For the rest of us who might love to take a look, what could the ISBN # of those volumes be pray tell?? Jan, Hope you had a wonderful holiday. Rhonda Houston -----Original Message----- From: Jan Heiling [mailto:janheil@attbi.com] Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 11:52 AM To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [A-REV] Two Volume Book online: Pictorial Field Book of The Revolution p... JMJJF@aol.com wrote: > <snip> > If I had not browsed through this bibliography, I would never have found the > wondrous Field-Book (or, later, the Field-Book of the War of 1812, which I > have). That can't be emphasized enough ... its truly a silver platter full! I might add, so are some of the Websites of list members, and the Archives of this list because of all the frequent contributions. It is always worth taking a browse after reaching another important milestone on your ancestor. Very grateful, Jan > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Hi Rhonda, Perhaps someone else can answer that:-) See end for an aid. I was picking up on Anne's portion of her msg on the Lossing Field Book Bibliography where she points out the 'importance' of Bibliographies. However, these particular Lossing books have been a topic of discussion in recent times. I have copied here the msg posted by John Robertson (jrshelby11/16/01) which triggered our remarks about Bibliographies: [quote] 1. A few weeks back I posted finding online Benjamin J. Lossing's 1850 "THE PICTORIAL FIELD-BOOK OF THE REVOLUTION" and 1869 "THE PICTORIAL FIELD BOOK OF THE WAR OF 1812 " (the latter "in progress") at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/lossing.htm 2. A major difficulty with the original version of this huge work is that of finding something in particular. It has a voluminous table of contents, but no index. I have been kibitzing with the website owner to add a means of searching the online version. We have a workable (albeit not perfect) one at http://jrshelby.com/lossingsearch.htm which I would suggest as an entry point to the main site. 3. I tried 3 different freebie online search engines before selecting this one. The site map feature is provided by a different service, and while you can search from there, I don't recommend doing so. 4. You will be told on the search link (2, above) that a search will take you to the beginning of the chapter(s) (webpages) containing the desired material. When you arrive at a chapter, you can find the material at its location in the chapter by using your browser's built-in search function (Control-F or Edit/Find), then find additional locations of the same text by using your browser's "Find next" feature. 5. I have added a few instructions on the search page (2, above) but plan to add an expanded "search tips" section. If you have comments in regard to the search functions, please address them to jr@jrshelby.com (and not to the list). 6. The guy who did the huge amount of work to put this site online is Bill Carr, wcarr1@nycap.rr.com (not a listmember). If you've never done this kind of thing, your mind would be boggled at the manhours required. 7. I hope that you find this site to be as enjoyable as I have. It is like travelling back in time over 150 years and seeing many of these sites as they looked then, and hearing their history as known by those at the sites living only 70 years or so after they occurred. It may not be time travel, but for a history buff, it comes close! [end quote] Perhaps Janice's search at this site will provide some #ISBN numbers: http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/BookSearch?ph=2&an=Lossing&bsi=60 Hope this helps, Jan Rhonda Houston wrote: > For the rest of us who might love to take a look, what could the ISBN # of > those volumes be pray tell?? > > Jan, Hope you had a wonderful holiday. Rhonda Houston > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Heiling [mailto:janheil@attbi.com] > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 11:52 AM > To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [A-REV] Two Volume Book online: Pictorial Field Book of The > Revolution p... > > JMJJF@aol.com wrote: > > > <snip> > > If I had not browsed through this bibliography, I would never have found > the > > wondrous Field-Book (or, later, the Field-Book of the War of 1812, which I > > have). > > That can't be emphasized enough ... its truly a silver platter full! > I might add, so are some of the Websites of list members, and the Archives > of > this list because of all the frequent contributions. It is always worth > taking a > browse after reaching another important milestone on your ancestor. > > Very grateful, > Jan > > > > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237