Want to verify record, but "Image Unavailable"

JacquesBlaauw1

Good day,

The record below is of my grandmother, but the image is unavailable. Is there a way to get access to the image?

There has been contention about her year of birth, this may be the best record to confirm it; I'd like to verify that the year was captured correctly.

"https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KSH-N5SD"

Julia Szent-Györgyi

For me (on a public [i.e. non-LDS] account), that film has a film-reel icon in the Catalog (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/959223), indicating that it's not online. This is probably due to privacy laws/restrictions, as it contains baptisms up to 1925. If the applicable privacy period is 100 years (as is often the case), then it may become available in a couple of years (although it can take a while for such changes to be entered in the system).

It is possible that an LDS account may see a different access indication in the catalog, for example if the restriction is due to church material rather than privacy limits. It is also at least vaguely possible that you would see a different indicator if you were using the portal at an FHC.

The microfilm is available to view at the Family History Library in Utah, so it should be possible to hire someone to look up the record for you, but I know nothing about the particulars for that.

mar60

Why would birth and marriage sources for the 1700s have "image unavailable"? For instance, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYG6-M62M : 12 February 2020), Mary in entry for Edward Watts, 1730. I HOPE those records that are over 75 years old are not being restricted because of records from 1948 to 1995! I hope I don't have to wait until 75 years After 1995 to see 1700s or 1800s records. I would hope there are technical ways to view the years back before 1948.

Julia Szent-Györgyi

@mar60, that film has the "FSC/affiliate library" access message for me. I'm not sure why, but perhaps it's because the record custodian/repository (the Maryland Historical Society, per the catalog) uses full access to these records as a source of revenue? (I have no idea if they do or don't, but it's the most common reason for not-privacy-related restrictions.)