{"id":5693,"date":"2017-09-27T16:19:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T21:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/?p=5693"},"modified":"2020-05-28T08:02:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T13:02:59","slug":"familysearch-digitized-records-hiding-out-in-the-catalog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/familysearch-digitized-records-hiding-out-in-the-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"FamilySearch: Digitized Records Hiding Out in the Catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019re like me, you anxiously await the weekly email from FamilySearch<\/a> that lists all the new historical records added to their online collection. When FamilySearch recently announced the discontinuation of lending microfilms to Family History Centers, I caught mention that all films that had been lent in the past few years were now digitized. Now, I know I\u2019ve rented my share of films and I swear I haven\u2019t seen any of those records come through in the weekly email. I even went out and checked the Historical Record Collections<\/a>\u2014nope, not there. What gives?<\/p>\n

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A few days ago, I read a blog post<\/a> by cousin-in-law, Cathy over at Opening Doors in Brick Walls<\/a>. She shared that the 1766 Luxembourg census was digitized and available online. Super! I made a mental note to check it out, which I did the next day. Per my normal routine, I headed to the Historical Record Collections page, filtered the list, and this is what I saw\u2014nothing about the 1766 census. Figuring maybe the date range for the main census collection hadn\u2019t been updated, I poked around in there, and didn\u2019t see a thing for 1766.<\/p>\n

\"LuxHRCpage\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Okay, I did read Cathy\u2019s post while I was half-asleep, maybe I read it wrong. So I headed over to read it again. I followed the link she provided\u2014wait, this is the catalog entry, huh? I re-read the post again and she mentions the camera icon, which I have always associated with the Historical Records Collections, so now I\u2019m really confused. Not doubting Cathy\u2019s announcement of the digitization of the 1766 census, I scrolled down the catalog entry, seeing microfilm icon, after microfilm icon, and then\u2026a camera icon! (And a handful more, fortunately there was a camera icon for my area of interest!!) Clicking the camera icon open up the microfilm roll in a digital image view, just like the Historical Records Collections viewer. Well, whadda you know.<\/p>\n

Then it hits me\u2014maybe you need to go through the CATALOG to access these digitized records. So I looked for a film I had recently rented and, sure enough, the catalog entry had a camera icon for that particular film.<\/p>\n

\"CatalogEntry\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I checked a few more recent rentals and, lo and behold, camera icons. Now totally amused, I began randomly looking for things I knew I had on my to-do list (I was on my tablet and didn\u2019t have access to my list, but some of those items you just remember) and was shocked to see how many were digitized and accessible\u2014through the CATALOG! To find these, head to the catalog and enter your search criteria, just as you would if you were looking to see what records were available for a particular location or subject. Have the film number already on a to-do list? Super! Enter it in the Film\/Fiche Number search box and it\u2019ll take you right to the entry.<\/p>\n

So I took some time to myself this past weekend to update my to-do list. I filtered my list by the items I needed to retrieve at the Family History Library and began looking up the films to see if they were digitized. I got about halfway through my list and nearly all are digitized. Some are accessible from home, while others are only accessible through a Family History Center, an affiliate, or the Family History Library. Fortunately, there is an icon with a key above it (see below), which usually means that you have to be at one of those places–it may also mean you need to log in to your free non-LDS account; there are also some that are accessible at home for those who are LDS members). If you see the icon below, it could mean restricted access, BUT again, make sure you are logged in to FamilySearch because it will also show up if you’re not yet logged in!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Key-CameraIcon\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RestrictedMessage\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Perhaps living under a rock the last several months prevented me from realizing this sooner, because I evidently missed the memo (Was there one? I mean, I can\u2019t believe I missed something so critical!!!) Perhaps this is old news or common knowledge to others, but I thought I should write about this just in case it helps someone else.<\/p>\n

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