I just went online and easily could tell if a record I wanted to view necessitated me going to a FHC or familysearch affiliate library. I will explain to the best of my ability below but I must briefly say that no matter if this new process is easy or requires a little exploring, we should be celebrating this and figure out a way to make it work instead of complaining that things are not on golden platter. The Familysearch folks are making things more open and we should get online to see how it will work for each of us and stop whining! Off my soapbox!! Go to the catalog at Familysearch.org and go through the steps to find the film that contains documents that you want to see (as we had to do in the past to order films). Open the links until you see the film numbers and names. If you see a camera icon at the end of the name of the film, that indicates items that are digitally available. Click on the name of the film and if a popup appears saying the following, Images Available To view these images you must do one of the following: Access the site at a family history center. Access the site at a FamilySearch affiliate library then they are not available from the traditional way viewing from home has allowed. If the records are available online from home, once you click on the name of the film, there is a statement saying that they can be viewed online and if you click the link it will take you to them FamilySearch has listed the reasons for this: Reasons why microfilms may not yet be available digitally on FamilySearch.org include: The microfilm may be scheduled for future scanning. The microfilm may have been scanned, but have a contractual, data privacy, or other restriction preventing access. FamilySearch makes every effort to enable access dependent on decisions of record custodians and applicable laws.you go to the catalog at Familysearch.org and find the film that contains documents that you want to see. ​Remember that this is not a complete and detailed list of how to navigate the familysearch site, this is answering how to see if the film can be viewed at home or in ​a family history center ​ or​ FamilySearch affiliate library ​. Gail​ On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 6:38 PM, <metronycancestry@aol.com> wrote: > Bob's right. Details not provided and assumptions don't answer the > question. BUT the posts by Gail are not useless, she's stating what she > experienced. > > > > > It hardly explains which ones and why. Some records are limited to > viewing only in a family history center > > > > From: Gail Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> > > Bob, I understand some of these recent posts are useless to you but there > are those of us who do not mind taking some bits of information provided by > others and then researching the rest on our own. > If what somebody else posts is not complete information and I want more - > then I have something to then further investigate on my own and then share > that information with the group. > It is not the groups purpose to hand feed everybody. > You have been helpful to me in the past so I don't understand why you feel > you need to shoot down these recent posts. > Gail > > Sent from my AT&T iPhone. > ~ Gail ~ > > > On Sep 10, 2017, at 12:22, Robert Pieterse <rdpiet@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > Quite an informative post. > > > > It hardly explains which ones and why > > > > Quote > > > > * Some records are limited to viewing only in a family history center > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >