Do members share their library resources?

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I'm sure I'm not the only one who can't afford such luxuries as Plantagenet Ancestry, etc. and who does not have ready access to a reference library. Are there Wikitree members who have access to good references and who don't mind looking things up?

Sometimes I want to suggest an addition or a change to a profile but I don't because I want that extra bit of confirmation. It would be wonderful to have a pool of reasonably decent available sources (something like the list here  http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/updates/update.shtml ) including texts not fully searchable online but where there are members who have access and are willing to share in order to garner and share as much useful data as possible.

best, Monica

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How about this one?

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Kitty%27s_Library

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This is a helpful list (have bookmarked it), but I was thinking of something along the lines of Douglas Richardson's books.

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I use my local library's Inter-Library Loan department to request research books and have them sent to my local branch of the library. I've had books arrive from all over the US and Canada. Some books I can take home others I can only use in the library.

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Check out the following for downloading free books from the internet:

https://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp

https://archive.org/index.php

http://gallica.bnf.fr/?lang=EN

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

https://www.hathitrust.org/

see also - https://www.facebook.com/groups/DescendantsofCharlemagne/search/?query=Researching%20your%20noble.doc

 

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I will give this a try. Only one of Richardson's books is in our system and it is reference only and the reference library is a bus and train away. I've never tried to get it from another town or country. It seems you have to print out a request and hand-deliver it to the nearest library stating how much you are willing to pay in fees. Worth a try. I just thought there might be Wikitree members with copies to hand.

M

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I can just call my library, ask for the inter-library loan section, and have them order the book from whoever will lend it. This is the Tulsa City-County Library and the people there are always extremely helpful. I'm sure that smaller libraries don't have the agreements in place that allows this to happen. The cost to me is ridiculous ($1) although I had to pay $35 for one very small book published for a centenary celebration. Since this was the only copy available in the US I happily paid up.

Don't give up on someone here having a copy. And keep an eye out on eBay, Amazon (for used copies). It may show up.

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Wow, Rosemary, a rental fee for a "very small book" ! My head is reeling. But then it could have been a rare book -- but was it rare?

Answer 1

Here is a list of WikiTree Sources. They are grouped by location, and many have been assigned Tags and Categories. The sources are WikiTree Free-Space profiles that contains additional information and links to free locations where they can read online. Most are available at multiple locations.

There is a special link for the sources used in Douglas Richardson's books. This is a long list. Many links have already been added, but there is still more work to be done.

None of this information will help find a book that is still in copyright. 

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I was thinking more along the lines of who owns what and would be willing to do a look-up. I imagine most of us have an eclectic assortment of history books and biographies in our homes.

Maybe we could have a free page set up so that people can input what books they have at hand provided they are willing to check those sources if asked.

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I think that is a great idea. Here it is: WikiTree Books.

There is nothing there at the moment, but I hope it is enough to get started. If others think this is a good idea, maybe they will add their own books.

We could, eventually, expand this to organize them by location, add tags, and categories.

(I am going to see what other books I have, and add them too.)

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I've added George Soule - Mayflower Families in Progress.

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I didn't know about this page! I added two of the books I own (and know well). I have at least one other, but it's for my husband's line, so I don't know so well. I will add later.

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See on WTree, Kitty's Library.

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I have to own up:  I'd never loan my own books out. There's a great chance of their never getting them back to me.

I have a town library card and access to a university library but I'd have to pay a large sum to get that card.

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They're not for loaning out, but for looking up things in. If the book has an index, it's easy to look up an individual name and see what it has. If not, they might still be willing to skim through the most relevant sections to see if there's anything of use.

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I must be lacking some information:  Who or How:  How do you look up something that is, say, in a book in another state or town? If you think someone is going to do that work accurately in, say a different state at your direction, I'd venture to say that in my 50 years of researching in academic and other serious texts, I've never seen it done or attempted. The accuracy that's needed is more than most people have skills for, not  to mention not having the required background to know the subject the other person's writing about.

And, now I see that you do conjecture/anticipate that others would be happy to or able to look up something (some things) for another person accurately without, for instance, having any knowledge of the other person's subject at hand. That  does not seem even slightly realistic to me.

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Don't forget the owners are also Wikitreers with an interest in that particular book or it wouldn't be in their private collections. They won't be unfamiliar with the subject matter. I would not have put my own books on the list if I were not willing to do a little digging if asked, in areas I'm already interested in. I'm a retired editor and have been researching for decades.

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You're a great find for most of us, Monica Edmunds (see above). Yes, I, as you have many of the necessary skills.

Whether more of us are available to volunteer our services is still a question.

so, Monica and I are in the list of those available.

But where is the list? --I'll add my name.

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You're a great find for most of us, Monica Edmunds (see above). Yes, I, as you have many of the necessary skills.

Whether more of us are available to volunteer our services is still a question.

so, Monica and I are in the list of those available.

But where is the list? --I'll add my name. (I don't know if she's added her's.)

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The freepage is 

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Books

I don't think it is well known. So far, I haven't been asked for any lookups. Feeling a bit sheepish that I clearly had plans to index William Marchant's diary and am still putting it off. Until that's done, that resource is not much use unless the person has an idea what year an individual might turn up. Otherwise, way too much paging.

I no longer own Lines of Succession as I passed it on to a family member who was pleased to have it. It's a beautiful book with all the coats of arms, but not much help for genealogy anyway.