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 The Texas County Records Inventory Project of North Texas State University Center for Community Services has produced more recent inventories of the records of about a third of the state's counties. These can be purchased from the Texas State Archives. The Family History Library has copies of most of these inventories. They are listed in the catalog under TEXAS, [COUNTY] - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES.
-=== Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards  ===
+=== Web Sites  ===
-Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial online services help family history researchers:
+You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Texas in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost. Addresses on the Internet change frequently. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more sites:
-*Locate other researchers
+'''USGenWeb'''
-*Post queries
-*Send and receive e-mail
-*Search large databases
-*Search computer libraries
-*Join in computer chat and lecture sessions
-You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Texas in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.
-Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:
-=== USGenWeb  ===
 *http://www.usgenweb.com/
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 A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.
-=== Roots-L  ===
+'''Roots-L'''
 *http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/
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 A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly-updated research coordination list.
-For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the [[United States Archives and Libraries|United States Research Outline]], 2nd ed., "Archives and Libraries" section.
+'''FamilySearch™'''
-=== FamilySearch™  ===
 *[http://www.familysearch.org www.familysearch.org]
-The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.
+FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.
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