The Open Library site has links to hundreds of local history books https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7900785W/History_of_Stanislaus_County_California
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24156285M/History_of_Alameda_County_California https://openlibrary.org/works/OL9207950W/A_history_of_Merced_County_California https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16289645W/History_of_Santa_Cruz_County_California Just enter the county name and history in the search box and look down the list for the "READ" icon Internet Archive has city directories by the hundreds https://archive.org/details/texts The search is something I haven't figured out yet. Pages like the Golden Nugget Library http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/ has links to read them online Eric Edgar -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.

