Linda, Thank you so much. As tight as money is these days we all need to be helping each other with free information. Annemarie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Trent" <lindatrent@zoomnet.net> To: <ohlawren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] Ohio Research Material Review >A message just came in about the Ohio State Gazetteer 1860-61, now being > digitally reproduced on CD and an introductory price of $49.95. > > I just wanted to make mention before people pay the $50.00 for this that > the > book is available as e-text FREE of charge on the University of Michigan's > Making of America site, at http://tinyurl.com/5e4dxq that is a direct > link > to the search function for the Gazetteer. The entire book is online > there, > and is entirely searchable by key words. > > Dunno, about everyone else, but the hobby's expensive enough without > having > to pay to view things on the computer that we can view for free on the > same > box. :-) Also, just to let everyone know, don't forget when doing > research > to check Google Books, another free source. > http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search The link I provided will > take > you to an advanced search where you can search by keyword, and even limit > it > to 18xx-18xx, or whatever year you want. You can also search by author, > title, etc. A great source for doing historic research, or genealogy. > > Just thought I'd help some folks save a little money. :-) > > Linda Trent > lindatrent@zoomnet.net > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message