There's more than just Ohio. and the copies are nice quality! "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.unknown/12898/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm so excited that I have to share this with everyone! FamilySearch has started something I urged Ancestry to do ages ago - they've begun a volunteer indexing program that makes MILLIONS of records available for FREE! They offer up their ridiculously immense microfilm library in image format, and we, the people, index them page by page - a few minutes at a time - to create a free microfilm search for everyone. I just found dozens of my family's death certificates, and made a ton of connections through it. Sending away for these records takes weeks - even months - and a lot of money. Also, you have to know what you're requesting to get the copies. The Family Search Lab offers up an index that *includes* parents' names. I was able to search for children of my great-grandparents, leaving the actual name blank, and determined a handful of other family members I would have otherwise not known of (including babies!). They also have parish records, census records, and more. It doesn't seem to be TOTALLY complete, as it is missing a few names that I've found in a book version of the Ohio death index, but it has just about everything that the Ohio genealogical society's website offers. And we're talking about actual images - not just an index! Check it out: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1210350651050# And if you've got 10 minutes, volunteer to transcribe a page or two to keep this free service going! Power to the people! Best, M