Mark! As far as I know FHC/LDS only loans films for customer use at their locations. Many locations, but not all of them, allow you to indefinitely ("permanently") loan and store the microfilm. But you don't get to "keep" them yourself. They must be stored and viewed on location. If there's an FHC that's not too terribly inconvenient for you to get to once in a while, it's worth making the trip every so often. Also, they usually don't do anything through the mail (i.e. you must go there and hand them the money in person to rent the film... can't call it in over the phone). If you've never been to one, it's worth at least one trip to see what they have available, then you'll be able to better plan any future research trips to the FHC. For your first trip, plan on getting there early and, if you can, call ahead (at least a few days before) and make arrangements for a volunteer to show you "around". This way you should get a good overview of their material, both what's on-hand and what's available to rent. You can also view a small amount of their material on their website at: <http://www.familysearch.org/> Hope this helps, Lisa At 02:39 PM 8/25/00 -0400, you 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. Wentling >> > >> > ==== NYMONTGO Mailing List ==== >> > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites: http://www.cyndislist.com/ >> > >> > ============================== >> > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >> > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >> > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >> >> ==== NYMONTGO Mailing List ==== >> Help support RootsWeb. 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