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George Ezell Legge

In our FamilySearch Center we have noticed that some of the restricted films that should be visible in the Center is not accessible. I was told before that the Catalog would be update and was wondering if this is causing the problems? It is frustrating for our patrons who find they cannot view the film they have been working on in the past.

Áine Ní Donnghaile

FamilySearch has contracts with the record custodians. Contracts sometimes change. FS does not share details of those contracts with us, the users.
If you can share the details of the record set(s), someone may be able to advise you better. Without more information, we can't.

NicholasBinot134

Yes, having the same problem as you. I just hope the contract changes again, or something that lets us view the sets again.

Áine Ní Donnghaile

@NicholasBinot134 Be sure to read Cousin Vinny's announcement.

Important News Regarding Access to (some) Italian Records

Cousin Vinny

Nov 26, 2024

There is a new agreement between the ‘Direzione Generale degli Archivi’ of the Italian Ministry of Culture and FamilySearch. As a result, digitized documents in Italian state archives will no longer be visible in any way on the FamilySearch portal, not even by going to a FamilySerarch Center or FamilySearch Affiliate Library, but only on the Antenati portal.

This includes civil records as well as the riveli of various Sicilian comuni that are held by the Archivio di Stato di Palermo.

Note that this new agreement applies only to holdings filmed in the State Archives. Church records and civil records filmed in the tribunale or in comune offices are not subject to this agreement so will remain on FamilySearch unless those separate agreements change.

Records that have been transcribed into the FamilySearch record database can still be located using the Search function and the transcribed information will be displayed, but this message will appear if you try to view the image:

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