I don't know if anyone has come across the records on Ancestry that say they are Index only, I have come across quite a few in my searches and emailed Ancestry about this.
They came back and told me the following:-
"Some of the records we have on our site have been changed to index only records. The reason is, we had contracts with the Archive Holders of the records, and when we attempted to renew that contract with them, they declined. Because of this, we can only show the indexing we have done of the record, and not the actual image. We are sorry for this inconvenience to our members, we hope to have it resolved soon".
I hope they do, it's annoying not being able to see the record, also for your information, it's affecting Find My Past as well, I tried to find the records on there and was told 'No Record Found' basically.
They came back and told me the following:-
"Some of the records we have on our site have been changed to index only records. The reason is, we had contracts with the Archive Holders of the records, and when we attempted to renew that contract with them, they declined. Because of this, we can only show the indexing we have done of the record, and not the actual image. We are sorry for this inconvenience to our members, we hope to have it resolved soon".
I hope they do, it's annoying not being able to see the record, also for your information, it's affecting Find My Past as well, I tried to find the records on there and was told 'No Record Found' basically.
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