Saturday, April 5, 2014

Another Lesson Learned

One of our members related a story that should remind all of us to check carefully before requesting film from Family Search. She ordered a film (after finding a record on Family Search) by looking up the film number listed on the record. This was a great idea: there might be other family members on that same film. The film arrived; she spent several hours reading and photographing records on the film. As she was leaving the Family History Center, one of the volunteers asked whether she knew that film was available online! And it was...And it is easier to read and copy records from the computer than the microfilm.


When you look for a film in the catalog, be sure to scroll the entire page. If the film is available online, that will be indicated in red. Clicking there will take you directly to the online database, generally Family Search. If the database is somewhere else, the link will appear in blue.

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