That was the most exciting part Frances, I would never of known if I had not gone in. At least I would not have known for a while until somebody told us about it. Gail Sent from my AT&T iPhone. ~ Gail ~ > On Sep 8, 2017, at 16:18, Frances Brunner <FranceBrun@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Great news! I never would have known, and probably wouldn't have gone to the FHC. > > Thanks for letting us know. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit. > ~Francois de La Rochefoucault > > > ________________________________ > From: NYC-ROOTS <nyc-roots-bounces+francebrun=hotmail.com@rootsweb.com> on behalf of Gail Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, September 8, 2017 2:49 PM > To: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com; nyc-roots@rootsweb.com > 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

The center in Manhattan is closing and doesn't respond to emails. -----Original Message----- From: Gail Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com>; FranceBrun <FranceBrun@hotmail.com> Sent: Fri, Sep 8, 2017 5:38 pm Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] FHC certificates That was the most exciting part Frances, I would never of known if I had not gone in. At least I would not have known for a while until somebody told us about it. Gail Sent from my AT&T iPhone. ~ Gail ~ > On Sep 8, 2017, at 16:18, Frances Brunner <FranceBrun@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Great news! I never would have known, and probably wouldn't have gone to the FHC. > > Thanks for letting us know. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit. > ~Francois de La Rochefoucault > > > ________________________________ > From: NYC-ROOTS <nyc-roots-bounces+francebrun=hotmail.com@rootsweb.com> on behalf of Gail Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, September 8, 2017 2:49 PM > To: nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com; nyc-roots@rootsweb.com > 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 ------------------------------- 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