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=== Value for Family History Researchers === | === Value for Family History Researchers === | ||
The value of the Google Books service for family history and genealogy researchers can be substantial. An instructor at BYU's Salt Lake Center gave an assignment to find something in a particular book at the | The value of the Google Books service for family history and genealogy researchers can be substantial. An instructor at BYU's Salt Lake Center gave an assignment to find something in a particular book at the FamilySearch Library. One student decided to look up a particular book as part of the assignment, which was given in the materials for the assignment. The book was found to be missing at the FamilySearch Library, so the student turned to Google Books. That book was found there, along with 19 other books by the same author. | ||
Types of books that are often found by family history researchers include town histories, other histories about places, both in general and specific, some actual family histories that were printed and that are now out of copyright, and even historical records held by some archives, such as some in Europe that are actively working with Google to digitize materials and make them available via Google Books. | Types of books that are often found by family history researchers include town histories, other histories about places, both in general and specific, some actual family histories that were printed and that are now out of copyright, and even historical records held by some archives, such as some in Europe that are actively working with Google to digitize materials and make them available via Google Books. | ||
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