tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post7133684741378489905..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Status of Land and Probate Records on FamilySearchRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-67901143638694008922016-09-23T19:46:38.817-07:002016-09-23T19:46:38.817-07:00Put me in the same "boat" as the comment...Put me in the same "boat" as the comment made by "Unknown". I have very little research, before 1940, in the Probate & Land Records category. About 95% of my US ancestors were NYC dwellers with very little in the way of real estate, or any other assets to probate.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07177094037421979875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-71678835309883320012016-09-23T08:48:56.794-07:002016-09-23T08:48:56.794-07:00A large organization, such as LDS, has priorities ...A large organization, such as LDS, has priorities influenced by and influencing many directions and projects.<br /><br />If you take a look at the FamilySearch message board occasionally, <br /><br />https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics<br /><br />you can get an idea of the pressures on FS.org alone.<br /><br />Each of us doing active genealogical research occasionally wishes that it all would be handed to us free on the web. But then where would the fun be in that?<br />Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-56195370436461051852016-09-23T08:37:46.538-07:002016-09-23T08:37:46.538-07:00I agree with you, Randy. I, too, wish that more la...I agree with you, Randy. I, too, wish that more land records were available on FamilySearch. It seems that since they would be browse-able, it would be easy to just post them. I think once all the probate and land records are online, I won't need to visit the Family History Library as often. Which is a shame, as I enjoy my yearly trek there! <br /><br />I spent several hours last night looking at probate records. They are partially indexed on Ancestry, which gave me the clue they were available. I then went to FamilySearch where I find it easier to browse and save.Lisa S. Gorrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086125812111254305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-63558257204885511982016-09-23T06:58:32.951-07:002016-09-23T06:58:32.951-07:00Keep in mind that your research needs, although co...Keep in mind that your research needs, although common, are not universal. I think FamilySearch is doing a good job of balancing its customers needs. Some don't do US research (or only briefly, being only a few generations from the emigrant ancestor), some who do US research don't need deeds or wills/admons as much as you do. In my own research, my US folks are laborers in a city where home ownership was not common until the 1930s. I rarely need deeds, and only sometimes find relevant wills/admons (because the estates, if any, are too small). Deeds and wills/admons are much further down on my priority list than they are on yours. Just another perspective...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07816901978078927070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-14005264466243100212016-09-22T17:33:57.858-07:002016-09-22T17:33:57.858-07:00I think patience *is* the keyword here. I think i...I think patience *is* the keyword here. I think it was about 10 years ago that the LDS announced plans to digitize and put online their microfilm collection. At that time they were thinking it would take some huge amount of time (thinking 50-60 years maybe?) to accomplish this--I wouldn't be around to see them all online. They've cut that time down a great deal now--don't remember what it was but perhaps 20-something years. <br /><br />I spent a few hours last evening searching probate records--going back and forth between Family Search and Ancestry to browse what they had. Didn't find what I was really looking for, although I did find my subject's father's (5gg grandfather) will.Wonderland Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255876297300114284noreply@blogger.com