Books

This section searches books for information about your ancestors or where they lived.

People and Places

If you are searching for a person, click on the "People" link. Click on "Places" to look for place names. Then type the specific name into the search box given.

Once you have typed a name or names into the search box(es), click "Search." Your results page will give you a list of books in which that name is found:

If you would like to download the entire book (this could be many pages!), click "View Image." If you are interested in seeing in what chapters of the book the name is found, click "View Hits" instead.

"View Hits" result:

 Clicking on that chapter's link sends you to the beginning of the chapter. If you click on the number beside it, you will be sent to the first page in the chapter upon which the name you are searching for appears.

Titles of Periodicals

If you know the name of the periodical you would like, you can go to the "Publications" page and type in your title, or browse titles alphabetically.

You will be able to find the citations of articles from periodicals but, unlike with the books, you will not find the full text of the articles. Instead, you will be directed to instructions on how to order the article you need. See the PERSI page to learn more about ordering articles.

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