The 13th book I released into the Wild, as a Bookcrosser, was the 5th Edition of Genealogy Online by Elizabeth Powell Crowe.
My review:
The 1st thing the finders of this book will ask is:
Why did he write on nearly every freakin' page?
This book is not meant to be read, and put on a shelf for a few years until you get the urge to pick it up again.
That's fiction.
This is a reference book.
It is meant to be studied, and any useful info it has taken, and put to use.
This was one of the 1st books on Genealogy I bought when I started going online for research, in 2001, and is one of the best books on the market, even 4 years later.
Anyone interested in Genealogy will appreciate my highlighting as it helps them focus on the info being explained.
As I write on the inside cover:
Dear fellow Roots Diggerupper,
This book has much that may be out of date.
Copy, or write down what you can use and, if you like the book, purchase the new, 7th edition, as I just did.
Then release this copy back into the wild when you are ready.
Let me tell you how, and where, I released this book.
October 4th, 2005:
This is a Themed Release!
The plan had been to leave the book near an old grave at the 135 year old Santa Ana Cemetery.
I found an appropriate one, with a colorful epitaph, set my book down, and took a photo for the record.
John Brush
Capt. Balls Company
Black Hawk War 1895
As I rode my bike toward the exit I passed the office, and saw the sign about how flowers were removed every Wednesday.
Well, I decided I didn't want to risk the grounds crew tossing the book in the dumpster, and went back for it.
I decided the best thing to do would be to leave it propped up against the door of the office with an additional note about how I hoped someone with an interest in genealogy would find the book, use it, and pass it on, as I have, or pass it along to someone who would.
As of today there is no word of its fate.
Howdy Kiril, do you have any other suggestions for digging up roots? I recently joined Ancestry.com, and have become soooo addicted, that I was up for 27 hours straight. My eyeballs were almost hovering just above my keyboard--I was so tired.
I've found hundreds of Paradowski's, but hardly any Sodlowski's, or Saklowski's. I have to search for Austria...then Ukraine...then Poland...but not Poland. I get so wrapped up in following the leads.
Anyway, I found your post about the Bookcrossing very entertaining. I hope the next person to find your book does log it. I found a book that I forgot to log. I will do that today.
Best wishes to you, and happy blogging.
Posted by: devrie | 01/15/2006 at 09:03 AM
Hi Devrie,
An excellent starting point would be to check out the websites listed in the list, in the right column, called "Eat Yer Veggies!"
Cyndi's List, Dear Myrtle, Rootsweb, and the FamilySearch site of the LDS, are musts.
3 MUST OWN Books:
The most current editions of:
THE SOURCE: A GuideBook of American Genealogy.
THE HANDY BOOK FOR GENEALOGISTS.
and of course...
GENEALOGY ONLINE - 7th edition by Elizabeth Powell Crowe
Posted by: Kiril Kundurazieff | 01/16/2006 at 01:59 AM