The USGenWeb project , which debuted on the Internet in April, is a volunteer effort to organize and add to the genealogical data available online. Each state has a Web page, where Net surfers can find out the names, addresses and phone numbers of local archives, genealogical societies and libraries and get advice on how to find basic data such as local church, cemetery, court, land and property records. As with the Internet in general, interaction is the project's most compelling feature. Ark. Also looking for name of parents of wife, Sarah E. Stanley. The poster received a response within days.
Genealogists frequently enter the same inquiries in several places.
Queries can also be put on some of the thousands of Web sites, mailing lists and newsgroups related to genealogy. Some focus on a particular state, region, ethnic group or family surname to help target the search. The major commercial online services, America Online, CompuServe and Prodigy, also offer comprehensive genealogy forums, where members can enter queries. Adding further to the burgeoning resources, numerous libraries and archives are now beginning to put their indexes, card catalogs and, in rare cases, their records into digital form. The National Archives posts details of its records and instructions on how to access them on its Web page.