Mark, I don't believe that you can purchase the microfilms to keep. Thanks for your answer. I've been quite frustrated with the copies of the wills I have. I keep meaning to transcribe them into my computer, but I never seem to have enough time. I think I'll try SamPubCo for the wills for which I know I'd like to have more permanent copies. However, I do like to go through the films of wills. I've happened upon a few I wasn't looking for that were quite interesting (and related to me). Thanks again, Carol in Calif Mark Wentling wrote: > Carol, > > In my experience Sampubco's copies have been the best you can get with > microfilm. Quality is reduced when documents are filmed, and then reduced again > when they are printed -- that is unavoidable due to the different ways readers > and printers interpret the data (continuous tone vs. pixels). > > I suspect Sampubco makes the best possible copies he can get (without wasting > too much time and money on "test" pages), so that he keeps the customers who try > his services. > > I'd say go for it -- I've always been satisfied. > > I am not conveniently located near an FHC -- can you please tell me if a person > can purchase microfilms of wills to keep permanently? > > Thanks! > Mark Wentling > > Carol Madsen <cmadsen@home.com> on 08/25/2000 06:41:06 AM > > Please respond to NYMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com > > To: NYMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com > cc: (bcc: Mark Wentling/HQ/NGS) > Subject: Re: [NYMONTGO] Wills and Probate Records > > Mark, > I have a question. Are these copies really clear? The films with these wills > are > available through the LDS Family History Centers, but some of them don't copy > very > well, at least on the machine at the FHC where I do my research. If I was sure > the > copies would be clearer from SamPubCo, then I would ask them for copies that I > have > seen on film, but can't get good copies. By the way the films cost $3.75 to > "rent" > for a month at your local FHC. They send your order to Salt Lake FHC and a copy > of > the film usually arrives within 10 days. It stays at the local FHC for a month. > If > you need it longer, you can pay an additional $3.50 for it to stay another 2 > months, > and sometimes you can arrange to have it stay longer if you need it. > Carol in Calif > > Mark Wentling wrote: > > > Lisa, > > > > I had a situation exactly like that a couple of years ago -- it took a couple > of > > months and I was really upset because I thought I had been duped. I wrote an > > email inquiring of the statuts of my order and I got no email reply. However, > > the wills *did* show up -- right around the time I was getting really mad! > > While the wait is frustrating, SamPubCo does deliver . . . . . . eventually. > > > > Good luck! > > Mark > > > > Charles Ecker <theeckers@earthlink.net> on 08/23/2000 01:16:25 PM > > > > Please respond to NYMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com > > > > To: NYMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com > > cc: (bcc: Mark Wentling/HQ/NGS) > > Subject: Re: [NYMONTGO] Wills and Probate Records > > > > I feel I must say something about sampubco.com. On June 12 I sent a check to > > them > > requesting three wills. On June 15 the check cleared my account. I still have > > not > > had the wills posted. Since I live abt 40 miles from their address (Salt Lake > > City), > > I tried to find a phone number for them. Seems their is no listing for either > > sampubco or W David Samuelson. I have emailed them several times with > absolutely > > no > > response.I have spent the entire summer waiting for my wills to be posted so I > > can > > get on with my research. Seems there is no way I can find to contact them and > > get an > > anwser as to why my check was posted so rapidly but my wills probably never > will > > be. > > Can anyone out there help me. > > > > Lisa Ecker > > Morgan Utah > > > > Mark Wentling wrote: > > > > > www.SAMPUBCO.com has an index to probate records online for both Fulton and > > > Montgomery Co. and will copy them for a small fee. I checked real quick and > > > didn't see an Ambrose Potter, though there were many Potters listed in > > Johnstown > > > (whihc incidentally is filed under Fulton Co.) It's worth you checking out. > > > > > > Good luck! > > > > > > Mark A. 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