Thought this might be of interest to someone. -----Original Message----- From: JODI REIFSNYDER <hijodi@home.com> To: PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com <PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 1:51 PM Subject: [PADUTCHgenONLY-L] Historical Journals/Books On-Line >This is one wonderful website I just discovered and have to share. >(Sorry if I'm repeating what someone else has already passed on and I >just missed it.) > >http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/ > >"Making of America" has scanned images of pages from 1,600 books and >50,000 journal articles from the 19th century. And they're searchable >too. > >For instance, I plugged REIFSNYDER into the search and found 7 hits in >three books: > >1.Brockett, L. P. Woman's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, >patriotism and > patience. By L.... 4 matches in 3 of 810 pages >2.Bryant, Henry Beadman, Bryant & Stratton's Counting house >book-keeping: > containing a complete...1 match in 1 of 376 pages >3.Whitehead, William. Directory of the borough of Chester, for the years >1859-60, > containing a concise...2 matches in 1 of 128 pages > >You can then search within each work to get the page numbers and pull up >the actual scanned pages. I'm sure there's a wealth of historical >information here. > >Jodi > >______________________________