The following excerpt is from Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2002 by Richard W. Eastman. It is republished here with the permission of the author. ============================== Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War at http://www.njstatelib.org/cyberdesk/DIGIDOX/Digidox20.htm "The web publications provide full Boolean searching (and, or, not, near...) and also allows for browsing through the book, either page by page or by individually marked sections, including links to contents pages, prefaces, and sections of the original books. For Stryker's work, this is especially helpful since not only can you search for names of possible Civil War Veterans, but you can also browse the table of contents for the place in the book where certain regiments are outlined (rather than searching through a multitude of hits). The Boolean searching is quite extensive, involving the use of wildcards, searching a word that is within a certain proximity to another, words that are adjacent, and other advanced search options. See the site's "Searching Tips section for a full description at: http://www.njstatelib.org/plweb/operat.html . Online help is also provided. Both databases were well constructed. Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War at http://www.njstatelib.org/cyberdesk/DIGIDOX/Digidox20.htm