This came to me on another list, and it is such good information, I am forwarding it, with permission of the original poster. I hope it can be of assistance to you in your research. Donna *O :-) > Hi! > > I have come across a web site that some of you may > find beneficial. > http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/ > > I quote from their home page: > "Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of > primary sources in American social history from the > antebellum period through reconstruction. The > collection is particularly strong in the subject areas > of education, psychology, American history, sociology, > religion, and science and technology. The collection > currently contains approximately 8500 books and 50,000 > journal articles with 19th century imprints. The > project represents a major collaborative endeavor in > preservation and electronic access to historical > texts. > > The Making of America collection is made up of images > of the pages in the books and journals. When you find > something you want to look at, you will see a scanned > image of the actual pages of the 19th century > volume...." > > You can do a search -- then, when you've viewed the > results, you can add the book to your bookbag (this is > not something you purchase -- this allows you to keep > a list of books you want to continue searching), you > can download individual pages or save the entire book > as a text file. The materials are not to be copied > and distributed, but you may view them as freely as > you would like and download them for your own use. > > I did several searches (just to see what would come > up) -- found several town and state histories, pages > with biological information, and books written by a > couple of my ancestors. You can also search by an > author's name -- Savage's Dictionary came up, among > other interesting books. > > Happy hunting! > Susan :) > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > ==== FITCH Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the Fitch list > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >