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 The Family History Library has other guides to archives with genealogical collections. For example, the library has numerous state and local inventories compiled by the Historical Records Survey and indexes to the manuscript holdings at the Library of Michigan.
-=== Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards  ===
+=== Web Sites  ===
-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 on-line services help family history researchers:
+You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Michigan 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. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more sites:
-*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 Michigan 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 May 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:
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 *[http://www.cyndislist.com/mi.htm http://www.CyndisList.com/mi.htm]
-Extensive links to other Internet sites touching on Michigan family history.
+Extensive links to other Internet sites touching on Michigan family history.<br>
-For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline, 2nd ed., "[[United States Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" section.
 === FamilySearch™  ===