You are welcome! Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 7:10 AM, Margaret Vicente <[email protected] > wrote: > Thank you, Rosemarie! > > Margaret > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 12:33 AM Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I was talking to a friend about the New Bedford info on vitals. I work at >> the FHC here in Seaside I thought that some of these records were >> available for later dates,this is what he wrote: >> >> Familysearch, Ancestry, and other websites have Massachusetts Birth, >> Marriage, and Death Records available until around 1915 with actual images >> of the records. Records going up to 1920 (an extra 5 years) are available >> online in one Familysearch Collection "Massachusetts State Vital >> Records, 1841-1920". Many of the records from 1915-1920 are online but not >> indexed. You can browse through the images by date city and date and find >> the records that you are looking for that way. There* are* many indexes >> available for the later years such as some Massachusetts Death Indexes on >> Ancestry that span from 1901-1980 and 1970-2003, but these do not include >> the actual records. >> >> While they have not been digitized as of yet, the LDS church has >> microfilms of the *Fall River AND New Bedford Birth & Marriage >> Certificates all the way to 1968*! I have a cousin who works in the >> Salt Lake City library. She looked at the films for me and confirmed that >> these are indeed the actual certificates, and are complete for the whole >> town. There are typescript indexes on each film. She also told me that >> because the material is so recent and would contain living people, they >> will most likely not become available online anytime in the near future. >> Apparently FamilySearch has also them earmarked for "no circulation" and >> the post 1915 records are not available at any Family History Center other >> than in Salt Lake City. Even back when you could request microfilms be sent >> out to your local center these were not available. >> >> With the upcoming Salt Lake City trip, perhaps someone will want to check >> those films. >> >> You can get a list of the microfilm numbers and coverage here: >> >> Fall River Microfilms: https://www.familysearch.org/search/ >> catalog/234068?availability=Family%20History%20Library >> New Bedford Microfilms: https://www.familysearch.org/search/ >> catalog/819611?availability=Family%20History%20Library >> >> I have many ancestors in Massachusetts on all sides of my family - most >> of whom resided there since the early/mid 1600s. I can tell you with great >> certainty that this is relatively unique, and does not apply to the vast >> majority of Massachusetts towns. >> >> So, like many other records, you can see them in Salt Lake City but not >> anywhere else! Even the Portuguese records of the Azores which the Family >> History Library has digitized can only be accessed online if you have an >> LDS person sign you in on the >> computer >> >> Rosemarie >> [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, >> Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > > -- > Margaret M Vicente > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
