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Sourcing: Google Books

Sourcing: Google Books

How to modify a URL for Google Books so that it doesn't include the search terms.

Google Books are an excellent source of genealogical information, but how do we create a compact URL for sourcing that doesn't include a multitude of search terms?

This is the original source code for a Google Book reference made just by copying and pasting the URL from the web browser. If you hover over the hyperlink you will see all the search terms.

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office: Henry V Boydell & Brewer, 1904 pg 171 Google Books

By removing everything after the &dq in the URL, the link will still take you to the correct page of the book but the URL is much tidier and does not include any of the search terms, making the edit page of the profile a bit easier to read and work with.

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office: Henry V Boydell & Brewer, 1904 pg 171 Google Books

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