I have been using New Family Search for a while now, and I am not LDS. I wasn't aware of doing anything special to get access. What is available are assorted state and Census records (some states are excellent but others don't have much yet) and international records that I have not looked at. If there are LDS specific sections I have not seen those. The site (or my computer) has been tempermental; sometimes it works and sometimes it freezes, and every so often I get a message that a script on the page is making Windows run slowly. I expect the bugs to be fixed before too long, and I know my slow dial-up internet doesn't help. Elaine Thanks Sue for your response. I guess in time non members will know when it becomes available for them. Maureen > Could someone please advise if non LDS members now have access to New Family Search records. I have just added Ancestral Quest 12.1 to my PAF5.2 software on computer. Many thanks. Maureen > FS has started a beta test with up to 2000 non-members. There is a > message on the discussion tabs now that says to please refrain from > discussing ordinances because non-members are now accessing nfs. > > Sue

Hi Elaine No, whats being discussed here is the Temple side of new familysearch, the other, data side has been available for some time The Temple part is where the LDS record their ordinances Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >I have been using New Family Search for a while now, and I am not LDS. I wasn't aware of doing > anything special to get access. > > What is available are assorted state and Census records (some states are excellent but others > don't > have much yet) and international records that I have not looked at. If there are LDS specific > sections I have not seen those. > > The site (or my computer) has been tempermental; sometimes it works and sometimes it freezes, and > every so often I get a message that a script on the page is making Windows run slowly. I expect > the bugs to be fixed before too long, and I know my slow dial-up internet doesn't help. > > Elaine

It's actually the family tree portion of new FamilySearch that non-LDS have not had access to. This file contains LDS ordinances. As it opened to non-LDS the ordinances will not be available to them. All the transcribed and scanned historical records ARE available to everyone. Dir On 4/5/2011 12:33 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Elaine > > No, whats being discussed here is the Temple side of new familysearch, the other, data side has been > available for some time > > The Temple part is where the LDS record their ordinances > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> I have been using New Family Search for a while now, and I am not LDS. I wasn't aware of doing >> anything special to get access. >> >> What is available are assorted state and Census records (some states are excellent but others >> don't >> have much yet) and international records that I have not looked at. If there are LDS specific >> sections I have not seen those. >> >> The site (or my computer) has been tempermental; sometimes it works and sometimes it freezes, and >> every so often I get a message that a script on the page is making Windows run slowly. I expect >> the bugs to be fixed before too long, and I know my slow dial-up internet doesn't help. >> >> Elaine > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Sue Maxwell http://granitegenealogy.blogspot.com/ Vice President - Utah Genealogical Association