archive.org is a site that has got literally many millions of items in it. Lots of these are of interest for genealogy research purposes. In another post, we saw how worldcat.org can be used to find out where books are located nearby.
Well, the Internet Archive takes that one step further. This is illustrated by using it to find the same book as in the worldcat example, namely "The Averell-Averill-Avery family : a record of the descendants of William and Abigail Averell of Ipswich, Mass," by Clara Arlette Avery
In this case, I went to the Internet Archive and entered "Averell-Averill-Avery family" as my search term. I got the result shown below:
Looking at this, I see electronic covers of the same book that worldcat tells me is in the Seattle Public Library. Letting my fingers do the clicking, I pick the RH document (the one with by far the most hits) and the result is shown below after I enter "Lewis Averell" (my great-great-great grandfather" as the search term.
Clicking on the RH blue "find" and zooming in a bit takes me to the last picture, where I can read a biography of Lewis. This is identical to the print book I could get at the Seattle Library except I can't actually flip through the pages in the same way.
Google Books, discussed here, also has this document, though in a different form and searchable via a different approach.
Well, the Internet Archive takes that one step further. This is illustrated by using it to find the same book as in the worldcat example, namely "The Averell-Averill-Avery family : a record of the descendants of William and Abigail Averell of Ipswich, Mass," by Clara Arlette Avery
In this case, I went to the Internet Archive and entered "Averell-Averill-Avery family" as my search term. I got the result shown below:
Looking at this, I see electronic covers of the same book that worldcat tells me is in the Seattle Public Library. Letting my fingers do the clicking, I pick the RH document (the one with by far the most hits) and the result is shown below after I enter "Lewis Averell" (my great-great-great grandfather" as the search term.
Clicking on the RH blue "find" and zooming in a bit takes me to the last picture, where I can read a biography of Lewis. This is identical to the print book I could get at the Seattle Library except I can't actually flip through the pages in the same way.
Google Books, discussed here, also has this document, though in a different form and searchable via a different approach.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! Updated on 14 Mar 2024
Another such is the digital collection of the Allen County Public Library, which is probably the second best such behind the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. Worldcat lists many genealogy books as ONLY being available through the Allen County Library.
