In a message dated 1/18/02 10:15:22 PM Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Any advice on the best way to start into the world of LDS microfilms? Can you > call your local center and tell them what you want or do you have to go in? > Can I use the LDS website to find the rolls that I would be interested in? > Any advice for a newbie would be appreciated! :) > > Grace, go to www.familysearch.org and click on Library to find the nearest > library center near you. Then go to "Record Collections" and then US or > whatever. You can search the Mormon's huge book, record, and manuscript > collections by georgraphic area OR by surname. You pick out the films you > want and take those numbers to your nearest FHC Library. They will call you > when they come in. (You can't take them out of the library.) You have about > 6 weeks to look at them before they go back to SLC. HINT: If you see > "another copy", always order that as that means the first one wasn't too > good. Or, if you see it on microFICHE, that may be cheaper at .15 a page > vs. $3.25 a film AND those fiches STAY in that center. Be sure to check > your local center's permanent fiche collection (as well as their generally > regionalized film collections) so you don't order something that is already > in their collection. The nice thing about using these films is that you are > using copies of original records instead of someone's undocumented work >