> Sent to me by another researcher > Karen > ----- > As an FYI item, the Church News of January 20 has an article entitled: "A > billion names soon to be accessible Online." It quotes Bro. Richard E > Turley, Jr., who is the managing director of the Family and Church History > Department > "Beginning in February, a massive new stream of uploads to the site > will bring the total of online names to 1 billion, expected by the end of > the year. Included in these uploads will be 2.2 million records of middle > America-Mexico, the Sweden records of the Scandinavian Vital Records Index > with 1.1 million names, the Social Security Death Index with 64 million > names > and most significantly, an update of the Church's International > Genealogical Index, with an addition of 125 million names. Vital records > from other areas will follow. > Uploads such as these will be ongoing throughout the year, and patrons > should check frequently to see if information they need has been added > recently." > Other facts that were mentioned - The Family History Library has more > than 2.16 million rolls of film, 173,795 sets of fiche, 288,000 books, > 14,000 serials and 8,000 maps. The Church has 300 cameras in nearly 50 > countries capturing 75 to 80 million images a year. > There are 30,000 extractors working around the world to index records. In > 1999 the collection at the FHL increased by 4,100 rolls of film and 700 > books. > There are more than 3,500 family history centers in 75 countries that > order 70,000 rolls of film a month. The church is adding some 200 centers > per year. >