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Rare and Collectible Books

Books are always a great gift for the family historian or genealogist.

One online source of rare and collectible books is Alibris.

One can even find first editions or signed books. They carry new, used and out-of-print media with over 75 million books, cds/vinyl, and dvds/video. The website features easy online access, great product reviews and lots of choice to make your gift decision easier.

One suggestion is The Story of a Lifetime: A Keepsake of Personal Memoirs by Stephen Pavuk and Pamela Pavuk.

To access the Rare and Collectible Books section go to Alibris webpage and look on the upper right.

Another gift idea

Books have to be my all time favourite gift idea. To make a family history come alive, the genealogist will research the history of the times and include the information in their reports. Often books featuring the era one is researching are out of print. I remember hunting far and wide for a book on Empire Loyalists and finally found it at an used book store.

If you are looking for a gift for the genealogist in your family, one source of rare and out of print books is Alibris.com. First editions and signed books can also be found at Alibris and the selection of >any< type of book (or music for that matter) is vast. It is a great place to buy a gift either for someone on your list or yourself

Holiday Gift Ideas for the Genealogist

I was asked the other day what I might like for Christmas…so I decided to create a list over a period of a few days in the hopes hubby will see it….

One of the items on my list is a subscription to Footnote.com (UPDATE – now called Fold3). Footnote features scanned original historical documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and many more.

My husband’s family has a lot of genealogy connections in eastern USA. This subscription might be the thing to find more of those elusive ancestors.

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