Then there is the gutenberg project which I regularly check on www.gutenberg.org which has 27000 books free and within the whole of the various countries involved over 100 000 Cheers Ros -----Original Message----- From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of C Sullivan Sent: 15 January 2009 08:04 To: beara@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BEARA] Fwd: [BOSTON] New: Directories, Pension Books, and more Be sure to check google.books as well, I have found a number of good, out of print, books free. A number of not free books have excerpts available. ~~C Sullivan --- On Tue, 1/13/09, kerstentm@snowcrest.net <kerstentm@snowcrest.net> wrote: From: kerstentm@snowcrest.net <kerstentm@snowcrest.net> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Fwd: [BOSTON] New: Directories, Pension Books, and more To: beara@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 9:54 AM Susan, You have done it again and found an excellent resource. They have obscure and rare directories and history books for specific areas. Though it wasn't helpful for my Beara ancestors in Butte, it was very helpful with the next generation in the San Francisco Bay area. Thanks! Theresa > I'm forwarding this to the list because it mentions they have a free > online > book: "1892 Mining Directory for US, Canada, Mexico" > > I don't know if it is helpful, or not, as I did not look at it, but I know > there are a lot of Beara miners that emigrated, so maybe it might be of > interest. > > Susan Daily > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Don Krieger <akadonnew@verizon.net> > Date: Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:39 PM > Subject: [BOSTON] New: Directories, Pension Books, and more > To: boston@rootsweb.com > > > Dear List, > > We have added the following books to our directory page: > http://directory.evendon.com > 1879 Boston Directory > 1892 Mining Directory for US, Canada, Mexico > 1909 Branch County Michigan > 1887-88 Cincinnati Ohio > 1871 Ohio River Towns > Most of these towns are in West Virginia, > but some are in Kentucky and Missouri. > The book opens on a title page which lists > the towns. We have placed it in the West > Virginia group. > > We have added the following books to our SmallBooks page: > http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/SmallBooks.shtml#Clubs > 1895-1910 Civic Club of Pittsburgh > > We have added the following books to our Yearbooks page: > http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/Yearbooks.shtml#OH > 1878-1917 Ohio State University Alumni > > We have added the following books to our Military page: > http://military.evendon.com > Pennsylvania Musters from 1777 - 1882 > This book includes the PA Navy Muster from the > Revolutionary War and also yearly militia musters > from Cumberland County. It also includes the list > of Pennsylvania Pensioners from 1818-1832. > We have placed a link to the Pensioner section of > the book (starting on page 470) in the Pension book > section of the Census page. > > We have added the following books to our Census page: > http://census.evendon.com > Pensioners from the War of 1812 > > We hope you find the material on our site useful and return often. > Have a wonderful holiday and many many years to come. > > Don > akadonnew _@_ verizon.net > > Eve and Don Krieger > Pittsburgh, PA > > Frontpage: http://www.evendon.com Includes links to all > Pages > Military Page: http://military.evendon.com Histories and Musters > Directory Page: http://directory.evendon.com Directories organized by > state and country > Census Page: http://census.evendon.com 1790 Federal Census, 1840 > Pensioners, others > Yearbook Page: http://yearbooks.evendon.com Yearbooks and Alumni Books > "SmallBooks": http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/SmallBooksM.htm > Churches, > Clubs, etc. > > Everything on our site is free and permanent. > Loading is very fast. > Each page includes a highlighted link which you can copy/paste > to reference or cite that page online. > Please support EveNDon.com by letting others know about it. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOSTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using SnowCrest WebMail. http://www.snowcrest.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message