Dear sue, Thanks a milliopn!! I can't wait to check this out. Betty sullivan ----- Original Message ----- From: <SueMHR@aol.com> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:27 AM Subject: [MA-MENDON] Family History Books > The following came over the Otsego Co., NY list. I checked it out briefly > and it appears to be what he says it is -- may be a good resource! Sue > > LDS Digitizing Books, on-line NOW at BYU!!! > > Oh BOY, here we go! > > 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 searchable 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 "929.273 > Series" > 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 (September2005), 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. > > I have not used it enough yet to be proficient, but you bet I'll be > checking > this little treasure out, a lot! -- Dick Hillenbrand > (He has posted this announcement on his website: > http://ny-genes.blogspot.com/) > > > > Susan M. Roe > SueMHR@aol.com > Seal Beach, CA > > A friend is one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. > Anonymous > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >