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| *http://www.bibgen.org/ | | *http://www.bibgen.org/ |
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| === Computer Networks ===
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| Minitel is a French on-line computer network service connected by telephone lines. Minitel includes several databases and services of interest to family history researchers. Researchers around the world who have personal computers, Minitel software (which is free), and a modem can gain access. Users are charged a fee based on their connect time. The service is available twenty-four hours a day.
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| Minitel includes French telephone directories (searched department by department or by city), a computer mailbox, lists of genealogical societies, marriage indexes, advice and addresses useful for genealogists, and other services. Their computer query file is a compiled source and relies on the opinions of the people who answer. Wherever possible, the answers found in a computer query file should be verified using original records.
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| French genealogical periodicals give additional information about Minitel's databases and about other services useful to genealogists.
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| The Minitel address in the United States is:
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| :Minitel Services Company<br>888 7th Avenue, 28th Floor<br>New York, NY 10106-1301<br>USA<br>Telephone 212-399-0080<br>Fax 212-399-0129
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| *http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.minitel
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| Minitel will mail you free information and a diskette for installing the software on your computer. The software and the installation are free. The charges will be made to your American Express, MasterCard, or Visa™ bank card number, which you provide when you sign up for the program.
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| Several American computer networks also have genealogical bulletin boards. These allow researchers to make genealogical queries that may be answered by other network users. Elsewhere in the same network, specialists can give brief answers to genealogical reference questions. The networks that offer this service include:
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| *America Online
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| *CompuServe
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| *GEnie
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| *Prodigy
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| === Public Library of Information === | | === Public Library of Information === |