You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Kentucky 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. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

FamilySearch™ Internet Genealogy Service [Internet site]. [Salt Lake City]: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 22 March 1999 [cited 6 August 1999]. Available at www.familysearch.org. At this site you can access the Family History Library Catalog, Ancestral File, the International Genealogical Index, SourceGuide, lists of Family History Centers, web sites related to family history, and lists of researchers interested in similar genealogical topics. You can also learn about and order Family History Library publications.

Howells, Cyndi. “U.S. - Kentucky - KY.” In Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet [Internet site]. Puyallup, Wash.: Cyndi Howells, 6 August 1999 [cited 6 August 1999]. Available at www.cyndislist.com/ky.html. This list has more links to other Kentucky genealogical sites and describes more resources than any other site on the Internet.

“Kentucky USGenWeb.” In The USGenWeb Project [Internet site]. N.p., 1999 [cited 6 August 1999]. Available at www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/. This is a cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.

“United States Resources: Kentucky.” In RootsWeb [Internet site]. N.p., 12 July 1999 [cited 6 August 1999]. Available at www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/ky.html. This list of sites and resources includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

Guant, Christine. “Kentucky Resources.” In Genealogy Resources on the Internet [Internet site]. N.p., 31 July 1999 [cited 25 October 1999]. Available at http://www-personal. umich.edu/~cgaunt/kentucky.html. This site provides links to vital record offices, genealogical and historical societies, queries, mailing lists, county-by-county Internet sites, and gopher sites.

“Kentucky GenExchange.” In Genealogical Exchange & Surname Registry [Internet site]. N.p., 1996–1999 [cited 20 October 1999]. Available at www.genexchange.com/ky/index.cfm. This site brings searchable data to genealogists, including databases (church, cemetery, census, land, immigration, naturalization, and vital records), directories, historical accounts, mailing lists, queries, local surname researchers, and look-up volunteers.

Cleaveland, Richard. “BBSes for Kentucky.” In Richard Cleaveland’s Genealogical Bulletin Board Systems World-wide (GBBS) [Internet site]. [Washington, D.C.]: National Genealogical Society, 4 May 1998 [cited 20 October 1999]. Available at www.genealogy.org/~gbbs/gblky.html. Look for answers and post queries on the genealogical electronic bulletin boards of this list.

For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline, “Archives and Libraries” section.

Some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch. These computers do not have access to online services, networks, or bulletin boards. You can use these services at many public and college libraries and at private locations.

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