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| '''Vital Statistics'''<br>Manitoba Community Services<br>104 - 401 York Avenue<br>Winnipeg, MB R3C 0P8<br>CANADA <br>Internet: http://www.gov.mb.ca/government/departments.html | | '''Vital Statistics'''<br>Manitoba Community Services<br>104 - 401 York Avenue<br>Winnipeg, MB R3C 0P8<br>CANADA <br>Internet: http://www.gov.mb.ca/government/departments.html |
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| === Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards ===
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| 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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| *Search large databases.
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| *Search computer libraries.
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| *Join in computer chat and lecture sessions.
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| You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Manitoba 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.
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| 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:
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| '''Canada Genealogy Links.net'''
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| http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/index.html
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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 and province.
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| '''Canadian Genealogy Resources'''
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| [https://www.thoughtco.com/quick-geography-facts-about-canada-1434345 https://www.thoughtco.com/quick-geography-facts-about-canada-1434345]
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| Lists county, provincial, and national sources; personal pages; and publications.
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| '''Roots-L'''
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20160506130602/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/canada.html CanadianResources Rootsweb]
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| A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.
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| '''FamilySearch™'''
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| [https://www.familysearch.org www.familysearch.org]
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| The FamilySearch Library and some FamilySearch 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.
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| [[Category:Manitoba Archives and Libraries]] | | [[Category:Manitoba Archives and Libraries]] |