Another great example of people helping people in the world of genealogy!
While researching an ancestor you might have come across a reference to books that may contain information for that person. Your library doesn’t have that book, and it is not online. What to do?
While researching an ancestor you might have come across a reference to books that may contain information for that person. Your library doesn’t have that book, and it is not online. What to do?
I have asked a couple of volunteers at a website called Books We Own to look things up for me with great results. They will even copy the relevant pages and email them to you.
Visit their site and browse through their “Library”. Everything is categorized by theme or
country, then by city or county or state.
If they get notice, they note when a book becomes digitized so you can look yourself.
Read
their SEARCH TIPS carefully to ensure a quick and proper response, and keep in
mind these are volunteers that have a life.
They
also have a list of genealogies by Surname.
If
you have a rare book containing people’s names, maps or other info that may be
valuable to genealogists, consider adding your book and look-up service to the
site.
Books We Own
First time I have heard of this group. Thanks for sharing! Gail Dever
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