Family Search web site

[rosie99]

I think the keeping them private is the local record offices have not given them permission to make them available to us all and nothing to do with the LDS holding them back.

[Jebber]

Both Ancestry and findmypast use their transcripts.  I don't know what the 'connection' is to F M P though I am aware that the LDS do give links to some records that they don't have but are available to view on F M P with a subscription to the latter.  No doubt someone will know the answer to this

If you read the list of Partners on the Findmypast website, Family Search is one of them.

[rosie99]

Thanks Jebber 

I did look before I posted but only found this which did not mention it 

Other Findmypast sites: Lives of the First World War The British Newspaper Archive
©2018 Findmypast

[smudwhisk]

From what I've read I don't think the partnering with Ancestry and FindMyPast led to the need to register and have a login account, the partnering happened a couple of years back.  Familysearch have said that they needed to do this to allow access to more records, possibly because some of the Archives wanted a log of who was viewing and/or downloading what in case of possible issues.  Or that's how I interpreted what was said.

[Ruskie]

From what I've read I don't think the partnering with Ancestry and FindMyPast led to the need to register and have a login account, the partnering happened a couple of years back.  Familysearch have said that they needed to do this to allow access to more records, possibly because some of the Archives wanted a log of who was viewing and/or downloading what in case of possible issues.  Or that's how I interpreted what was said.

I wonder why that would be? 

[Jebber]

Thanks Jebber 

I did look before I posted but only found this which did not mention it 

Other Findmypast sites: Lives of the First World War The British Newspaper Archive
©2018 Findmypast

There is a long list of Partners Rosie, you will have to scroll down.

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/partners


I may be wrong but I think the need to Register with Family Search was all part of their concentration on on line research, rather than any link with other sites.

[jonwarrn]

This is their explanation, and you don't need to be registered and logged in to read it!
FamilySearch Free Sign-in Offers Greater Subscriber Experiences and Benefits
https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/familysearch-signin-benefits/comment-page-6/

[Ruskie]

Thanks for that Jon.

I still don't understand fully or notice any benefits, but ... no matter.