The following are just a few places you can go to learn more about the history of the telecommunications industry:

Archives:
Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers
American Memory
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/bellhome.html

British Telecom Archive
http://www.bt.com/archives

International Telecommunication Union Archives
http://www.itu.int

MCI Archives
Hagley Museum and Library
http://digital.hagley.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p268001coll28

Montrose Historical and Telephone Pioneer Museum
www.montrosemuseum.com

NH Telephone Museum
http://nhtelephonemuseum.com

Oklahoma Museum of Telephone History
http://attpioneervolunteers.org/chapter-41/oklahoma-chapter-41-museum/

Southern New England Telephone Archives
Thomas Dodd Research Center
University of Connecticut
https://thedoddcenter.uconn.edu

Swedish Telemuseum
http://www.tekniskamuseet.se/templates/StartPage.aspx?id=13327

Telephone Historical Centre - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
http://www.telephonehistoricalcentre.com


On-line exhibits:
Bell System Memorial
http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/bell.htm

BT's Connected Earth
http://www.connected-earth.com

Pioneer Business Systems
https://www.pioneercomms.co.uk/history-of-communication/

Southwest Museum of Engineering,
Communications and Computation
http://www.smecc.org

Techahead's Alexander Graham Bell exhibit
http://www.techaheadcorp.com/kc/alexander-graham-bell-invented-telephone/

The Telecommunications Act of 1996
http://www.shoretelsky.com/resources/telecommunications-act-of-1996/

The Telecommunications Virtual Museum
http://www.telcomhistory.org/vm

Wireless History Foundation
http://www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/wireless-history-project/wireless-history-timeline


Clubs & Associations:
Antique Telephone Collectors Association
http://www.atcaonline.com

CenturyLink Pioneers
http://www.centurylinkpioneers.org/

Telephone Collectors International, Inc.
http://www.telephonecollectors.org

TeleCom Pioneers
http://www.telecompioneers.org


Telephone Museum Lists:
David Massey's Telephone Tribute site:
http://www.telephonetribute.com/telephone_museums.html


Genealogy:
Ancestry.com
1940 Census Records (Free to search)
Vital Records

ConsumerAffairs DNA Testing and Ancestry Guide
www.consumeraffairs.com/health/ancestry-dna-testing/

LDS Genealogy Centers
www.familysearch.org

Home Advisor
History at Home: A Guide to Genealogy

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html

National Genealogical Society
www.ngsgenealogy.org


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