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Posted by: Belle ( )
Date: January 28, 2017 10:43PM
Missionaries on ancestry.com?

Does the Mormon church put its missionaries to work on ancestry.com?

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Posted by: summer ( )
Date: January 29, 2017 01:39AM
Re: Missionaries on ancestry.com?

Ancestry is a privately owned site, so no. The Mormon church currently has an agreement to do family history information sharing with Ancestry, and for this reason is able to obtain free Ancestry memberships for church members. But IIRC, the agreement is set to expire at some point.

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Posted by: Thomas $. Monson ( )
Date: January 29, 2017 10:11PM
Re: Missionaries on ancestry.com?

Technically, and in theory, you're right.

But in practice… I agree with Amyjo.

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Posted by: Amyjo ( )
Date: January 29, 2017 06:02AM
Re: Missionaries on ancestry.com?

Ancestry headquarters is in Provo, Utah, and many of its employees are LDS.

It also partners with Family Search.org that's the LDS search database.

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Posted by: Belle ( )
Date: January 29, 2017 05:47PM
Re: Missionaries on ancestry.com?

Thank you!

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Posted by: Amyjo ( )
Date: January 29, 2017 07:26PM
Re: Missionaries on ancestry.com?

When you figure many returned missionaries and current temple workers, BIC TBM fill positions at Ancestry dot com, it wouldn't surprise me in the least there is overlap between church work and genealogy in the private sector. Such as turning in names for the dead, etc.

The work must go on, is their motto!

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