Robert, I do not know why. I was only sharing what I found which was a very new and fluid situation. As I mentioned in another reply there are birth and death and marriage butts again since it's all very and fluid, there will be those two will create lists of what exactly are available. I do not know why you say a death record is meaningless without the cause of death if one is using death records to try and piece together members of the family. The records I found helped me to be able to determine several people who I deducted were siblings of my ancestor are in fact the siblings of my ancestor because of the names on the records. I think that the cause of death is helpful for someone trying to create medical ancestry. As far as having the access only at the family history center's versus online I'll take what I can get because last week I would've had to pay a researcher or pay a municipality for my records or go to Salt Lake City. Now I can go to my local family history center. It is progress. Gail Sent from my AT&T iPhone. ~ Gail ~ > On Sep 8, 2017, at 15:20, Robert Pieterse <rdpiet@aol.com> wrote: > > > IF the records are digitized why are they not available by LDS via the internet > > What records?? Birth, marriage, death ?? > A digitized death record is meaningless anyway as it does not include cause of death > > What time frame ?? > > Hard to believe that cenetrs have digitized records if they are not on line > > > > > > Robert Pieterse > rdpiet@aol.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gail Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> > To: nybrooklyn <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com>; nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Fri, Sep 8, 2017 2:50 pm > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] FHC certificates > > I am on Long Island visiting family and went to Plainview family history center while here. I heard that they had tons of New York city vital records micro films in stock so that was my purpose. > Imagine my happy surprise to find out that thousands and thousands of actual certificates that had been digitalized were just released and were available for direct viewing at the center with out using microfilm. I was even able to download the ones that I accessed to my very own computer. > To try and ensure what I just said is clear, let me try to break it up into pieces so that everyone gets what I'm trying to say. > 1-The family history Library has already released thousands of documents that we have been able to view online from the comfort of my own home for awhile. > 2-they have been phasing out the use of microfilm over this past summer and said they would be releasing more records that could be accessed digitally. The only problem was we had no indication about which records would become digital immediately. > 3-some records can only be viewed at a family history center and some can be viewed anywhere one has online access. > 4-these New York records that I was able to view yesterday are only able to be viewed at a family history center. I don't know if that will be the long-term or intermediate plan. > 5-even if they only can be viewed in your local family history center, the fact that you can bring your own computer and view and download them as if you were at home means EVERY family history center will have these records and no pre-ordering is required. This is fantastic. > 6-my own take on the situation is that this definitely opens access for the New York city researcher. It may mean that the local family history center libraries will be busier but if one brings their own computer then the busyness should have little impact on the individual researcher. > I hope that I was able to be clear about the change but if you have any questions ask away. > Gail > > > Sent from my AT&T iPhone. > ~ Gail ~ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

IF your center has them. -----Original Message----- From: Gail Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> Now I can go to my local family history center.