[Iggy]

Soul_Searcher,
I don't believe he is correct in saying that it is each of us personally.

My two older sisters never have done any genealogy. They balk when ever I have asked them to write to the older cousins to get dates, places, etc.

My oldest sister passed nearly 5 years ago, the next older sister still refuses to help me do the work. My little sister is hording what information she has researched out. My little brother is clueless-

My oldest brother (who is 100% inactive in the church) will write if it can be in emails.

I haven't done any genealogy in 5 years. I have no room to put all of my data- they are still in the moving boxes. Thank heavens for my little brothers ex wife. She and his kids have done more work for my side of the family. The kids have done the baptisms and confirmations, her ward has done the endowments/sealings, etc.

I know in my heart of hearts that my two sisters are not going to be denied the blessings of the celestial kingdom, just because they didn't help with or do genealogy work. My Father just isn't that kind of a Father. Yours isn't either.

I also want to say that each of us has a gift or gifts. One of the sisters in my branch could only sew buttons on a garment. She just could not sew a garment or even a pillow case. She also is not a gardener. She has tried many, many times. She is a great cook, she can also can foods and put up wonderful preserves and jellies. I can do basic sewing, hemming, but I am really lousy at buttons.

As much as this church stresses being self sufficient, putting away foods, sewing our own clothes, growing our own foods- not every one can do these things successfully. I had the land for a vegetable garden, but I was fairly lousy at growing the veggies. So I encouraged members of my branch to come use my land- all I asked was that you give me 1% of your yield in payment for the lease of the land and for the water.

Misshalfway is so very correct- two thumbs up.