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 To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Arkansas counties, use the 17 inventories of the county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of 16 inventories are available at the Family History Library.
-=== Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards  ===
+=== Web Sites<br> ===
-Computers with modems are important 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 Arkansas 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.
-*Locate other researchers
+Addresses on the Internet change frequently. Tthe following sites are important gateways:
-*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 Arkansas 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.
+[[Usgen|'''The USGenWeb Project''']]<br>
-Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 2007, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:
-=== [[Usgen|The USGenWeb Project]]<br> ===
 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'''
 [[Javascript:void(0);/*1217964733230*/|http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.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.
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