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 To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Georgia counties, use the nine inventories of the county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Eight of these inventories are available at the Family History Library.
-=== 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 on-line services help family history researchers:
+The following sites are important gateways:
-=== Locate other researchers  ===
-*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 Georgia 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.
-The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:
 === [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]]  ===
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 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/
 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 Research Outline (30972), 2nd ed., "Archives and Libraries" section.
 === FamilySearch™  ===
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 [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 good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.
+== See Also ==
+A resource for locating archives in Appalachia is:
+*''Archives in Appalachia: A Directory''. Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985. (Family History Library book 975 A3a.) The record covers the states of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The record is arranged alphabetically by state, then by the name of the repository. Each entry lists the archive, its address, phone number, inclusive dates of the collection, the records of the collection, what subjects are covered by the collection, and the size of the collection. There are two indexes: Record type, and Subject, with reference numbers corresponding to the repository. Also included is a list, under “Coming Attractions,” of agencies that do not currently collect manuscript materials but plan to do so in the future.
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