NARA stops renting microfilm

We received a letter from the National Archives and Records Administration this week:

Dear Microfilm Rental Customer:

I regret to inform you that the National Archives and Records Administration is terminating its Microfilm Rental Program, effective August 31, 2009. . . .

NARA has taken this action because the amount of revenue produced by the rental program no longer supports its administration and management . . . Much of the microfilm pertaining to genealogy that has been available through the rental program has been digitized and is available at either Ancestry.com or Footnote.com.

For more information on what NARA offers genealogists, visit

http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/