Hello List I have come across a few Google Books where I cannot read online the last hundred or so pages. However, if I use the "Plain text" function, which is a transcription, I can click my way to later pages. An example is The Bengal and Agra annual guide and gazetteer, for 1841, where the last page I can easily access is page 366 and if I keep clicking on the pages, up to 370. http://books.google.com/books?id=6iQoAAAAYAAJ <http://books.google.com/books?id=6iQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA366> &pg=RA1-PA366. However , the contents lists items up to page 466. If I click on the plain text function ,I can get more pages, but the transcription can be inaccurate. This does not seem to be a problem affecting everyone, rather it just applies to me, or perhaps my computer system which is Windows Vista, or......? Has anyone else had this problem?. Has anyone any suggestions as to what I can do? Cheers Maureen (Sydney)

> Has anyone else had this problem?. Has anyone any suggestions as to what I > can do? > Maureen I have problems like this on an intermittent basis. Sometimes individual books fluctuate between preview only and full view, depending on unknown factors but probably includes your country. Because of this I try to download the PDFs when I can. Of course you then lose the ability to search in them. With regard to this particular book it is actually 1263 pages long. It is in three parts and Vol. 3 is 466 pages long. I also hit a limit (p475) in what I could step through in the PDF, but found I could download the entire work without problem. I have a copy I downloaded about 18 months ago for comparison. The new version turns out to be a scan of the same original, as identified by an ex-libris stamp and personal annotations, but strangely the PDF is now 73Mb whereas it was previously 68. If you have particular items you need to look up I can extract the relevant pages and send them to you. Simon.

Based on the FreeBMD site under the item: Searching FreeBMD for potential spouses <<<Prior to 1852, up to 4 marriages were entered on each page of the register. Hence the search could result in the names up to 8 or 4 people, and any 4 or 2 of these could be the spouse of the person you are interested in. There is no way, from the index, to tell which person is actually the spouse.>>> In the case of my ancestor Joseph Augustus Barretto, names found (listed/indexed)  from Vol27 Page401 were Louisa Edwards, Margaret Evans, Catherine Owens, and Annie Gordon. Plus the 3 other gentlemen/spouses. Yet I am inclined to see any record to confirm Joseph A and Annie’s marriage.

Hi Maureen Like Simon, I had downloaded this book some long while ago, so have checked the pagination. Curiously the pdf says there are 1265 pages in all, but the last numbered page is 469 which is the end of a list of "Administrations of Estates". Again, as noted by Simon, the book is divided into 3 parts, with pagination restarting at 1 at the beginning of each. By the way, I confess to still using XP, but was advised at the weekend that Win 7 is streets ahead of Vista. Cheers Sylvia > -----Original Message----- > From: Maureen Evers [mailto:maureen.evers@bigpond.com] > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 9:00 PM > To: india@rootsweb.com > Subject: [INDIA] Google Books problem-any suggestions? > > Hello List > > > > I have come across a few Google Books where I cannot read > online the last hundred or so pages. However, if I use the > "Plain text" function, which is a transcription, I can click > my way to later pages. > > > An example is The Bengal and Agra annual guide and > gazetteer, for 1841, where the last page I can easily access > is page 366 and if I keep clicking on the pages, up to 370.