The PCR 12 vols. (bound in ten) were published from 1855-1861. I own a set. When I have finished transcribing the unpublished volumes (the other twelve), I intend to issue all 24 on CD-rom. This is a project that will take some years, still. On another topic, somewhat related, the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum has a new website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~netlapm It may work better if you hit the F11 key. with best wishes, Jeremy Bangs Leiden "Robert L. Ward" <Robert@RLWard.com> wrote: >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 > > >Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >