Gee Already Thing 15. No skipped a few and I will go back. Its called staying in one's comfort zone!! Tee Hee!!
Discovered Google Book Search by accident a great many months ago. Its great when the item you want is out of copyright and therefore fully readable. Its frustrating when there is uncertainty about copyright and they only show snippets -- these have a habit of ending just where the information you would like to have should be (Grrr!) and there doesn't seem to be a way to trick the system to show you that information. Believe me I've tried. Even worse is when there is not a snippet, when there is no view.
Some hints for beginners : The OCR (optical character recognition) software can give some interesting interpretations of text. So always read and copy the original text not just solely the plain text unless you have time to correct the errors. Also think about searching using wildcards particularly for o's and e's. Though it even has trouble with consonants.
What to search for that might turn up a readable book. English trials, Sepuchral records in Great Yarmouth, Registrars of English BDMs (ie The people who did the registering not the Registers ie books themselves. In small towns this could be the local doctor or the real estate agent) . So pick an ancestor's name and a place they were and have a go. Once in a searchable book try just the surname.
The books seem to be mainly what could be filmed in American University libraries.
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