Southern Rhodesia image issues
@SerraNola similar to the issue cousin vinny was having: SR films also have random images in a film locked https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/film/004638780?cat=668666&i=0
Then to take it further with other issues: films that show the camera icon eg DGS 4638585 when opened shows that the images are locked and not viewable at this time
The civil deaths were indexed back in 2016, but out of the whole catalog for 1904-1976, only the years 1922-1924 now show up in the search https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/record/results?count=20&q.deathLikeDate.from=1880&q.deathLikeDate.to=1980&q.surname=%2A&f.collectionId=1838530
So for example, this film is viewable, the image shows with the indexed name and year 1908 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-ZQX3-1?cat=668666&i=13&lang=en
But if you then do a search for the name https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/record/results?count=20&q.deathLikeDate.from=1908&q.deathLikeDate.to=1908&q.givenName=albert%20nicholas&q.surname=mcdonald&f.collectionId=1838530 it returns no results
The SR estate catalogs also has similar issues https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/668666 and https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/482207
The SR voters catalog images are also no longer viewable https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/497766
I was also under the impression that films from granite mountain had been digitised but these ones are not loaded to the catalog https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/555899 https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/327238 https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/196418 https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/347824
Thank you for any assistance or insight
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@gary_noble It appears these records have been massively restricted, most likely by legitimate contractual changes. Only the years 1922-1924 have access to indexes which seems logical being that 1922 is when Southern Rhodesia voted to become a self-governing British colony and 1925 is likely a 100 year cutoff. Unlike the Italian records with random locks, the images without locks still do not open. So….if there is a bug, it is showing film images and camera icons that do not allow viewing. In the example of the 1908 image, if you click on the document image to see the index detail you will notice that it has a padlock. Anything with a padlock is not searchable.
In the examples of the collections in the catalog with a microfilm icon, it does not mean they haven't been digitized. It means they are only viewable on microfilm in Salt Lake. However, because these are shown as being located only in the Granite Mountain Vault, they are not accessible at all at the present time.
Sorry, I wish I had better news. ☹️
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