Daniel from what I was told at our local history center we will be able to pull up the actual record just like we can the census records for the U.S. on Ancestry.com. No more ordering and waiting for films unless you want to, I was told the films would still be available.

From experience I've found some older records extremely hard to read and would think ordering the original film so we can enlarge it might be of a great help with some records. We will have the best of both worlds and I also look forward to it. It's a blessing for people who don't have a history center within a reasonable driving range also. People getting into genealogy in abt 10 years will have a wondeful resource we didn't have, I'm very pleased to see this happening and what a wonderful gift from the LDS for us all.

Linda in Everett

Daniel Mendez wrote:
This Sounds good I will always find new records online but then then need to
order the film to find the parents, etc. This will be fun. Cant wait!

>From: conrique
>Reply-To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
>To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
>Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Revamped search interface for
>FamilySearchcoming soon !
>Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 18:23:42 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>Around 2,000 genealogists who are reported to have attended this year's
>National Genealogical Society (NGS) Conference --- held last week in
>Richmond, Virginia --- were offered a preview of the forthcoming revamped
>search interface for the FamilySearch site.
>
>Family History Library representatives at their booth now project the
>revamped site launch to be THIS FALL.
>The new system integrates information from the presently disparate
>databases (IGI, Pedigree Resource and Ancestral Files, etc.) and will
>feature linking to digitizes records.
>
>And, even though only a small portion of the Library's vast holdings will
>be available when the site relaunches, content will expand rapidly and
>record IMAGES will become available online soon.
>
>Efrain Conrique
>San Diego, California