JoeB wrote: |
BillieDeKid wrote: |
Good morning Joe. When looking for info using that link, anything you find won't involve any films, everything you see has already been scanned from the films and uploaded for everyone to use for research and you can save it to your hard drive.
The films come in to play when you can't find what you need on their free site, then you need to look up films and order. I'll give you an example............my families town in Italy is called Brognaturo, the LDS church has scanned the archive records for birth, death, marriages etc. from 1809-1910. None of this has been uploaded to their free site yet so I had to order films that came to my Family History Center (FHC) and I go there to look at my films and download images to my USB drive. Everything that the LDS has scanned will be on their free site eventually.
So when you hit a wall and can't find what you're looking for, that's when you'll need a film.
Hope this helps. |
Got it. I think I used one of those FHC sites years ago, the Bolingbrook library as I recall. I remember having to copy the records at the copy machine...no USB's back then. Thanks for clearing this up for me. |
Joe - if you ever decide to order films, my center is Palos Park. I would be happy to show you the ropes. |