Want to verify record, but "Image Unavailable"
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.
Answers
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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.
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