ROOTS-L Resources: Internet Resources for Genealogy

    Library catalogs, FTP sites, GENSERV, MELVYL and more... These files provide an overview of a variety of genealogical resources on the Internet.
  • faq.www: Some good URLs for genealogy on the WWW, and a FAQ about the WWW. A more current version of the WWW FAQ may be found on sunsite.unc.edu.
  • faq.general: FAQ from the soc.genealogy.misc. Good stuff.
  • faq.index: Overview of the various ROOTS-L FAQ files. Probably more up-to-date and less wordy than this WWW page.
  • faq.melvyl: Melvyl is the On-Line Catalog of the University of California, including the large Sutro genealogy library in San Francisco -- this article tells you how to access Melvyl via telnet. A longer demonstration of melvyl is available in genealog.melvyl.
  • genealog.ftpcac: A description of the FTP site at ftp.cac.psu.edu for genealogical programs and files. Go there now?
  • genealog.ftpsites: A list of genealogy FTP sites on the Internet.
  • genealog.ftpstsci: How to get the GEDCOM standard via anonymous FTP or via e-mail.
  • genealog.gedcoms1: Information about the "GENSERV2" Genealogical Server. See also the GENSERV home page.
  • genealog.lc-tlnet: Directions on accessing the Library of Congress catalog via telnet (but only during regular library hours). See also the Library of Congress home page.
  • genealog.lib-addr: If you're here via the Web (and how else would you be here?), this file may have limited appeal for you. Then again, the list of libraries with Internet Online Bibliographic Databases is nice. But the point of the file is to give you their numeric IP addresses, for those of you whose sites don't support names lookups... (Such as???)
  • genealog.libcontx: Dated 29 October 1992, a list of contacts for Internet On-line Bibliographic Databases.
  • genealog.photoftp: Smithsonian photographs available from the Smithsonian's Office of Printing and Photographic Services. The FTP site may only be open during business hours?, but you can still electronically visit the Smithsonian.

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