I was just on the phone with the Family History Library with a microfilm question.  The woman I spoke with told me that they are digitizing ALL of their records and that many are already digitized.  That is actual images, not transcriptions. She said to just look up the microfilm number and then check to see if it already is digitized.  But that means that all those NYC births, marriages and deaths and much more will be online free at www.familysearch.org  No more princely sums to the DOR.   She said it will take another two years or so to finish the project but it was pretty fabulous news to me.  Thought I'd share it here.Virginia

Thanks for sharing that news. It is certainly nice to hear that we everything will be digitized. Janis -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of VLB via Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 1:22 PM To: mizscarlettny; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] All FHL microfilms being digitized I was just on the phone with the Family History Library with a microfilm question. The woman I spoke with told me that they are digitizing ALL of their records and that many are already digitized. That is actual images, not transcriptions. She said to just look up the microfilm number and then check to see if it already is digitized. But that means that all those NYC births, marriages and deaths and much more will be online free at www.familysearch.org No more princely sums to the DOR. She said it will take another two years or so to finish the project but it was pretty fabulous news to me. Thought I'd share it here.Virginia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The digitization of of records has been discussed since 2010 http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/familysearch-shares-plans-to-digitize-billions-of-records-stored-at-granite-mountain-records-vault -----Original Message----- From: Janis Mundy via <[email protected]> To: 'VLB' <[email protected]>; nyc-roots <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Sep 18, 2015 6:23 pm Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] All FHL microfilms being digitized Thanks for sharing that news. It is certainly nice to hear that we everything will be digitized. Janis -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of VLB via Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 1:22 PM To: mizscarlettny; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] All FHL microfilms being digitized I was just on the phone with the Family History Library with a microfilm question. The woman I spoke with told me that they are digitizing ALL of their records and that many are already digitized. That is actual images, not transcriptions. She said to just look up the microfilm number and then check to see if it already is digitized. But that means that all those NYC births, marriages and deaths and much more will be online free at www.familysearch.org No more princely sums to the DOR. She said it will take another two years or so to finish the project but it was pretty fabulous news to me. Thought I'd share it here.Virginia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

IF we're all alive. -----Original Message----- From: Janis Mundy via <[email protected]> To: 'VLB' <[email protected]>; nyc-roots <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Sep 18, 2015 6:22 pm Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] All FHL microfilms being digitized Thanks for sharing that news. It is certainly nice to hear that we everything will be digitized. Janis -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of VLB via Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 1:22 PM To: mizscarlettny; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] All FHL microfilms being digitized I was just on the phone with the Family History Library with a microfilm question. The woman I spoke with told me that they are digitizing ALL of their records and that many are already digitized. That is actual images, not transcriptions. She said to just look up the microfilm number and then check to see if it already is digitized. But that means that all those NYC births, marriages and deaths and much more will be online free at www.familysearch.org No more princely sums to the DOR. She said it will take another two years or so to finish the project but it was pretty fabulous news to me. Thought I'd share it here.Virginia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I wont be holding my breathe. What I like to see digitize is the NYC Indexes that the NYPL has on microfilm for NYC Birth Records (1910+) and Deaths Records (1949+).  Drew Cold Spring, Putnam Co., NY O|||||||O Modeling the New York Central in N Scale and Trainz Backyard Birding & Gardening in the New York Hudson Valley Genealogy HERLIHY, GOULDING, GREENE, LALIME & LENT, LYNT, van LENT Homepage: http://drucifer.net/index.html