True true. But for those who do not have a need or desire or are doing research on sidelines like siblings of grandparents etc. the solution I mention is sufficient. Most of these old records do have place of death and cause of death. Merry Christmas Robert Gail Sent from my AT&T iPhone. ~ Gail ~ > On Dec 17, 2017, at 05:05, Robert Pieterse <rdpiet@aol.com> wrote: > > > There is a radical difference between seeing a digitized record as opposed to the actual cert. > The digitized record is far from complete. i.e no cause of death..Has ghome address rather > than place pf death for my ancetors > > **************************************************************************************************************** > > > They all do, since digitalization. If a film is digitized then they can be > viewed in ANY FH > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gail Schinnerer Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> > To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sun, Dec 17, 2017 12:12 am > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Fwd: changes at FamilySearch > > They all do, since digitalization. If a film is digitized then they can be > viewed in ANY FHC. > To check it out, go online at home (or anywhere) and go to the film > listing. On the right side of the film there is a camera if the documents > are digitized. If there is a key over the camera, their contractual > agreements with the vendor of the documents will not allow them to be > viewed online except in the FHC or FHL or family history affiliated > library. If there is no key over the camera, those can be viewed anywhere. > Gail > > ~ Gail Schinnerer Jorgensen ~ > >> On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 10:05 PM, <metronycancestry@aol.com> wrote: >> >> What state do you use a FHC where they have NYC certs? >> Not every FHC has access to NYC certs. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gail Schinnerer Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> >> Lisa and everyone else. >> Many, many NY City records are now available (and have been since the >> beginning of September) digitally that were once only available on >> microfilm. The only downside, though to me it is no biggie, is that you >> have to view them at a FHL or FHC or affiliated library. >> With the availability of birth and marriage and death indexes, from home I >> take the cert # and look up the film number using Steve Morse's tool, >> https://stevemorse.org/vital/filmnotes.html. >> I then go into my local FHL or FHC or affiliated library with my list, open >> the film, download to my thumb drive and in the 3 hours or so that I am >> there, leave with 50+ records to examine when I get back home. >> As reclaim the records obtains more records, I am thinking that I will be >> busy for awhile >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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