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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [APG] 1920 census going online - free - entire1790-1930censusindex to be free online
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:11:31 -0400
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Neal Underwood wrote:
>>
>> This action by LDS and FamilySearch may be driven by the desire to
>> have more people come into the FHCs more often. In the extreme
>> case, researchers (or at least non-LDS members) may be required to
>> go to the FHC in order to access documents on many of the
>> to-be-digitized and indexed microfilms - the deeds, probates, tax
>> lists, town records, manuscripts, etc. It wouldn't surprise me
>> that they make the indexes available for free online at home, but
>> to see the images and obtain copies of them we will have to go to
>> the FHC. This may be especially true for items in their collection
>> that have copyright protections or access restrictions.

Nowhere in Tom Kemp's original message or in his blog does it say that
you have to use these indexes at FHC. Someone in one of the responses
added that restriction with no source. Not very professional.

bob gillis

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