Microfilm ordering delays

Yes, people at my family history center have been waiting very long, months
at a time, for films to arrive. But, I hesitate ordering more, because the
last time I did so, they all arrived the same week! In April, I got one I
had ordered back in October, one from December, one from February, and one
just a week before that. Very unpredictable. Yet, I get impatient, too,
and did it again. I have five films I am waiting on now, two on back order
for the past month and a half.
I was told that Salt Lake is not making copies of the films like they were
before, so we are waiting on those copies that are in circulation to be
returned first before the next person can get it, like a public library
system. Still, I can't complain. I am very grateful for the family history
center being available to the public and I just love all the people there.
Someday, it will all be digitized, I have heard. So, in the mean time, I
use my waiting time getting caught up on other things like internet
research, compiling photographs, writing biographies, etc., things that I
don't have time for once the films arrive.
I thank-you, Rose, for letting us know about the other way of obtaining
copies of documents.

Corrine Ardoin
Santa Maria, California