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Conference tecrus::mormonism

Title:The Glory of God is Intelligence.
Moderator:BSS::RONEY
Created:Thu Jan 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Apr 25 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:460
Total number of notes:6198

454.0. "In Search Of..." by CSC32::J_CHRISTIE (Crossfire) Fri Sep 16 1994 21:06

I'm looking for an old friend.  I know this is a long shot, but allow me
this small attempt to locate her.

I'm looking for a woman last known to live in Phoenix area, perhaps
Tempe or Glendale.

She is very fair, blue eyes and her birthday is June 16th.

Her maiden name was Dianne Christensen (this is the correct spelling).
She became Dianne Brimhall when she married Don Brimhall.

She attended Phoenix College in the late 1960s (1966? 1967?).

Oh yeah, she's a Mormon.

Richard

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454.1FWIWFRETZ::HEISERGrace changes everythingMon Sep 19 1994 19:411
    They're not in the Phoenix phonebook.
454.2Thanks, anywayCSC32::J_CHRISTIECrossfireMon Sep 19 1994 21:0012
Thanks for trying.
    
Genuinely.

I guess I was hoping that a Mormon reader in the vicinity would know how
to look someone up through church resources.

I'd always heard that the most thorough geneological records in the U.S.
are kept by the Mormons in Mesa.

Richard
    
454.3Do you have any more information?QUIMBY::NEWCOMBMon Sep 26 1994 15:0425
Richard,
	The Church as a whole has been tightening down on distributing phone 
	numbers and addresses of Church members to the general public and even
	to Church members. Not everyone searching for such information has good 
	intentions and Church members have a right to privacy just like everyone 
	else. I am a member and live in the Phoenix area, but am left to pretty 
	much the same resources as everyone else - the phone book, my own contacts,
	etc... 

	Brimhall and Christensen are both common last names among LDS members in
	the Phoenix area. If she grew up in the Phoenix area and you knew her parents 
	names that might help. If you knew of a mutual friend's name that might help.

	Yes, the Church probably has the most complete genealogical records, but 
	I've never heard of locating someone living that way. The records are for
	tracing our ancestry, i.e. those who are dead. Then again, I am not that
	familiar with what kind of information is available in the genealogical
	records.

	I'm not sure how many Digital employees are left in the Phoenix area
	that are LDS. I don't think there are many left so your resources are
	few and far between.

	Hope this helps,
	Janelle
454.4A little more informationCSC32::J_CHRISTIECrossfireTue Sep 27 1994 14:2233
    .3
    
    I'm missing part of your message on my screen.  It overlaps on the right
    margin.
    
    I have the best of intentions, but I can understand the hesitancy.
    
    I would be happy if Dianne were contacted and given information to
    contact me:
    
    Richard Jones-Christie  (She'll remember me as Richard Christie)
    3614 Anemone Circle
    Colorado Springs, CO 80918
    719-594-4935
    
    I used to know Dianne's parents' names.  I used to know her sisters'
    names.  It's been nearly thirty years.  These names have sunk into the
    deepest recesses of my memory, which was not too sharp to begin with.
    
    Her parents lived in Glendale when we were attending Phoenix College.
    We were both fine art majors.
    
    Dianne and I had a mutual friend, another Mormon, named Sharon (with
    whom I corresponded with during her college years in Heber, AZ).  I
    don't remember Sharon's maiden name, but I remember she married a man
    named Sterling Bigler.  As I recall, both Sharon's maiden name and
    married name were also fairly common in the Mormon community.
    
    Don't know if these clues will help any.  Thank you for your interest.
    
    Bless you,
    Richard
    
454.5Look in note 3.35 of this conference for more informationQUIMBY::NEWCOMBTue Oct 04 1994 19:010