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The Genealogist's Virtual Library: Full-Text Books on the World Wide Web with free CD-ROM
Thomas Jay Kemp
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Description for The Genealogist's Virtual Library: Full-Text Books on the World Wide Web with free CD-ROM
hardcover. Many genealogists have likely tried to find family information on the World Wide Web. The Internet has become a popular place to do research. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; HBTG; UDBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Many genealogists have likely tried to find family infor-mation on the World Wide Web. The Internet has become an increasingly popular place to do research-not only for serious genealogists and local historians but for everyday computer users interested in tracing their family histories. The growing availability of full-text books and journals on the Internet has made vast amounts of valuable genealogical information available at the touch of a button. And, now there is an easy way to locate the most useful texts on the web! The Genealogist's Virtual Library is an outstanding new volume that offers a comprehensive bibliog-raphy of full-text books and journals. The Genealogist's Virtual Library directs you to the sites on the web that contain the full-text of books; these sites contain complete texts of books, not just synopses or listings. It identifies thousands of family genealogies, biographies, and local histories. The Virtual Library provides an extensive listing of these sources for genealogical research and is the first volume to give this helpful, time-saving information. The Genealogist's Virtual Library allows you to see what is available for specific areas of interest and to browse other topics. This new volume is a 'Books in Print' of full-text genealogy books available free of charge on the Internet.
Product Details
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780842028646
SKU
V9780842028646
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Thomas Jay Kemp
Thomas Jay Kemp is chair of the Genealogy Committee of the American LIbrary Association.
Reviews for The Genealogist's Virtual Library: Full-Text Books on the World Wide Web with free CD-ROM
The complete bibliographic citations, the simple, straight-forward organization, and the attention to detail in the compilation make this work particularly easy to use and useful for both casual and serious researchers.
Curt B. Witcher, Historical Genealogy Department, Allen County Public Library I knew that there are a number of genealogy books and journals available on the World Wide Web, but I was surprised at the number of them that Mr. Kemp found! This book lists thousands of full-text genealogy and history books available to anyone with Web access.
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
A much-needed book that is well organized and very easy to use. It is definitely an excellent addition to the library of any genealogist who uses the World Wide Web as a research tool.
Matthew L. Helm, Coauthor, Genealogy Online for Dummies
Curt B. Witcher, Historical Genealogy Department, Allen County Public Library I knew that there are a number of genealogy books and journals available on the World Wide Web, but I was surprised at the number of them that Mr. Kemp found! This book lists thousands of full-text genealogy and history books available to anyone with Web access.
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
A much-needed book that is well organized and very easy to use. It is definitely an excellent addition to the library of any genealogist who uses the World Wide Web as a research tool.
Matthew L. Helm, Coauthor, Genealogy Online for Dummies