Hi Paul, I wanted to point out one thing regarding indexing versus viewing an image of that page someday on the FHL website. Many of the church records for Switzerland (for example Canton Bern) were not microfilmed by the FHL, but in the case of Canton Bern, were done by the Bern State Archives. What the FHL did was purchase a copy of those films, they being a publication of the Bern State Archives. Before the FHL could actually post scans of entire church books on their website, permission would have to be obtained, in this case, from the Bern State Archives, as they are the copyright holder. In all current contracts the LDS Church negotiates with any repository, the contracts include whether those images may be placed on the Internet, or only viewable on the microfilm. For records in the past where the LDS Church actually did the microfilming (whether in the United States or elsewhere) they are having to recontact those repositories to obtain permission before they can place scans of those records on-line. In cases where they have purchased microfilms but did not do the microfilming (as the Canton Bern church records) they would need to obtain permission from the copyright holder/publisher of the microfilm. Considering that the Bern Archives apparently worked out a financial deal with Picton Press for them to sell CDs of those church records, I would not be optimistic of actual scans of those church books ever appearing on the (free) FHL website. Even in cases where permission for past LDS microfilming or purchased microfilms is not obtained, indexes to those films would be a big benefit. Rick Saunders