Family Histories on BYU website
On Monday I wrote about the Project planned to make microfilm in LDS vaults available on the Internet. FamilySearch has also recently started to digitize published family histories normally only found at the Family History Library. I was told this by one of the FamilySearch workers in the Exhibit Hall at the Genealogy Conference on Thursday. I have since looked up some of the family histories and was delighted to find many that could be very helpful to me. I've heard some people complain that it is not enjoyable to read books online, but for someone who can't get to the Family History Library that often, I think it is great to be able to read them online and to cut and paste information into my file without worrying about making copies and then typing notes into my PAF later.
You can search the Family History Library Catalog to find published family histories containing the surname you are looking for, but the digitized family histories are actually found at the BYU Website. So I've just been searching on the Family History Archive section of the BYU site and have found 4 or 5 family histories so far that I think will be of much use to me.
I've only been doing genealogy for 1 1/2 years, but I'm told that the availability for resources has come a long way in just the last 5 years or so. I'm thankful for all the great technology we have and that the LDS church is so willing to make so many resources freely available.