"FamilySearch has announced that this service will end <http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=76adb9d2-74a9-4a20-bd4f-35530196db5e&url=http%3a%2f%2fmedia.familysearch.org%2ffamilysearch-digital-records-access-replacing-microfilm%2f> Aug. 31. Reasons <http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=76adb9d2-74a9-4a20-bd4f-35530196db5e&url=https%3a%2f%2ffamilysearch.org%2fask%2ffaq%23overview> include declining demand for film, dramatic increases in the costs of reproducing films, and the difficulty of supporting aging microfilm technology." “'The remaining [eligible] microfilms should be digitized by the end of 2020,' according to the announcement.' For more details visit: Family Tree blog <http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2017/06/28/WhyFamilySearchIsEndingMicrofilmRentalHowToGetGenealogyRecordsNow.aspx> Lisa

I read the article from the link that you sent. I could not see from the article how one will access the records that were not yet digitized. Will things like the vital records for New York City be only available by going to salt lake city until they are digitized? Gail ~ Gail Schinnerer Jorgensen ~ On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Lisa Thompson <pupsnpaper@gmail.com> wrote: > "FamilySearch has announced that this service will end > <http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=76adb9d2- > 74a9-4a20-bd4f-35530196db5e&url=http%3a%2f%2fmedia.familysearch.org% > 2ffamilysearch-digital-records-access-replacing-microfilm%2f> > Aug. > 31. Reasons > <http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=76adb9d2- > 74a9-4a20-bd4f-35530196db5e&url=https%3a%2f%2ffamilysearch.org%2fask% > 2ffaq%23overview> > include > declining demand for film, dramatic increases in the costs of reproducing > films, and the difficulty of supporting aging microfilm technology." > > “'The remaining [eligible] microfilms should be digitized by the end of > 2020,' according to the announcement.' > > For more details visit: > Family Tree blog > <http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2017/06/28/ > WhyFamilySearchIsEndingMicrofilmRentalHowToGetGenealogyRecordsNow.aspx> > > Lisa > > ------------------------------- > 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

Thanks, Lisa. You're always helpful. -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Thompson <pupsnpaper@gmail.com> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jun 29, 2017 5:34 pm Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] no more FHC microfilm rentals after August 31st "FamilySearch has announced that this service will end<http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=76adb9d2-74a9-4a20-bd4f-35530196db5e&url=http%3a%2f%2fmedia.familysearch.org%2ffamilysearch-digital-records-access-replacing-microfilm%2f>Aug.31. Reasons<http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/ct.ashx?id=76adb9d2-74a9-4a20-bd4f-35530196db5e&url=https%3a%2f%2ffamilysearch.org%2fask%2ffaq%23overview>includedeclining demand for film, dramatic increases in the costs of reproducingfilms, and the difficulty of supporting aging microfilm technology."“'The remaining [eligible] microfilms should be digitized by the end of2020,' according to the announcement.'For more details visit:Family Tree blog<http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2017/06/28/WhyFamilySearchIsEndingMicrofilmRentalHowToGetGenealogyRecordsNow.aspx>Lisa -------------------------------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