From the weekly Family History Center Bulletin written by Helen Billing comes this info:
New Family History Online Film Ordering for Canada
The new Family History Online Film Ordering will be up and running today, Thursday, August 19th. All microfilm/fiche must be ordered online by patrons. As of today, no film orders will be taken at the FHC.
Patrons must now go online to Family Search Microfilm Ordering and register for an account. After you register, Salt Lake will send a confirmation email. Please check your SPAM folder for this confirmation email, if you do not immediately receive it.
When you register, you will be asked to choose the FHC you want your film/fiche to go to, from a list – it also includes some libraries, like the Toronto Reference Library. This can be changed whenever you want.
All designated film/fiche will still come to the Toronto FHC and remain on site to be viewed. No film/fiche will be sent to your home or any other site not on the online list. The Family History Centre will still continue to contact you when the film has arrived at the FHC. You will be able to track your order online.
The new prices for film/fiche are as follows:
Microfiche – $5.00 (All microfiche are the same price whether there is 1 fiche in the set, or more. Microfiche remain in the FHC.)
Short-term film loan – $6.00 (Patrons will have roughly the same time to view them as they do now. Films can be renewed for an additional charge of $6.00 and if the film is renewed twice, it remains in the FHC. Patrons must renew online before film due date.)
Extended film loan – $15.00 (Patrons can now order films as an extended loan. If you know you will want to keep a particular film at the FHC indefinitely, this will save you $3.00.)
All film/fiche orders and renewals must be done online, by you, the patron, with a credit card.
Eventually all the films we (the Toronto FHC) and other FHC’s have on site will be entered into the online system and patrons will be able to check if a particular microfilm/fiche is at an FHC in their area. For now, please check our List of All Resources at the FHC or with the pdf file available on request.
