Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash I haven’t blogged in a while. For two years, I put this blog on private as I’d no longer had the willpower to push out blog posts the way that I did six years ago. I write a little more about this in my blog post Why Do You Do… ? Recently, I have revamped my blog. I have unpublished posts that didn’t reflect who I was then or who I am now, or those that felt too personal to share ‘out there’. I also removed posts I wrote just for the sake of posting content and main taining an audience, even when inauthentic to me. It means more to me that others feel the value and quality of what I share rather than the quantity. I am not sure how often I will post, all I know is when the inspiration and curiosity strike, that’s when it will occur. My intention for this blog is to lead with more spontaneity than usual, structured content, along with transparency, authenticity, and vulnerability to whatever degree feels right. My inte...
If you are looking for free online historical books to use, Google Books is the way to go.
What is Google Books?
Go to https://books.google.com/
You can search for a specific family history book, an ancestor, a locality, or a particular place.
In the example below, I searched my 3rd great-grandfather with the location he lived in most of his life. Use quotations around names or variations of them.
I see a few results of my ancestor. In the second result, it says a "Snippet view", which means only a tiny section of the book will be shown highlighted with the keywords you have used to find it.
The 1st result it says "Preview" so, the book is available to read. Some pages of some books might not be in the preview.
When some books aren't available to view you can use WorldCat. WorldCat is mainly an online catalog, of books, DVDs, and biographies that have historical information that you have been looking for.
Type in the name of the book that wasn't available on Google Books.
Enter your zip code in the field. After entering your zip code, the nearest location(s) that carry the book will be shown by the number of miles away from you. You find libraries and/or universities that have the book that you want by doing an interlibrary loan with your local public library.
Google Books is a useful tool to utilize in your genealogy search. You might find something you didn't know before by using Google Books.
Share what you have found on Google Books in the comments below.
(c) Copyright Lacie Madison All Rights Reserved.
What is Google Books?
Google Books is generally a digital archive of books, newspapers, encyclopedias, etc. You can even view most of them for free.
Using Google Books
Using Google Books
Go to https://books.google.com/
You can search for a specific family history book, an ancestor, a locality, or a particular place.
In the example below, I searched my 3rd great-grandfather with the location he lived in most of his life. Use quotations around names or variations of them.
I see a few results of my ancestor. In the second result, it says a "Snippet view", which means only a tiny section of the book will be shown highlighted with the keywords you have used to find it.
The 1st result it says "Preview" so, the book is available to read. Some pages of some books might not be in the preview.
When some books aren't available to view you can use WorldCat. WorldCat is mainly an online catalog, of books, DVDs, and biographies that have historical information that you have been looking for.
Type in the name of the book that wasn't available on Google Books.
Enter your zip code in the field. After entering your zip code, the nearest location(s) that carry the book will be shown by the number of miles away from you. You find libraries and/or universities that have the book that you want by doing an interlibrary loan with your local public library.
Google Books is a useful tool to utilize in your genealogy search. You might find something you didn't know before by using Google Books.
Share what you have found on Google Books in the comments below.
(c) Copyright Lacie Madison All Rights Reserved.
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