LDS's Beta project for digitization is at http://search.labs.familysearch.org<http://search.labs.familysearch.org/> 

Registration is free, but the databases at the moment are very limited and perhaps not even compete. I put a surname (an ususual one) into the GA Death index, knowing there are at least ten of the family included (in Ancestry's version)--and none of them came up. But they're just getting started--and I recall some of the glitches in the Beta project for the 1880 census, which has now become a staple in everyone's searches, so in time.... 
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  From: CLAUDE C RICHARDS<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
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  Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:39 PM
  Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Digitizing the records at the Family History Library


  The Family History Library in Salt Lake is in process of digitizing all the records in the vault.  Furthermore, they are using volunteers to index them.  Obviously it is a multi-year project but the results will be very useful. 
  For further information, or to volunteer, go to www.familysearchindexing.org<http://www.familysearchindexing.org/<http://www.familysearchindexing.org<http://www.familysearchindexing.org/>>. 

  Claude Richards

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