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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 04:39:19 GMT
From: bmanning%rio-grande.BITNET@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu (William Manning)

The names database is one of the largest databases in the world.  It
is not clear how to provide general access to such a beast in its
current form. (mainframe (CDC) based)

The CD-ROMs are available in most of the distributed libraries and
the data format is available for the cost of reproduction.

There are some local, non-sactioned efforts to port the existing,
PC based user interface to the database to a Novell aware environment.
The main office is aware of some of these efforts.

At least some of the folks working on the names project are very aware
of the internet and most are involved in distributed database issues.

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Regards,
Bill Manning         bmanning@rice.edu        PO Box 1892
 713-285-5415         713-527-6099             Houston, Texas
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Date: 11 Feb 93 10:04:57 CUT0
From: Austin Kinsella <KINSELLA@novell1.rtc-carlow.ie>

> Well group, the subject says it all.  The Church of Latter Day Saints has
> no plans to make their existing database accessible via either the
> Internet or via dial-up, according to the main office.
...
> Incidentally, I don't think they even knew what the Internet was.
> Alis Whitt
> Woodruff Library, Emory University
In September last, I sent a similar enquiry to the computer support
centre of BYU:
-Hi,
-Is it possible to telnet to one of your hosts to do a genealogical
-search?
-
Not currently, although probably very soon.  Sorry :-(
>
Austin Kinsella
Lecturer, Department of Computers, Physics and Mathematics
Regional Technical College, Kilkenny Road, Carlow, Ireland.