The following are services you may have access to if you have a modem and the appropriate software.
CompuServe. Visit the Roots forum. GO ROOTS
Prodigy. Visit the Genealogy area. JUMP GENEALOGY
America On-Line. Visit the Genealogy forum. Keyword on Genealogy

Internet. There are dozens of Web sites that have information on Genealogy. A few of these are listed here. Remember, Web sites can come and go on the Internet, so these may or may not be available when you try to access them.

http://www.ancquest.com is Incline Software’s home page. In the future, we will try to provide information and links to other Web sites that will help you get the resources you need to accomplish your family history goals.
http://bobcat.etsu.edu/ftpdir/genealogy -- State research guidelines
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage -- Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/online.html -- Library of Congress search engine
http://www.rahul.net/svpafug -- Silicon Valley PAF Users Group (SVPAFUG). This group is very active in the genealogy community. They have published guidelines for source notes documentation, and deal with questions related to PAF as well as other genealogy software.

http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw -- A good genealogy home page, with pointers to other areas.
http://www.infospaceinc.com/people.html -- Powerful online telephone directory -- you should be able to find relatives across the US and Canada.