I think I may have thanked you previously for sending this to the list
but I want to thank you again.
I am now working on the second of the un-indexed films I found for the
area in Quebec, Canada where many of my paternal ancestors lived. Since
you sent this I have found many Baptism and marriage records for people
in my file. I just did a search for the people I have updated or added
since 2 April and there are 138 people in the list. Almost all of those
changes were made from records I found on the films I found using your
tip. There are lots more films in the search list so you have given me a
major boost in finding data.
A good project to keep me busy while we are in this pandemic lock-down.
Brian Kelly
On 01-Apr.-20 8:42 p.m., Linda Greethurst wrote:
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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