baptism and endowments survived and the records extraction process was bom."34 The idea, which was a break with the tradition that the individual member must "do this", was presented to President Hugh B. Brown. After discussion among the rest ofthe First Presidency approval was given for the extraction program to commence. This took place in 1961. The extraction program was so successful that apparently members of the Church no longer felt the urgency to submit names to the temple. Of this concern Brother Fudge reported: In 1976, Elder [Boyd K] Packer was very desirous of having the members be more and more involved in genealogy. So in one of our meetings one day, at the end ofthe meeting I went up to him and said You know there is a possibility we could take this extraction program to the stakes.' And he said That's inspired.' We then began to move out to get ready to do that in the end of 77. President Tanner and the First Presidency approved that we proceed in an orderly manner.35 It was finally determined that the St. George and St. George East stakes would be the pilot areas for the new program. On 24 February 1977, George H. Fudge, Rolf Magnusson, and Noel Barton of the genealogical department, met with the stake leaders and outlined the extraction program. Requirements were outlined and explained as follows; 1. The stakes would purchase the necessary film reading machines. 2. Space would be provided for the program. 3. A survey would be taken to determine language capabilities other than English. 4. Those selected to help would be given aptitude tests. 5- Stake presidents would call people to work at least twelve hours per week. 6. Those called would first pass a proficiency test and then begin to extract. 7. The genealogical department would assign the films, coordinate the project, and input the extracted data into the computer. 8. All names resulting from the project would be sent to the St. George Temple.36 The program was a success and by October 1977, it was decided to expand into other stakes. George Durrant, director of the Priesthood Genealogy Division reported; "Noel Barton is heading the extraction program which has been accepted by the Brethren to become a Church wide program. Noel and his people are working on that. They are developing training materials to teach the members ofthe stakes how to do this work. We have much to do in this area prior to the first ofthe year. I hope we will be ready to implement the program Church wide by January. That is our assignment."37 Elder Thomas Fyans, the Executive Director of the Genealogical Department, gave a graphic talk in the October 1978, General Conference 218