It has to do with contractual obligations with providers of the records. Family search has to have more control over who views the site. Sent from my AT&T iPhone. ~ Gail ~ > On Dec 16, 2017, at 09:23, metronycancestry@aol.com wrote: > > FamilySearch.org forewarned that folks need to register to use. > > > Although it is presently free for registered folks to use, > am I the only one who's suspicious that *free* may change? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lisa Thompson <pupsnpaper@gmail.com> > > These took effect today. In a nutshell, you are now required to have an > account and log in to view any records. Some records that were previously > available online will no longer be. Some will return online and some will > not. > > http://www.legalgenealogist.com/2017/12/12/starting-tomorrow/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheLegalGenealogist+%28The+Legal+Genealogist%29 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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