contrary as IL matter OF
lact The charges of genealogists in
me world are all the way from 50 to
$40 day, with all travelling expenses
added. Tho charges of our agents an,
very reasonable, within the reach of all,
and they Know exactly what the saints
want and how to get IL. Suppose they
can lind but little of the seekers direct
line In our library books, what then?
IL is permitted for such to get all names
OF the associate families that are found
IN the same shire or county For in
stance The Youngs are scattered over
all England and America But tho
Dung Family association secures such
Wherever found. having first obtained
permission thus to do from the prcsi-
dents of temples.
Look at this matter from another
viewpoint: Suppose that Il seeker
wants to get information about his pro-
4enitors He raises money to make a
visit to this city, or even more expens-
i've he raises sufficient to go east or to
Europe. When he arrives at his destina-
ton he is Ignorant OF the first princi-
pies OF Senealogy. and he wastes days,
weeks. perhaps months. trying to search
out his line in the one small parish
where his folks came from. No one
tells hIm. for he asks no one that he
should first visit one OF the great CEN
tral genealogical libraries of Europe or
America. and thus he wanders about
getting finally discouraged and coming
hoIno with few scattered names, when
he might, with the same expenditure of
money have obtained thousands. per-
hapS tens of thousands of his progeni-
tors. Again: There are many saints
especially men. who cannot afford time
TO rollow up their gcncalogles: to such,
whether they live In this city or in
Mexico, our society offers a boon in
deed. for they have trained gcnealo-
gists who are able and willing, for a
very small wage, to take up any fam
lily ard to get out all such information
into proper and correct family temple
records. Think of what that means to
our people; it is no longer true that we
have no facilities, no information no
help. We have all that is possible in
this, under our present circumstances,
TO make the getting out of our gene
2logieS a pleasant and easy task If
we have time and opportunity. we can
learn the art of genealogy for ourselves
and put 1t into active practise. II we
have not time, We can hire, at the most
moderate cost. others who are skilled to
do this work for us, SO we arc left
without excuse.
Tho last advantage named i'm this
count is perhaps the greatest, although
1t Is the most subtle and spiritual 1t
is, that even If we get no genealogical
returns ourselves. We are still doing n
great and mighty work If we Give
of our means, not grudglngly, not
stingily. to those who can thus secure
their family lines. Is it sufficient that
a man shall refuse to help build tenn,
pie because he himself may never en-
ter therein? What about his family
his descendants? And, above all. what
about tho reward he earns through such
an unselilsh and spiritual gift? 1t Is a
miser who gives always that he may
reap all the benefit. Angels give whcro