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→Ordering microfilms service has now ceased/digitised microfilms
The microfilm ordering service has ceased to be replaced, over time, by digitised microfilms. The last day for ordering microfilms was 7 September 2017.<ref>[https://familysearch.org/ask/faq#overview Digital Records Access Replacing Microfilm] FamilySearch </ref> Some Centres have retained some microfilms in their own permanent mini collections.
When a microfilm has been digitised it is also, in addition to the microfilm number, allocated a '''DGS''' number, referred to as a Digital Folder number. The latter number appears to becoming the main reference number for a record set. (The URL for a record set has the format (at 2020/02) <nowiki>https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/004769478</nowiki> where the last number is the DGS number).
'''Some microfilms have already been digitised, and are available through the Catalogue Search on FamilySearch, not in the Records section. A camera icon (with no other symbol) means the record may be viewed on your home computer, a camera icon with a key above it means the record is available on a restricted basis'''. (See images etc<ref>[http://searchtip.genealogytipoftheday.com/?p=2307 Digital Icons at FamilySearch] searchtip.genealogytipoftheday.com; [https://web.archive.org/web/20190114034622/http://dearmyrtle.com/blog2/index.php/2017/09/24/thank-you-for-the-new-icon-familysearch/ Thank-you for the new icon, FamilySearch] dearmyrtle.com, now archived. [https://www.familysearch.org/ask/salesforce/viewArticle?urlname=Using-film-notes-to-understand-contents-of-microfilms&lang=en What are Notes or Film/Digital Notes in the catalog?] FamilySearch.</ref>.) (Note, you need to be signed in, refer below, or a key symbol may appear for all records.) For non-LDS church researchers, ''' records which originate from the British Library are available to be viewed on a FamilySearch computer at a FamilySearch Centre''', and additionally some, but not all, are viewable at Affiliate Libraries. See "Viewing 'Protected' access online books and databases" below.
