tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post7617666044639951250..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: 150,000 Genealogy Books added to MyHeritage.com Super SearchJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-15566953374259405532015-12-08T08:55:20.851-07:002015-12-08T08:55:20.851-07:00I wonder how much overlap there is with the collec...I wonder how much overlap there is with the collections in books.familysearch.org and archive.org and books.google.com. I’m finishing a timeline about someone named H—J— and need a little bit of information about his service in the War of 1812 so I’ll use applicable search terms and just look at the first page of results.<br /><br />archive.org: First result: <em>Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812</em>. There's his name and regiment and information about when he served. After seeing this source I used the number of his regiment to find more specific information about his service in the war.<br /><br />MyHeritage: Seventh result: <em>Muster Rolls</em> plus two mentions of him in other secondary sources.<br /><br />FamilySearch: The first two results are highly unreliable family histories that nonetheless contain some documented information. The third is a false result for militiamen of the same last name in a different state.<br /><br />Google Books: <em>Muster Rolls</em> listed first. False results for a Revolutionary War soldier, and two other secondary sources that didn’t show up in the other searches, one of them an important if wildly inaccurate source on the family.<br /><br />So, it’s worth adding the MyHeritage source to my list of sources I check for every project. Thanks for featuring the collection!Amy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037263182287268748noreply@blogger.com