Vault films are stored in the mountain vault, as the name suggests. It only matters if you are actually in the Salt Lake Library, as these films won't be on the shelves, and would have to be brought in from the Vault, so would need to be pre-ordered. If you are anywhere else in the world, it's irrelevant. Outside the US, films are held in a central distribution centre in each country. If the required film isn't available in the country (as opposed to just out at another centre), the order is passed on to Salt Lake. Whether it is actually stored in the Library or the Vault makes no difference- if they have it, they send it. Can take several weeks, as presumably they have to print a new copy. I don't know the system used in the US - I presume Salt Lake IS the national centre, so again, whether FHL or VAULT is irrelevant unless you are at the Salt Lake Library. Cathy

Cathy Here in Australia we now have to email our orders direct to Salt Lake and they in turn send the films to the centres and then we return them to a central address in Sydney and they are returned to Salt Lake, this is a new system that started in January this year. Our Society members have the option of either ordering direct on line and then they have to indicate the centre they want the films delivered to, as our Society has a licence to handle the films the members indicate the orders are to be sent to the Genealogical Society of Qld Inc. Whilst there is now a 3 month period for the order to be held, that appear to include 2 weeks allowing for delivery to and from and 2 months for the members to use the film, the system seems to be working ok from our end. Barbara Robinson Life Member GSQ BNE QLD ----- Original Message ----- From: <CathOneill@aol.com> To: <irl-galway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-GALWAY] Griffiths Index > Vault films are stored in the mountain vault, as the name suggests. > > It only matters if you are actually in the Salt Lake Library, as these > films won't be on the shelves, and would have to be brought in from the > Vault, > so would need to be pre-ordered. > > If you are anywhere else in the world, it's irrelevant. > > Outside the US, films are held in a central distribution centre in each > country. > If the required film isn't available in the country (as opposed to just > out > at another centre), the order is passed on to Salt Lake. > > Whether it is actually stored in the Library or the Vault makes no > difference- if they have it, they send it. > Can take several weeks, as presumably they have to print a new copy. > > I don't know the system used in the US - I presume Salt Lake IS the > national centre, so again, whether FHL or VAULT is irrelevant unless you > are at > the Salt Lake Library. > > Cathy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-GALWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >