djo@sdchema.UUCP (Denise O'jibway) (10/01/85)
Does anyone know of any genealogy networks. I just got a terminal and a modem at home and I was wondering if there were any groups I could dial into. I'm in San Diego, California so I would prefer something in the state but I'd also be interested in the east coast since I may be moving there soon. Thank you. Denise O'Jibway
rooter@well.UUCP (Brian Mavrogeorge) (10/06/85)
There are several genealogy bbs's across the nation. The most comprehensive and oldest is ROOTS-BBS in San Francisco at (415)584-0697 300/1200 8/n/1 which has messages, genealogy software, how to articles, surname queries, and general public domain software. It has indexes to surname queries appearing in NY, New England, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, PA, and California as well as indexes to the family research of the ROOTS users. All these indexes are searchable online. In excess of 6000+ queries. ROOTS-BBS has spawned (begat?!?) clones in Ohio GENEALOG (614)-488-4736 and Illinois NORTHERN ILL GENEALOGY BBS (815)-344-4767 and in Milpitas, CA (call ROOTS for that number). In Texas there is TREESHARE (713)-667-5532 which has some limited census information available searchable through soundex. ROOTS-BBS is a free system. The only cost to you for those services is the cost of your telephone call (connect charges). The other have various fees. Give them a try and spread the word about this growing nationwide genealogy net!