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INTRODUCTION
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This web
page is dedicated to the compilation of books that have shown to be of value
in the furtherance of research into the families names identified within the
three sub-sites of this website. The
collection is primarily derived from four online sources: (1) Google Book Search; (2) the Family History
Books Collection at Family Search.org;
(3) Internet Text Archives: American
Libraries;
and (4) Ancestry.com a subscription site. We’ve
also included some additional websites where you may find more books. You can see them below in this
“Introduction.” The major portion of our
library is dedicated to books about places we’ve identified as locations
where our ancestors lived. We’ve
found that the local and county histories are of great value because they
usually contain information beyond the basic data regarding birth, marriage,
and death. These books are a wonderful
source of information for researchers with ancestors from that location. Not
only may it provide you with information on the time and place in which your
ancestors lived that will help you place them in historical context, but it
may also provide you with very specific information about your ancestors.
Even if your ancestors are not mentioned in the biographical sketches much
can be learned about the lives of our ancestors by reading about the lives of
others who lived during the same time period. The Google Book Search works just like its web search
function. When a book with content
that contains a match for your search terms is found it will be linked to
your search results. If the book is
out of copyright, or the publisher has given permission, you'll be able to
see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free
to download a PDF copy. If you find
a book you like, click on the "Buy this book" and "Borrow this
book" links to see where you can buy or borrow it. You can also Create your own library with Google Book Search where you
can label, review, rate, and of course, full-text search, a customized
selection of books. The majority
of the books in this library that have been derived from Google Search are
those that provide the Full View of
the entire book. The “full view” will
allow you unlimited examination of the contents. You will also have the ability to download
the book and even view the contents as plain text that allows you to cut and
paste information to your own database.
Some of the titles in our library provide only a Limited Preview, (LP). These books are still in copyright, and are
displayed with the permission of publishers and authors. You can browse these
"limited preview" titles just as you would in a bookstore, but you
won't be able to see more pages than the copyright holder has made available. When you've accessed the maximum number of
pages allowed for a book, any remaining pages will be omitted from your
preview. You can order full copies of any book using the "Buy this
book" links to the right of the preview page. The Family History Archive
is a collection of published genealogy and family history books. The archive
includes histories of families, county and local histories, how-to books on genealogy,
genealogy magazines and periodicals (including some international), medieval
books (including histories and pedigrees), and gazetteers. It also includes
some specialized collections such as the Filipino card collection and the
“Liahona Elders Journal.” The books come from the collections of the
FamilySearch Family History Library, the Allen County Public Library, the
Houston Public Library – Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research,
the Mid-Continent Public Library – Midwest Genealogy Center, the BYU Harold
B. Lee Library, the BYU Hawaii Joseph F. Smith Library, and the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Library. The Internet Text Archives: American Libraries sub-collection feature resources from many libraries favored by family historians such as the Allen County Public Library, Brigham Young University, The Library of Congress, Newberry Library and the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. The entire Internet Text Archives presently contains 1,806,540 items of which 1,204,287 items are in the aforementioned American Libraries sub-collection. The Text Archive collection is open to the community for the contribution of any type of text that is free to read, download, print, and enjoy. Some have restrictions on bulk re-use and commercial use. By providing near-unrestricted access to these texts, this website hopes to encourage widespread use of texts in new contexts by people who might not have used them before. Ancestry.com is the largest online source for family history information, including
the web's largest collection of historical records. The books in our
collection have been identified at the Ancestry
Card Catalog. Books from this source are designated with a
$ as this is a subscription site. Even if you don’t subscribe to Ancestry.com
you should try the link you are interested in because access to some of the
books is free. Each one of the book
title links will take you directly to the search box for that volume. Below the box you will find the source
information needed to cite the text. Hathi Trust Digital Library is a
digital repository for the nation’s great research libraries, This website
brings together the immense collections of partner institutions. HathiTrust was conceived as a collaboration
of the thirteen universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation
and the University of California system to establish a repository for these
universities to archive and share their digitized collections. The perferred place to start searching this
website is at the Ancestry and
Genealogy collection where
the online
content related to genealogy, family history, ancestry, etc.. to search the
entire digital library go to their search
page. When using this site you will have the
following three search options: (1) a catalogue
search for information about the items
in the collections; (2) full-text
search
for words that occur within the items; and (3) a collections search where you may browse,
search, or make HathiTrust collections. eBooksRead.com In this e-library you can download ebooks, dictionaries |
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Descriptions of
Libraries
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General Reference
Collection
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The
General
Reference Collection currently
contains books on the following topics: Ethnic / Religious Groups; Family Genealogies / Histories; Genealogy; Geography; Heraldry; Military: Names; World History |
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British Isles &
Ireland Library
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The
British Isles & Ireland Locations
Specific Collection currently
contains books on the following topics: England: General Locational and County Specific References Ireland: General
Reference; Ethnic & Religious Groups; Geography; History Northern
Ireland:
State and County Reference Scotland: State,
County, Local, Reference Wales: General
Reference |
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The
British Isles & Ireland General
Reference Collection currently
contains books on the following topics: Biographies; Family Histories; Geography; Heraldry;
History; Names;
Misc. Topics |
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France Research
Library
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The
France Reference Collection currently
contains books on the following topics: Family
Histories; Heraldry; History;
Names; Misc. Topics |
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GermanyResearch Library
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The
Germany Reference Collection currently
contains books on the following topics: Ethnic /
Religious Groups; Geography; Heraldry;
History; Local History / Records: Military;
Misc. Topics |
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United states research library
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The
United States Locations Specific Collection currently
contains books on the following topics: State-Wide
Reference:
Biographies; Ethnic Groups; Geography; History;
Military;
Miscellaneous Topics;
Records; Religious Groups |
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The
United States General Reference Collection currently contains
books on the following topics: Bibliographies; Biographies; Geographical (Reference); History
(U.S.); Immigration &
Naturalization; Migration (U.S.); Military History (U.S.); Records (U.S.) Reference (Genealogical) |
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INTERNET RESOURCES
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The following links may help you
locate and obtain many Family History Books Online. |
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· FullBooks.com - Thousands Free Books · Family History Books Collection- Family Search.org |
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· Higginson Book Co. - Booksellers |
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We recommend that you use the
following external links to
obtain additional books. |
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... simplifies searching for our ancestors by identifying and
linking to the freely |
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available digitized American biographies, genealogies and history books ... |
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About this webpage
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We do like to hear from others who
are researching the same people and surnames. We need
your help to keep growing! So please Email photos, stories, and other appropriate information about this topic. We only ask that if you have a personal website please
create a link to our Home Page. -- This webpage was last updated on -- 01 April 2014 |
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