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→Ordering microfilms service has now ceased/digitised microfilms
'''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<ref>[http://searchtip.genealogytipoftheday.com/?p=2307 Digital Icons at FamilySearch] searchtip.genealogytipoftheday.com; [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</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.
Most microfilms are expected to be digitized and available by 2020. Microfiches will be digitised after the digitisation of microfilms has been completed. However, some may not be available digitally for many years, perhaps decades, due to restrictions in the country of origin of the records, relating to data privacy restrictions, which may be more restrictive for digital images than for microfilms.<ref>Paller
Orvill S. [https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/south-africa-dutch-reformed-church-records-stellenbosch-archive-1690-2011#reply_19359305 South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Records (Stellenbosch Archive), 1690-2011] ''FamilySearch Feedback Forum'' 28 February 2018, 23.59. Retrieved 2 March 2018. </ref>
