
31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips – Google Books
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July 2018 is completely focused on providing you with genealogy tips that are …..well,….”out of the box“.
Welcome to DAY 30 of the 31 Days of “Out of the Box” Genealogy Tips series! Need to start at the beginning of the series or catch up? Start here.
DAY 30- Explore Google Books
Google books is a fantastic resource for finding books helpful in your genealogy and family history research.
Did I mention many of these books are FREE?! That makes a frugal genealogist’s heart happy. Books that are in the public domain are offered for free access. Others you may just get a preview snippet.
A variety of books can be found. Take a quick peek back at the type of books found on Google books I have used:
- Family histories
- Church histories
- City directories
- County histories
- A law dictionary (It’s important to understand the legal terms found in the documents we read.)
- State statute books
- Indices to state and county records
Now It’s Your Turn!
Explore Google Books and see what unique books you find to use in your genealogy research!
Check out previous posts in the 31 Days of Out of the Box Genealogy Tips:
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- Day 1 – Volunteer!
- Day 2 – Genealogy Wikis
- Day 3 – Cemetery Research
- Day 4 – Newspaper Society Pages
- Day 5 – Vertical Files
- Day 6 – Religious Periodicals
- Day 7 – Unplug Your Genealogy
- Day 8 – Cultural Periodicals
- Day 9 – Facebook Groups
- Day 10 – DNA Education
- Day 11 – Funeral Records
- Day 12 – Occupational Records
- Day 13 – School Records
- Day 14 – Civil War Veterans Homes
- Day 15 – War of 1812 Pensions
- Day 16 – Twitter Chats
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- Day 17 – Mortality Schedules
- Day 18 – Non-population Schedules
- Day 19 – 1890 Census Fragments
- Day 20 – Tax Records
- Day 21 – Private Collections
- Day 22 – WorldCat
- Day 23 – Merchant Records
- Day 24 – FlickR
- Day 25 – Map Collections
- Day 26 – Road Records
- Day 27 – County Heritage Books
- Day 28 – That 3rd Cousin
- Day 29 – Cookbooks
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2 Comments
Marianne Duyan
A similar free resource for books (albeit harder to access) is Hathi Trust. There’s some overlap, but I’ve found lots of family history books on their site.
LisaL
Yes, Hathi Trust is another resource for family history books. Thanks for the reminder!