This is a head up for those who have seen the new "Radom Diocese Church Books" database listed in the FamilySearch menu and in various announcements around the web and in newsletters. I have been evaluating databases for inclusion on my free online birth records resource pages with the help of friends, and the images in this database which is just supposed to be browsable images were just not coming up. Then I did some googling and found that the database is apparently ONLY available to visitors with LDS accounts (I think this means just to church members?), according to a forum post in Italian (I used a translation engine to read the thread) at: http://forums.familysearch.org/en/showthread.php?p=23372 So if you are wondering what is going on if you are having trouble with finding data in Radom, this might be why. The post quotes something I could not find elsewhere, saying that they hope to expand access, so try the database in a month or two and maybe write FamilySearch asking about it if you really need the information. https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://pilot.familysearch.org/records/trk:/fsrs/c1407440&hash=MPAfKvgWGXfZ5STyuqUCQxOVNk8%253D https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1407440&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D Another thing we have found is they have a number of different ways to access the same search pages for each database. It may change, but at the moment, it does not seem to matter which URL one uses, either of the above should get you to the same place. For those who have not seen my free Birth resource page for Europe and might either enjoy it, or may have suggestions for corrections or other sites and webpages to add for Poland or other countries, here is the address: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/birthindexes-eur.html The LDS is keeping me on my toes with all the new databases going online and constant changes. I will be glad when the additions to their site slow down and I can go back to tracking down little known birth databases on other sites.

The records are not only for LDS members. Anyone can "join". I think the problem is that either the images are not available yet or the server has issues. I don't mean to rain on your parade but aren't there enough indexes on the internet? Poland Gen Web is a good place to put links for databases such as the "Radom Diocese Church Books" (from LDS) instead of adding another site. What's really needed are actual records or transcriptions of records placed on the internet. Debbie the cohens wrote: > This is a head up for those who have seen the new "Radom Diocese > Church Books" database listed in the FamilySearch menu and in various > announcements around the web and in newsletters. > > I have been evaluating databases for inclusion on my free online birth > records resource pages with the help of friends, and the images in > this database which is just supposed to be browsable images were > just not coming up. > > Then I did some googling and found that the database is apparently > ONLY available to visitors with LDS accounts (I think this means just > to church members?), according to a forum post in Italian (I used a > translation engine to read the thread) at: > > http://forums.familysearch.org/en/showthread.php?p=23372 > > So if you are wondering what is going on if you are having trouble > with finding data in Radom, this might be why. The post quotes > something I could not find elsewhere, saying that they hope to expand > access, so try the database in a month or two and maybe write > FamilySearch asking about it if you really need the information. > > https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://pilot.familysearch.org/records/trk:/fsrs/c1407440&hash=MPAfKvgWGXfZ5STyuqUCQxOVNk8%253D > > https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1407440&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D > > Another thing we have found is they have a number of different ways to > access the same search pages for each database. It may change, but at > the moment, it does not seem to matter which URL one uses, either of > the above should get you to the same place. > > For those who have not seen my free Birth resource page for Europe and > might either enjoy it, or may have suggestions for corrections or > other sites and webpages to add for Poland or other countries, here > is the address: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/birthindexes-eur.html > > The LDS is keeping me on my toes with all the new databases going > online and constant changes. I will be glad when the additions to > their site slow down and I can go back to tracking down little known > birth databases on other sites. >