Sandi! Thanks for telling us about this because War of the Rebellion is included in the books and for us that have Civil War soldiers we can now search the book and learn a little about our soldier during the War. Linda in Glasgow Sandi Gorin wrote: > I don't know if all of you are aware of this or not, but google has a huge > selection of books on line. They are searchable and many can be downloaded > to your computer - many genealogy books! > > Go to google.com > Click on advanced (to the right of the search field) > On this screen click on books > Enter your search term - you have 2 options: > > Full view or non-full view. Full view means that the entire book is online > and can be downloaded. If the book is still under copyright, it will show > you a large "blurb" where your search term appears and also show you where > and if that book is available for sale. Your search term is highlighted in > yellow and the search engine is better than average - not too many "false > hits". You can also view in full screen mode allowing you to see more of > the page without scanning up and down. > > Maybe this will help some of you! Sandi > > > > > SCKY Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky > Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren > Sandi's Genealogical Puzzlers: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html > GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >