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The Mormons have an extensive program to film vast numbers of old records which are an aid to genealogy. For example, they film records of churches of all denominations, ancient land tax records, military records, shipping lists, census records and so on. Previously, the filming was available in the form of microfilms, However this format is no longer generally available, and most microfilms, (with a few exceptions), are currently undergoing the process of digitisation. Records are available to all people, regardless of religion. Some records are available to view for free on your home computer, however some records are only available to view at a [[FamilySearch Centres|FamilySearch Centre]].
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints or LDS, now has a website [https://familysearch.org '''FamilySearch''']. Records may be found mainly in two three sections of the website under the category Search, subcategories Records (also called Historical Records) , Genealogies, and GenealogiesFamily Tree. In addition, as microfilms become digitised, details of these records may be located through the Catalogue Search, refer below.
Records found in the Historical Records category include index transcriptions of microfilmed records, and are accurate records, apart from transcription errors or omissions. In addition, there are digital pages of images of church, and other, records which have not been transcribed, so it is necessary to browse these collections.
The category categories Genealogies and Family Tree contains records and family trees submitted by users. The website states: "Accuracy of the data in these genealogies varies from tree to tree; we encourage you to validate all data". The term IGI is now restricted to a subcategory of submitted records in Genealogies. Some records in Family Tree include Sources, which enables you to evaluate, or check, the source of the information, but some information appears unsupported by evidence, and should be considered speculative.
==India records==
