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 [[File:AFGS Building Side4 10 11.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Amer-French Gen Soc in Woonsocket]]
 === [[American-French Genealogical Society]] ===
-P.O. Box 2010<br>78 Earle Street<br>Woonsocket, RI 02895<br>Telephone: 401-765-6141<br>Fax: 401-765-6141<br>E-mail: [mailto:database@afgs.org database@afgs.org]<br>Website: [http://www.afgs.org/ American-French Genealogical Society]
+P.O. Box 830<br>78 Earle Street<br>Woonsocket, RI 02895<br>Telephone: 401-765-6141<br><br>E-mail: [mailto:info@afgs.org info@afgs.org]<br>Website: [https://www.afgs.org/site/ American-French Genealogical Society]
-:Has collections pertaining to cultural, genealogical, historical and biographical matter relating to Americans of French and French Canadian descent. Collections include databases, cemetery, headstone and obituary records, as well as French-American marriage records for Rhode Island (see The Forget Files). The website has genealogy links and includes a section on Acadian heritage.<br><br>
+:AFGS is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization located in Woonsocket, Rhode Island USA.  Since its founding in 1978, the Society has acquired over 20,000 books and nearly 7,000 reels of microfilm. Our library contains one of the largest collections of French Canadian genealogical and historical research.<br><br>
 [[File:BrownUniversity-JohnDRockefellerJrLibrary.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Brown Univ Rockefeller Library in Providence]]