You now have to register to log into the new fsbeta site and only get access to the Death Certificate images if you are a "Premier member" ie a member of the LDS Church or and Indexer. I guess keeping the Local Family History Center open for three years counts for nothing. It doesn't take much indexing "90 points in a quarter" but they don't seem willing to share how much you index to earn your 90 points... 90 names? 90 pages? 90 rolls of microfilm? I'll let you all know if I find out. Suzie

Please keep us informed -- Since these are public records they are using, I'm betting on one more big outcry when this is broadcast about. Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzie Henderson" <henderson.suzie@gmail.com> To: <txfannin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 7:43 PM Subject: [TXFANNIN] Well, our worst fears are confirmed > You now have to register to log into the new fsbeta site and only get > access > to the Death Certificate images if you are a "Premier member" ie a member > of > the LDS Church or and Indexer. > > I guess keeping the Local Family History Center open for three years > counts > for nothing. > > It doesn't take much indexing "90 points in a quarter" but they don't seem > willing to share how much you index to earn your 90 points... 90 names? 90 > pages? 90 rolls of microfilm? > > I'll let you all know if I find out. > > Suzie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXFANNIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I mis-spoke in my earlier note. You have to have 900 indexing "points" but I still don't know what a point is... I get the impression is part of the problem may be the State of Texas not wanting the collection freely available... but this is only impressions on my part. I don't have any definitive information. Here's the "straight skinny" http://blog.fsbeta.familysearch.org/accounts Suzie On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:33 PM, treviawbeverly <treviawbeverly@comcast.net>wrote: > > Please keep us informed -- > > Since these are public records they are using, I'm betting on one more big > outcry when this is broadcast about. > > Trevia Wooster Beverly > Houston, Texas > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Suzie Henderson" <henderson.suzie@gmail.com> > To: <txfannin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 7:43 PM > Subject: [TXFANNIN] Well, our worst fears are confirmed > > > > You now have to register to log into the new fsbeta site and only get > > access > > to the Death Certificate images if you are a "Premier member" ie a member > > of > > the LDS Church or and Indexer. > > > > I guess keeping the Local Family History Center open for three years > > counts > > for nothing. > > > > It doesn't take much indexing "90 points in a quarter" but they don't > seem > > willing to share how much you index to earn your 90 points... 90 names? > 90 > > pages? 90 rolls of microfilm? > > > > I'll let you all know if I find out. > > > > Suzie > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TXFANNIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXFANNIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

If the state allowed the filming I doubt that they have now backtracked. "Texas has recorded deaths from 1903 to the present, plus about 250 registrations from the 1890s-1939, and nearly 2,000 delayed registrations of death from 1890s-1990, as reported from obituaries and probate records. " Texas death records are closed for 25 years, per the Texas Department of Health. So what the LDS is/was offering are public records, I believe. *** see below Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Texas Thank you for contacting FamilySearch concerning image unavailable messages in collections. We are currently in the process of moving our images from one group of servers to another; this process may take several weeks as we are moving large numbers of images and reconnecting to their indexes. We thank you for your patience whilst this work is in progress. We hope that you will continue to use Record Search as a research resource. Please check it often as new collections are added to it frequently. May we also tell you about the wiki found at wiki.familysearch.org? It has background information about our collections and also points to many other databases that may have content that may be of interest to you. You may also post questions about the research you are doing on our forums found at forums.familysearch.org. We would encourage you to register for both with a single account id and password. Assistance to do so is available on the sites. Sincerely, FamilySearch support@familysearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzie Henderson" <henderson.suzie@gmail.com> To: <txfannin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [TXFANNIN] Well, our worst fears are confirmed >I mis-spoke in my earlier note. You have to have 900 indexing "points" but >I > still don't know what a point is... > > I get the impression is part of the problem may be the State of Texas not > wanting the collection freely available... but this is only impressions on > my part. I don't have any definitive information. > > Here's the "straight skinny" > > http://blog.fsbeta.familysearch.org/accounts > > Suzie > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:33 PM, treviawbeverly > <treviawbeverly@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> Please keep us informed -- >> >> Since these are public records they are using, I'm betting on one more >> big >> outcry when this is broadcast about. >> >> Trevia Wooster Beverly >> Houston, Texas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Suzie Henderson" <henderson.suzie@gmail.com> >> To: <txfannin@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 7:43 PM >> Subject: [TXFANNIN] Well, our worst fears are confirmed >> >> >> > You now have to register to log into the new fsbeta site and only get >> > access >> > to the Death Certificate images if you are a "Premier member" ie a >> > member >> > of >> > the LDS Church or and Indexer. >> > >> > I guess keeping the Local Family History Center open for three years >> > counts >> > for nothing. >> > >> > It doesn't take much indexing "90 points in a quarter" but they don't >> seem >> > willing to share how much you index to earn your 90 points... 90 names? >> 90 >> > pages? 90 rolls of microfilm? >> > >> > I'll let you all know if I find out. >> > >> > Suzie >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > TXFANNIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXFANNIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXFANNIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message