New (to me) search process with FamilySearch. I didn't even notice this option of searching Images! I've been in this section - unknowingly - many times, but I sort of get there through the side door.
EXPLORE HISTORICAL IMAGES TOOL UNLOCKS DATA IN DIGITAL RECORDS Have you ever tried searching for your ancestor’s name in online records? FamilySearch, FamilySearch partners, and volunteers worldwide have worked to make over 3 billion records easily findable online with a very simple name search. But did you know that these indexed records represent only 20 percent of the historical records FamilySearch has available online? If you haven’t found your ancestors by using the main search form on FamilySearch.org, it may be that their information is locked inside a waiting-to-be-indexed digital image. In 2018 alone, FamilySearch added over 432 million new record images to its online collections. But it can take years to catalog and index these images so they can be readily searched. Fortunately, the tools for finding the record image you need online are improving dramatically. Well ahead of any formal indexing or cataloging, the new *FamilySearch Explore Historical Images tool* can help you find records about your ancestors more easily, even when their information is not text-searchable and seems to be locked inside a digital image. An Image-Centered Search Experience Explore Historical Images marks the beginning of a new and different search experience. With this tool, images produced from FamilySearch’s 300+ digital cameras worldwide is made almost instantly available. Explore Historical Images helps you navigate to images of historical records that could contain information about your ancestors. Although you aren’t able to search for your ancestor by name directly, you are able to narrow your search by place, date, and other information that was captured when the image was taken. To try out the tool, head over to FamilySearch.org, and click Search and then Images in the main menu. Then follow these steps: 1. Search for Records from a Specic Place Start by typing in a significant place for your ancestor (for example, where the person was born, wed, or buried). 2. Pick a Record Collection to Browse 3. Browse Record Images For the complete instructions go to https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/explore-historical-images/ [The writer of thi article said} I found my father’s birth certificate in just a few minutes.
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