Prepared by Elisabeth Lindsay.
Genealogy researchers may encounter both types of records when conducting research on the Internet. Because indexing records is a time-intensive process, FamilySearch is also releasing a number of browse-only record collections, in an effort to get more digitized records out to the public sooner. And while browse -only records are not indexed, FamilySearch provides efficient access to these records through waypointing. Eventually, all records will be indexed; in the meantime, researchers have the benefit of browsing digitized records online, as well as on microfilm.