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NARA’s Record Group Explorer: A New Path into NARA’s Holdings

by Matthew Schaefer, posted in Catalog, Citizen Archivists, Digitization

This post was written by Pamela Wright, Chief Innovation Officer. With billions of pages of records, there’s no question that the holdings of the National Archives are vast. The breadth can be intimidating to researchers and online users, especially first-time users, who may not have familiarity with the organization and management of archival material. One … Continue reading NARA’s Record Group Explorer: A New Path into NARA’s Holdings

Family Tree Friday: How to make sense out of a Civil War pension file…with some online help!

by dstokes, posted in Family Tree Fridays, Genealogy / Family History, Online Research, Research, Veterans / Military

Have you ever looked at a Civil War pension file and wondered, what does this all REALLY mean? More specifically, have you ever tried to figure out what each document or slip of paper actually was, where it came from, and what relevance it had to the file as a whole?  Believe it or not, … Continue reading Family Tree Friday: How to make sense out of a Civil War pension file…with some online help!