FREE Civil War, Local History and Genealogy Books on Line
Welcome to the new
Research OnLine Digital Library.
Think of it as an OnLine catalog of thousands of books that are available FREE for you to use in your research. We now have cataloged and organized more than 33,000 volumes focusing on family history and Civil War research.
Over the past few years Google and others have placed thousands of volumes on line, but not provided a system to allow you to easily find and utilize the material. Our intent is to change that by:
Providing a logical hierarchical catalog of available materials
Linking to the "best" copy of each book on line
Providing the book in all of the needed formats - KINDLE, PDF, MOBI, EPUB, DJVU, HTML, XML, TXT, DOC - whatever evolves over time.
Providing useful summaries, book reviews, indexes, etc. to make research easier
Provide a forum for discussion of research materials
Clean up the "mess" left by the scanning and OCRing of the various books
It's a big project with lofty goals. We encourage you to jump right in and help:
