Microfilms go digital on Familysearch site
Posted: 02 Dec 2015 12:33
Microfilms go digital
FamilySearch's extensive library of microfilms are going digital.
Family historians have millions of reasons to be grateful for the work of FamilySearch, including its indexes and Family History Centres.
A growing number of the records that it held previously only on microfilm have been digitised by FamilySearch.
It is easy to discover the English collections available in the new format: https://familysearch.org/search/collect ... on/1986340.
You need to click the "Show all 54 Collections" button on that page to unfold the list of indexed records. For some sources, leads point to other sites which, unlike FamilySearch itself, may charge for information.
Newly digitised records will be added all the time, so it’s best to check back frequently.
A recent article at FamilySearch Blog - https://familysearch.org/blog/en/news-f ... -computer/ gives further details about how the free online image service is being extended, both in quantity and quality.
FamilySearch's extensive library of microfilms are going digital.
Family historians have millions of reasons to be grateful for the work of FamilySearch, including its indexes and Family History Centres.
A growing number of the records that it held previously only on microfilm have been digitised by FamilySearch.
It is easy to discover the English collections available in the new format: https://familysearch.org/search/collect ... on/1986340.
You need to click the "Show all 54 Collections" button on that page to unfold the list of indexed records. For some sources, leads point to other sites which, unlike FamilySearch itself, may charge for information.
Newly digitised records will be added all the time, so it’s best to check back frequently.
A recent article at FamilySearch Blog - https://familysearch.org/blog/en/news-f ... -computer/ gives further details about how the free online image service is being extended, both in quantity and quality.