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Magroski49
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:32 pm Post subject: LDS films can now be ordered through the Internet

Check https://www.familysearch.org/films/

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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:32 pm Post subject:

Great news! I have been waiting for this! Thanks for the news Gilberto!!!!

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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:27 am Post subject:

Have any of you used this borrowing process before? I was wondering if they allow someone, or even have the ability to make copies of the information etc.?

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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:51 am Post subject:

Eric,
No, I haven't used it. The Distribution in Brazil has told me they don't know how it works. I assume it works only in USA, for the time being. They do make copies of records, but you have to inform them some data. Check this link for further information:? http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=FReqMicrofilm.ASP

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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:49 pm Post subject:

Eric wrote:

Have any of you used this borrowing process before? I was wondering if they allow someone, or even have the ability to make copies of the information etc.?

Microfilms can only be viewed at a Family History Center. Unlimited paper copies of records are allowed, but it is impractical to copy that much. Time and competition for use of copying machines impose a limit. I understand some Centers provide for copying on to DVD, but I don't know if any limits are imposed.

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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:08 pm Post subject:

Henryk,
Actually, microfilms can also be viewed at some libraries in the USA and also at some genealogical institutions. Newberry Library in Chicago is just one of them. Some FHC and libraries has printing machines attached to the readers, so that making a hard copy is just easy. Some machines allows the researcher to take pcitures with a digital camera, or transfer the images to a pendrive or copy them onto a CD/DVD.

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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:16 pm Post subject:

I have been able to make digital scans from the films I have at the branch (photocopies can also be made if one wants - for a small charge per copy). There is no cost for the digital copies (beyond the regular film shipping fee) and no limit to how many scans you can make. At my branch there is only one machine capable of doing scans, so if others are waiting there is a time limit and you may have to make return visits to copy many records.

I can only speak about my experience at the local FHC library here, but I believe many branches in the U.S. have the same type of facilities.

I've been lucky: there are LDS films available for 2 of my great-grandparents' parishes in Poland (unfortunately not the other 2). One problem I've run into with the LDS records is that some films span a wide range of years, and anything less than 100 years old cannot be ordered per the Polish government. I've been unable to search for my great-grandmother's 1870's baptism record because the same film also contains records up to the 1920's. I have heard that the films are being digitized for online viewing, but that is still 5-7 years away from completion.

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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 5:26 am Post subject:

Brianminnie,
That is strange, because I have received microfilms which covered birth/marriage/death up to 1922, 1933 and even 1946. I am aware that some films are restricted, but this information is usually displayed in Film Notes. Did you check this info?

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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 8:40 am Post subject:

Thanks all for the information. I think I'll stop by the local branch this week for a visit, and see what equipment they have etc.

brianminnie

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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 12:49 pm Post subject:

Hi Gilberto,

Below is the response I received regarding the film I wanted. It contains Ryglice (Tarnow) church records from 1870-1959.

"This film is 100% restricted and unavailable for viewing by anyone until the, by Polish Law, year 2059 has passed (100 years).

As we are in the process of digitizing our entire collection of microfilms over the next 5-8 years films like this will have the unrestricted portions released, until that time this entire film is restricted now."

I also received a similar result for another film I tried to order from Boleslaw parish. But I am hoping to try that one again in a year, because the newest records on that film are from 1912.

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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:56 pm Post subject:

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Brianminnie,
have you been in contact with Robert Bator who has done extensive research in Ryglice and Luszowice? http://boards.msn.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=846&p=localities.ceeurope.poland.malopolskie

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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:20 am Post subject:

Ute wrote:

have you been in contact with Robert Bator who has done extensive research in Ryglice and Luszowice? http://boards.msn.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=846&p=localities.ceeurope.poland.malopolskie

Hi Ute,

I sent an email to Robert Bator a few months ago after finding his name on this page about Ryglice Parish: http://spuscizna.org/spuscizna/ryglice.html No response yet.

Thank you for the link to the Ryglice topic on the Ancestry.com message boards, not sure I had seen that one before.

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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:03 am Post subject:

brianminnie wrote:

Ute wrote:

have you been in contact with Robert Bator who has done extensive research in Ryglice and Luszowice? http://boards.msn.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=846&p=localities.ceeurope.poland.malopolskie

Hi Ute, I sent an email to Robert Bator a few months ago after finding his name on this page about Ryglice Parish: http://spuscizna.org/spuscizna/ryglice.html No response yet.
Thank you for the link to the Ryglice topic on the Ancestry.com message boards, not sure I had seen that one before.

Hi brianminnie,
I sent an e-mail to Robert Bator also some time ago and didnt receive a response. I have Obryk, Kozubal, Gawlik, Marcinek, Mazur, and Jekot in Joniny near Ryglice and Szot and Obryk in Blaszkowa resp. Jaslo in my family tree, but haven't continued researching this family branch for a while.
Thanks for the link to http://spuscizna.org/spuscizna/ryglice.html - I hadn't seen that one before. Interesting! There are some broken links in the website, but perhaps one could in contact with the Spusczisna Polish Heritage Research Group whose e-mail address is at the bottom of the website.
Ute

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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:54 am Post subject:

Hi Ute,

So far I have discovered the following surnames in my family tree from Ryglice: Sarad, Foryst, Besciak, Pinder, Bak, Lisak. I also have an Ancestry.com account and discovered a username 'rbator39' with some common ancestors - it must be the same Robert Bator.

I also haven't researched my Ryglice ancestors for a while as I've been concentrating on Boleslaw parish lately (from there my ancestors are Struziak, CZYNAROWSKI, Burgiel, Koziol to name a few).

--Brian

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brianminnie wrote:

Ute wrote:

have you been in contact with Robert Bator who has done extensive research in Ryglice and Luszowice? http://boards.msn.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=846&p=localities.ceeurope.poland.malopolskie

Hi Ute, I sent an email to Robert Bator a few months ago after finding his name on this page about Ryglice Parish: http://spuscizna.org/spuscizna/ryglice.html No response yet.
Thank you for the link to the Ryglice topic on the Ancestry.com message boards, not sure I had seen that one before.

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