----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:03 AM Subject: [Ger-Sur] Re: LDS Digitizing Books, on-line NOW at BYU !!! > > In a message dated 11/8/2005 8:16:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Subject: LDS Digitizing Books, on-line NOW at BYU !!! > > > > > >> A dream coming true. The Family History Library is starting to > > digitize > >> their book holdings, mostly family histories to date, and they > > are putting them > >> on-line, fully search able by any word or advanced search > > combinations. > >> Five thousand plus of these books are on the Brigham Young > > University > >> Library servers and readily accessible, NOW! > >> Here is a partial clip of an announcement I just received and > > I have only > >> made a quick check of how to find them and how to search, but > > it is very > >> exciting > >> "The LDS Family History Library has announced that it has > > begun the process > >> of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the > > Family History > >> books in their collection. These are primarily books in the > > "929.273Series" > >> that are currently housed on the first floor of the Family > > History Library > >> (previously housed on the fourth floor of the Joseph Smith > > Memorial Building). > >> At the present time (September 2005), about 5000 books have > > been digitized > >> and are available, and they have announced that they are > > adding about 100 > >> titles a week to the on-line collection. Copyright issues are > > playing a role in > >> determining the order in which they progress through this > > task; books out of > >> copyright are being done first." > >> Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU > >> at http://www.lib.byu.edu/ , then on the home page, follow the > > links:Find Other Materials; > >> Electronic; On Line Collections at BYU; Text Collections tab; > > Family History Archive > >> from the list of collections that are displayed. The search box > > on the left > >> seems to be he one to find your books at and the search box on > > the right is > >> for searching within the pages on screen. > > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-SURNAMES Mailing List ==== > Please never answer off topic messages, just ignore it or contact if > necessary the List administrator at: [email protected] > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >