All, At 09:20 AM 11/6/2006, Harlow Chandler wrote: >This is addressed especially to any of you who have mastered the >search at Google Books. > >Among the many treasures now online through this Google service >(including such things as the tans series MA VR and many local >histories available as free PDF downloads, peeks into MD and lots >more) there is AT LEAST volume one of Nathaniel Bradstreet >Shurtleff, David Pulsifer_Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in >New England_(Press of W. White, 1855) > >This is the deeds book, so it's a good one to have (this one is not >in PDF for download, but you can read it online). > >But, what about the other 11 volumes? Are they also available here? > >I have not been able to find them, but I have not put a lot of >effort into it yet, partly because I have tried this with the Essex >Antiquarian. For anyone interested, the Essex Antiquarian is also >available, but this time as a PDF download too, through Google >Books. I tried to find every volume, but I have been able only to >find about half of them, and even when I search by publishing year I >get frustrating results. But there are other avenues for that >particular work--it's PCR that I'm lusting after at the moment. > >I won't describe my problems with the search at Google Books, but if >someone knows how to find the other 11 volumes of PCR, assuming that >they are there, it would be an immense service to the list if an >explanation were posted here. > >Would you like to have free online access to PCR from home any time? > >I thought so. > >If someone knows or can find out if Google Books really has that, >please let us all know. I searched using the advanced search feature of Google Books, for the title "Records of the Colony of New Plymouth". That returned a single result. I went to it. Then I scrolled down to the section for "Other Editions", and clicked on the "more" link. That gave me access to six other volumes. The series consists of these: v.1.- Court orders 1633-1640 v.2 - Court orders 1641-1651 v.3 - Court orders 1651-1661 v.4 - Court orders 1661-1668 v.5 - Court orders 1668-1678 http://books.google.com/books?id=bsASAAAAYAAJ v.6 - Court orders 1678-1691 http://books.google.com/books?id=p8ASAAAAYAAJ V.7 - Judicial acts 1636-1692 http://books.google.com/books?id=9cASAAAAYAAJ v.8 - Misc. records 1633-1689 http://books.google.com/books?id=HsESAAAAYAAJ v.9 - Acts of the Commissioners 1643-1651 http://books.google.com/books?id=JOwUAAAAYAAJ v.10 - Acts of the Commissioners 1653-1679 v.11 - Laws 1623-1682 http://books.google.com/books?id=rkEOAAAAIAAJ v.12 - Deeds & c. 1620-1651 http://books.google.com/books?id=0dgUAAAAYAAJ That's seven of the 12 volumes available on-line. All these can be downloaded as .pdf files, or read on-line. Volume 8 is the one with births, marriages, and deaths. Volumes 11 and 12 have deeds, among other things. Apparently the others are not available yet through Google Books. Regards, Robert Mr. Robert L. Ward 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659 Robert@RLWard.com http://mysite.verizon.net/vzetkjpc/robertlward/index.html