First, let me say that Archion has been tremendously useful to me so far in my family research even if the present holdings are not comprehensive. I have a few questions:
1) Some digitized records are clearly made from secondary media (e.g. microfilm, microfische, etc.) and those images contain defects that are from the media (scratchs) and not from flaws in the original documents. Is there any plan to produce direct digital images from the original sources (or presumably better master films)to eventually replace those tertiary images?
2) What is the likelihood that Catholic records may eventually be included in Archion's offerings? I certainly would be interested to see those records from the Bamberg area.
3) Most of my ancestors are from places for which Archion does nor presently have records (but I am patient). Archion does have substantial records from other places where my ancestors originated (Westfalen, Hessen, Bayern). These are not without gaps, however. For example, I have ancestors from Ernsthausen. Until 1808 those records were found in the records from Münchhausen. Records from 1808-1813 appear in the Standesamt holdings in Marburg but I wonder what happened to the church records thereafter. I would expect them to be in the groups from "MarburgLand" or "Frankenberg" but nothing is there. Does this indicate that the books have been lost, not yet digitized or never submitted to be digitized?
1) Some digitized records are clearly made from secondary media (e.g. microfilm, microfische, etc.) and those images contain defects that are from the media (scratchs) and not from flaws in the original documents. Is there any plan to produce direct digital images from the original sources (or presumably better master films)to eventually replace those tertiary images?
2) What is the likelihood that Catholic records may eventually be included in Archion's offerings? I certainly would be interested to see those records from the Bamberg area.
3) Most of my ancestors are from places for which Archion does nor presently have records (but I am patient). Archion does have substantial records from other places where my ancestors originated (Westfalen, Hessen, Bayern). These are not without gaps, however. For example, I have ancestors from Ernsthausen. Until 1808 those records were found in the records from Münchhausen. Records from 1808-1813 appear in the Standesamt holdings in Marburg but I wonder what happened to the church records thereafter. I would expect them to be in the groups from "MarburgLand" or "Frankenberg" but nothing is there. Does this indicate that the books have been lost, not yet digitized or never submitted to be digitized?
