Type in www.metrolibrary.org. On the first page, far top, left side you will now Click onto Library Catalog/CyberMars link. Enter your username and password. When this page comes up look to the left again and click onto Databases. Now scroll down and click onto Heritage Quest Online link. The next page will say Census, Books, Persi and so forth. Click onto Search Books and then follow Alice's instructions. Cheers, Donna Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul" <polywog@suscom.net> To: <KSMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:36 PM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [KSMARSHA-L] Emma Forter's History of Marshall County > Alice- Please forgive but I do not see a search engine for Census, books, > Persi and Rev. War on the first page of Heritage Quest. I see a sur name > search engine and one for Products which includes Books. Selecting Books and > typing Marshall County in the search box results in "No Results" There is > also a Categories list. "Books" takes one to a special page which does not > list People, Places, Publications. > Can you suggest a better navigation route please? Does one have to be a > member of Heritage Quest to get to the page you were so kind to make > reference to? > Grateful-Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com> > To: <KSMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 4:56 PM > Subject: Re[2]: [KSMARSHA-L] Emma Forter's History of Marshall County > > > >A "duh" moment for me, I should have explained more fully how to access > >this book. Chalk it up to it being time to leave for church when I posted. > > > > Once you are logged on to the Heritage Quest site, you should see a screen > > with search engines for Census, Books, Persi, and Revolutionary War > > records. You'll find the Marshall Co. history by clicking on the Search > > Books link. This will take you to another Search screen, listing people, > > places, publications. I clicked on "Places." Another Search screen > > appeared with "Place Names," Person Names," and "Keywords." There are > > areas here to type in something that will bring up your search of choice. > > In "Place Names," I typed in "Marshall County Kansas," clicked on the > > "Search" button, and this book appears as the first book on the list. > > > > If you click on "View Image," the title page appears. At the top is a > > link for Table of contents. Click on this link and you'll get to the > > table of contents. Another link takes you to the Table of Contents, from > > there click on the "Biographical Index" link and that index should appear. > > Find your ancestor in the list, note the page number his biography is > > listed on. There's an place at the bottom (or top) where you can continue > > on to the next page if necessary by clicking on the right arrow. When > > you've found the right page, go back to the top of the page and you'll see > > a little box that says "VIewing page ____" Jump to" followed by a box. > > Type in the page number, hit your "enter" key, and it should take you to > > the right page. > > > > Happy hunting! > > > > Alice > > US GenWeb County Coordinator for > > > > Marshall Co., KS > > http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/marshall/ > > Listmom for KSMARSHA-L > > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > > > On 7/10/2005 at 2:17 PM Donnarainbow7@cox.net wrote: > > > >>Hello Alice, > >> > >>I am a member of Heritage Quest also. I however, have searched for this > >>article and am not finding it. Can you tell me what data base you clicked > >>on > >>to link you the book? As you know there are hundreds in the system and I > >>just couldn't find the correct link to search. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

Donna Sue- Many thanks for the very responsive navigation assist. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Walters" <Donnarainbow7@cox.net> To: <KSMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 12:31 AM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [KSMARSHA-L] Emma Forter's History of Marshall County > Type in www.metrolibrary.org. On the first page, far top, left side you > will now Click onto Library Catalog/CyberMars link. Enter your username > and > password. When this page comes up look to the left again and click onto > Databases. Now scroll down and click onto Heritage Quest Online link. The > next page will say Census, Books, Persi and so forth. Click onto Search > Books and then follow Alice's instructions. > Cheers, Donna Sue > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "paul" <polywog@suscom.net> > To: <KSMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:36 PM > Subject: Re: Re[2]: [KSMARSHA-L] Emma Forter's History of Marshall County > > >> Alice- Please forgive but I do not see a search engine for Census, > books, >> Persi and Rev. War on the first page of Heritage Quest. I see a sur name >> search engine and one for Products which includes Books. Selecting Books > and >> typing Marshall County in the search box results in "No Results" There is >> also a Categories list. "Books" takes one to a special page which does >> not >> list People, Places, Publications. >> Can you suggest a better navigation route please? Does one have to be >> a >> member of Heritage Quest to get to the page you were so kind to make >> reference to? >> Grateful-Paul >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "DC & Alice Allen" <dcaallen@pacifier.com> >> To: <KSMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 4:56 PM >> Subject: Re[2]: [KSMARSHA-L] Emma Forter's History of Marshall County >> >> >> >A "duh" moment for me, I should have explained more fully how to access >> >this book. Chalk it up to it being time to leave for church when I > posted. >> > >> > Once you are logged on to the Heritage Quest site, you should see a > screen >> > with search engines for Census, Books, Persi, and Revolutionary War >> > records. You'll find the Marshall Co. history by clicking on the >> > Search >> > Books link. This will take you to another Search screen, listing > people, >> > places, publications. I clicked on "Places." Another Search screen >> > appeared with "Place Names," Person Names," and "Keywords." There are >> > areas here to type in something that will bring up your search of > choice. >> > In "Place Names," I typed in "Marshall County Kansas," clicked on the >> > "Search" button, and this book appears as the first book on the list. >> > >> > If you click on "View Image," the title page appears. At the top is a >> > link for Table of contents. Click on this link and you'll get to the >> > table of contents. Another link takes you to the Table of Contents, >> > from >> > there click on the "Biographical Index" link and that index should > appear. >> > Find your ancestor in the list, note the page number his biography is >> > listed on. There's an place at the bottom (or top) where you can > continue >> > on to the next page if necessary by clicking on the right arrow. When >> > you've found the right page, go back to the top of the page and you'll > see >> > a little box that says "VIewing page ____" Jump to" followed by a box. >> > Type in the page number, hit your "enter" key, and it should take you >> > to >> > the right page. >> > >> > Happy hunting! >> > >> > Alice >> > US GenWeb County Coordinator for >> > >> > Marshall Co., KS >> > http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/marshall/ >> > Listmom for KSMARSHA-L >> > >> > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> > >> > On 7/10/2005 at 2:17 PM Donnarainbow7@cox.net wrote: >> > >> >>Hello Alice, >> >> >> >>I am a member of Heritage Quest also. I however, have searched for this >> >>article and am not finding it. Can you tell me what data base you > clicked >> >>on >> >>to link you the book? As you know there are hundreds in the system and >> >>I >> >>just couldn't find the correct link to search. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> > >> >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >