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The National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United Kingdom and Ireland is a microfiche collection of calendars and finding aids for British archives, libraries, and museums. It provides a detailed listing of the box, folder, and sometimes individual documents contained in various collections. A name and subject index to this collection is available in a few archives and libraries, including the Family History Library (FHL fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=370600&disp=Index+to+National+inventory+of+documenta++ 6341118]; compact disc 1313 no. 10.)  
The National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United Kingdom and Ireland is a microfiche collection of calendars and finding aids for British archives, libraries, and museums. It provides a detailed listing of the box, folder, and sometimes individual documents contained in various collections. A name and subject index to this collection is available in a few archives and libraries, including the Family History Library (FHL fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=370600&disp=Index+to+National+inventory+of+documenta++ 6341118]; compact disc 1313 no. 10.)  


==== Family History Library ====
==== Family History Library ====


Many published inventories, guides, catalogs, and directories for archives and libraries are listed in the Family History Library. To find them, use the Place Search in the catalog under:
Many published inventories, guides, catalogs, and directories for archives and libraries are listed in the Family History Library. To find them, use the Place Search in the catalog under:  


ENGLAND - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
ENGLAND - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES  


ENGLAND, [COUNTY] - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
ENGLAND, [COUNTY] - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES  


ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY] - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES <br>'''Locating Web sites for Record Offices and Libraries'''
ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY] - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES  


You can locate an archive or library’s Web site on the Internet through GENUKI at:


[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/#Archives www.genuki.org.uk/big/#Archives]


'''Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards'''
[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/#Archives ]
 
== Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards ==


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 on-line services help family history researchers:  
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 on-line services help family history researchers:  
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