Why Closed?

(Ancestry.com) in relation to Your Content Rights "Statement"

We collect Personal Information through content you voluntarily contribute to the Services, including family trees, photos, audio/video recordings, stories, record annotations, comments, messages, and feedback provided to Ancestry.

(FamilySearch.org) in relation to Your Content Rights "Statement"

We process personal data for ecclesiastical, genealogy, humanitarian, social welfare, missionary, teaching, and other operational and administrative purposes. We use personal data to provide ecclesiastical and other related services to fulfill the mission of the Church. We may use and analyze personal data (including data about how you use our tools and services) to (a) contact you or others, (b) create and maintain membership records, (c) fulfill requests you make, (d) seek your voluntary feedback, (e) customize or personalize features or content on our tools or services, (f) evaluate eligibility to participate in temple and other ordinances, missionary service, volunteer or leadership positions, or (g) administer Church religious education, welfare, or other Church programs. In this context, the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is either the necessity to perform contractual and other obligations that we have towards you or carrying out of our legitimate activities as a church. We may also use your data to comply with applicable laws and exercise legal rights as the basis for our data processing. We may also use your personal data for internal purposes, including auditing, data analysis, system troubleshooting, and research. In these cases, we base our processing on legitimate interests in performing the activities of the Church.

Ancestry.com is the result of a couple different company mergers/acquisitions that had nothing to do with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. By the time the actual site came into existence, some of the founders were Latter-day Saints, but the company was not owned or operated by the Church. The company was founded in 1983.

“caveat emptor”

I can thusly answer no further questions for any reason as it relates to my ancestors in the United States, Ireland, Scotland and beyond.  Additionally I would caution taking what you find on ANY website and believing it to be true.  The vast majority folks that are what i call a "passersby" are really hobbyist at best when trying to locate a single reference to the fact they claim.  So you want references but not the actual documents written at the time of the event.

I almost can fully guarantee you have heraldry of your family's sworn enemies hanging on your wall, your shirt and stein alike.

à dieu vous commant