Today Google started its online library. (Wall Street Journal - Nov 3 Page D3). This is the first stab at putting Google's scan of "books and documents at several universities and public libraries" online. You can access the library at http://print.google.com You will have to sign up for a Google userid if you don't already have one but it is free. I started out with whitney "vital records" and it brought up a number of Vital Records for various towns in Massachusetts.