Family Search Book Search help

Question

I'm flummoxed by the Family Search book search. I do not use it with great frequency. I'm trying to see if they have The Quaker Yeoman Vol 24 No 1. I found Vol 14 No 2 here. When I type in The Quaker Yeoman as a basic search term or even a title, I do not get any issues of it to appear in the search results when I would anticipate them being at the head of the results. What parameters have to be used to get the search to work?

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The book search function is among the worst I’ve ever used!

I did aa advanced search with the full title, scrolled through the results, and they only went up to volume 17.

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Thank you. At least I know they have thru Vol 17. Contacted a Quaker bookseller to see if they might have it (I'm over 3 hours from a library that I believe has it).

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Might I suggest an ordinary Google or Yahoo search? That is how I usually find books, whether on FamilySearch or other locations.

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Thanks, Lucy. Those searches didn’t produce results as I had hoped. The publication seems to have been in the form of a newsletter on which I have been able to find only limited information (now seeking assistance of Quaker Historical Society Quarterly staff).

Answer 1

The FamilySearch Library (formerly Family History Library) does have the edition you seek but it's not available online unfortunately.  You can see the catalog entry for this publication here:  https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/22948.  If/when a book search isn't producing results, a tip is to Search/Catalog, then enter the book/periodical name in the Titles field.  v. 24, no. 1 is here:  https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/854270?availability=Family%20History%20Library.

You can try their Lookup Service at https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/record-lookup-service but I've found that they're now rejecting most requests for anything copyrighted.

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Thank you, Kerry. I'm giving it a try since the basic request is whether or not some specific text is found in a particular article or not.

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Kerry, FS lookup service did send a complete copy of the article. Took just over a week—much more rapid than their automated response indi.

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Thanks for the feedback.  That's good to hear.

Answer 2

I'm going to sing the praises of the Quaker Archives of Hege Library at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. I was not sure they had this serial publication. Within an hour of my request, they sent me a scan of the article for research purposes.

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That's great news.