Merryl, Peter, A member of staff at the London Centre warned my a couple of weeks ago that this was a real possibility. They are unhappy at the arrangement, but have no choice. The reason given is that all the collection will go on line on Familysearch. Indeed, the majority of the Irish Registry deeds that I was going through are already there. The gaps on on Familysearch are almost identical to the films not held by the London Centre. Visitors to the London centre will then look at the records on computer instead of microfilm, but there will be no need to go there as they can be browsed and images downloaded at home. Dai Bevan, Gilbourne ONS On 10/03/2017 23:22, Merryl Wells wrote: > I don't understand the logic behind this arrangement. > > Why give the films to the Society of Genealogists whose charges are > quite high, when access was free at the London FHS? > > When I used the FHC at Luton about 20 years ago I had ordered census, > parish registers and South African material on microfilms, some for a > small amount if sent from Salt Lake City, otherwise free. > > Are all these records now available online at FamilySearch website? > > From > Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. > E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org > GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Armstrong" > <godsland@one-name.org> > To: <GOONS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 9:10 PM > Subject: [G] London Family History Centre - microfilms > > >> The permanent microfilm collection held by the London FHC (currently >> at the TNA at Kew) is to be given to the Society of Genealogists. >> This will be available at the SoG probably from 5 June this year. >> >> Film ordering from Salt Lake City for viewing at Family History >> Centers around the world is to be discontinued probably within the >> next 12 months. >> >> See this announcement for further details >> http://londonfamilyhistory.org/important-news/ >> >> Regards, >> Peter Armstrong >> >> email: godsland@one-name.org >> Godsland One Name Study >> Researching GODSLAND, GOSLAND, GOSSLAND & similar variants World Wide >> Website: http://www.godsland.co.uk >>

Is this just for London or are the LDS going to stop film ordering all over the world? If this is the case it is certainly going to hurt us severely in Australia. I was only in at the SAG looking at a film I had ordered. We don't have access a place such as the Family History Centre in Kew. Karen -----Original Message----- From: GOONS [mailto:goons-bounces+waidemar=people.net.au@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dai & Angela Bevan Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 5:59 PM To: goons@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G] London Family History Centre - microfilms Merryl, Peter, A member of staff at the London Centre warned my a couple of weeks ago that this was a real possibility. They are unhappy at the arrangement, but have no choice. The reason given is that all the collection will go on line on Familysearch. Indeed, the majority of the Irish Registry deeds that I was going through are already there. The gaps on on Familysearch are almost identical to the films not held by the London Centre. Visitors to the London centre will then look at the records on computer instead of microfilm, but there will be no need to go there as they can be browsed and images downloaded at home. Dai Bevan, Gilbourne ONS

Karen, From the notice on Peter's original link it is going to be worldwide as they are unable to source microfilm to use. If access is from home then you won't need to go anywhere. How good this will be depends on how quickly the entire collection comes on-line. Dai Gilbourne ONS On 11/03/2017 23:52, Karen Rogers wrote: > Is this just for London or are the LDS going to stop film ordering all over > the world? > If this is the case it is certainly going to hurt us severely in Australia. > I was only in at the SAG looking at a film I had ordered. We don't have > access a place such as the Family History Centre in Kew. > > Karen > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: GOONS [mailto:goons-bounces+waidemar=people.net.au@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Dai & Angela Bevan > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 5:59 PM > To: goons@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [G] London Family History Centre - microfilms > > Merryl, Peter, > > A member of staff at the London Centre warned my a couple of weeks ago that > this was a real possibility. They are unhappy at the arrangement, but have > no choice. The reason given is that all the collection will go on line on > Familysearch. Indeed, the majority of the Irish Registry deeds that I was > going through are already there. The gaps on on Familysearch are almost > identical to the films not held by the London Centre. Visitors to the > London centre will then look at the records on computer instead of > microfilm, but there will be no need to go there as they can be browsed and > images downloaded at home. > > Dai Bevan, > > Gilbourne ONS > > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb Surname List - are your interests there? > http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

This is not just about speed but permission, and whether you are a member of the LDS. A lot of Kent records went online a few years ago but ONLY at FHCs (suppossedly - didn't work at first but I think it does now), in Kent libraries and to LDS members. The rest of us cannot see them at home, you just get a message re the restriction. But seeing them online at an FHC should be quicker and cheaper than ordering film, so long as they are not overwhelmed with demand. Hopefully mostly they'll be able to get the permission and we can see them at home. Teresa On 12/03/2017 06:42, Dai & Angela Bevan wrote: > Karen, > > From the notice on Peter's original link it is going to be worldwide > as they are unable to source microfilm to use. If access is from home > then you won't need to go anywhere. How good this will be depends on > how quickly the entire collection comes on-line. > > Dai > > Gilbourne ONS > > > On 11/03/2017 23:52, Karen Rogers wrote: >> Is this just for London or are the LDS going to stop film ordering >> all over >> the world? >> If this is the case it is certainly going to hurt us severely in >> Australia. >> I was only in at the SAG looking at a film I had ordered. We don't have >> access a place such as the Family History Centre in Kew. >> >> Karen >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: GOONS >> [mailto:goons-bounces+waidemar=people.net.au@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf Of Dai & Angela Bevan >> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 5:59 PM >> To: goons@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [G] London Family History Centre - microfilms >> >> Merryl, Peter, >> >> A member of staff at the London Centre warned my a couple of weeks >> ago that >> this was a real possibility. They are unhappy at the arrangement, but >> have >> no choice. The reason given is that all the collection will go on >> line on >> Familysearch. Indeed, the majority of the Irish Registry deeds that I >> was >> going through are already there. The gaps on on Familysearch are almost >> identical to the films not held by the London Centre. Visitors to the >> London centre will then look at the records on computer instead of >> microfilm, but there will be no need to go there as they can be >> browsed and >> images downloaded at home. >> >> Dai Bevan, >> >> Gilbourne ONS --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus