Almost always the reason for non-circulating films is because the original, held by Salt Lake City has a copyright or some other restriction placed on it by the owner/author. The LDS buys commercial microfilm, as any of us can do, which has a copyright on it. So they are permitted to use it is their library at SLC, as any library can, but are not permitted to copy it for sending out to the FHC's. They only ever circulate copies of films and fiche, never their originals or the master copies. So any restriction on copying films inevitably means that the FHC will never get it sent to them. The same goes for books they hold at SLC, most are under copyright and have never been filmed. Books are never sent to FHCs because they are the master copies in this case. However if they do hold a book, especially an old book which you would especially like to see, it is well worth putting in a request to have it filmed. You have to wait 6 months or even a year but they do copy it if they can, eventually, and if they can get a copyright release from the owner. Some people who have submitted material place restrictions on copying but later reneg. An example of a restricted film/fiche is all the birth deaths and marriage indexes from New Zealand. It is the NZ Govt which holds the copyright on that. Kae Lewis On Nov 5, 2006, at 4:29 PM, irl-cork-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > From: KaySlainte@aol.com > Date: November 5, 2006 4:29:39 PM EST > To: irl-cork@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: researching in Ireland/ LDS REcords > Reply-To: irl-cork@rootsweb.com > > > Hi Padraig, > I starting looking through some of the films for non-circulation > but haven't > found any yet. I'll be in the library tomorrow and give it another > try. > > While looking, out of appox. 60 books on the famine, only about 3 > were filmed > and those were about the historical change in population, family and > community. Any info about specific townlands, individuals, and > clearances etc. is > available in book form at SLCity and not filmed. No reason! > > Kay >