My earlier email to the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) archivist did elicit a response and he indicated similar concerns to the ones that I had and also indicated he had expressed those concerns to Archives.com.
I'm still waiting for a response from Archives.com.
These are wonderful records, but the way they have been made available digitally does a disservice to those of us who would like to use them effectively in our research. At this point, I'm almost hesitant to blog about my findings in these records.
Color me not overly happy.
