Here's a direct link to the page. http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/ Sande in CA GDETTLEFF@aol.com wrote: > Below is an announcement from another List. I don't know anything more >about it. >Gloria >===================== > >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. >>> >>> > > > > >