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Digital Books and Sites for Genealogists

James Tanner
Jan 4, 2012
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Welcome
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Poll
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Speaker's Introduction
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Google Books
13m 31s
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WorldCat
7m 41s
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Archive.org
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FamilySearch.org
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Google
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Library of Congress
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National Archives
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Others
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Local Histories
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

Learn how to take advantage of the online explosion of digitized books for genealogy. You will learn about sources for digitized books including the Internet Archive, Google Books, WorldCat, Library of Congress, and More. Tens of thousands of these digitized books are local and family histories, some of which have had limited or no distribution previously. There are sites, such as the Family History Archive that have thousands of free genealogy-related books and are virtually unknown. Other well-known sites like Google Books contain a wealth of past issues of prominent genealogical publications such as the Ancestry Magazine and the Journal of American Ancestry.

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James Tanner
James L. Tanner B.A. Degree; Spanish, M.A. Degree; Linguistics, University of Utah. J.D. Degree; Law, Arizona State University. 39 years Arizona trial attorney. Over 42 years in genealogical research. Avid Blogger of Genealogy’s Star. 20+ years as
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