Ah , that would explain why I'd briefly get an 'image' as the page opened but would then blank out as no image available. Pity. ----- Original Message ----- From: <anders@kent.net> To: <reenee_tree@yahoo.com>; <kent-eng@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [KENT-ENG] Family Search > The Kent records in the Browse area of the Family Search Site can only be > accessed through the Family History Centers. A blocking text comes up on > the screen to prevent viewing of the image. > > > Brian > > > > Sent from Windows Mail > > > > From: reenee_tree@yahoo.com > Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎October‎ ‎31‎, ‎2013 ‎9‎:‎26‎ ‎AM > To: KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com > > Regarding the microfilmed Kent records that are available through The > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Anyone can access those > records, you do not have to be a member of the church. Go to > https://familysearch.org/ and then select "search". From there you can > search by name or move further down the page and see what specific records > are digitized and browse by location. Some are indexed others are just > the raw images. > > You will see that many of the records are not indexed yet, and anyone can > sign up to help with this. Select "volunteer" at the very top of the > page. Many people choose to index areas where their ancestors lived in > order to speed up the process of indexing the millions of records > microfilmed by the church for genealogy and family history research. > > Many records are not yet digitized. Some are only available on microfilm > that can be ordered from Salt Lake City and read at a Family History > Center. There is no charge for visiting the center, but there is a fee > for ordering the film. It should be noted that there are books available > at the main library in Salt Lake City that are not microfilmed yet and can > only be accessed by a visit there. > > To find Family History Center nearest you go to > https://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator There are 4,600 > centers in 126 countries. All are available for anyone to use free of > charge. > > You can also donate records to the Family History Library in Salt Lake to > have added to the collection. This can be anything, including cemetery > headstone inscriptions or a history of your family. The fastest way to do > this, is to digitize your records using a scanner, etc, and then send that > information on CD to the main library in Salt Lake. They will notify you > when the records are online. This is also a good place to archive > information for others to view. I can provide further information on this > should anyone be interested. > > Hope this helps, > Reenee > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message