DC-Area Researchers - We hope you will mark your calendars for the 2011 quarterly Researcher Group meetings. February 18, 1 pm - The National Archives in Washington, DC, room G-24 May 20, 1 pm - The National Archives in College Park, lecture rooms B/C August 19, 1 pm - The National Archives in Washington, DC, room G-24 November 18, 1 pm - The … Continue reading Save the Dates for the 2011 DC-area Researchers Meetings
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Minutes from the November 19th DC-area Researcher Meeting
The minutes from the meeting on November 19th are posted below. The minutes will be posted on the web after the new redesign of Archives.gov is launched next week. Handouts Agenda The Text Message -- The Blog of the Textual Archives Services Division at Archives II I. Welcome Director, Access Programs Susan Cummings welcomed everyone … Continue reading Minutes from the November 19th DC-area Researcher Meeting
Have Your Say: 2010 Census Records!
Genealogists, you love census records. I would easily nominate you as their No. 1 fan! Census records are rock stars for those who love to research family history. Have you ever wondered what it will be like to research the 2010 Census records in the future? The decisions about what is permanently kept are being … Continue reading Have Your Say: 2010 Census Records!
Our Social Media Strategy
We posted the first version of our social media strategy today on Archives.gov. Our overall approach is to engage our staff, the government community, and researchers and citizen archivists so we can be a more open agency while accomplish NARA's mission more effectively. We express our core values and strategies for social media in three … Continue reading Our Social Media Strategy
So, What Have We Been Doing in Reference?
We are just finishing up performance appraisals at NARA - that annual event where employees and supervisors get together and discuss how the employee has done in the past year to meet his or her “critical elements.” Critical elements are the duties and responsibilities each one of us has to support NARA’s goals and objectives. … Continue reading So, What Have We Been Doing in Reference?
WiFi @ Archives I and II
Good news for DC-area NARA users- as of today, wireless internet is available to registered researchers at A1 and A2! This means that researchers with laptops and other WiFi-enabled devices will be able to access the online catalog, Ancestry.com, Footnote.com and other great sites via the free wireless connection in public areas of the Archives … Continue reading WiFi @ Archives I and II
Agenda for the November 19th DC-Area Users Group Meeting
We hope you will join us for the last DC-Area Users Group Meeting of 2010, this Friday, November 19th at 1 pm at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland, in lecture room B. The agenda for the meeting includes 1. a discussion of the Archives II Saturday pull pilot 2. an update on the … Continue reading Agenda for the November 19th DC-Area Users Group Meeting
Minutes from the DC-area Researchers User Group Meeting on September 29th
The minutes from the meeting on September 29th are posted below. We will not be posting these minutes on the web site for a few more weeks due to the redesign of Archives.gov, but we wanted to share the minutes with you on NARAtions as soon as possible. Minutes User Group Meeting Wednesday, September 29, … Continue reading Minutes from the DC-area Researchers User Group Meeting on September 29th
Attention All Researchers: Open Forum Tomorrow!
There will be an open forum researchers' meeting tomorrow, September 29, 2010 at Archives II in College Park, MD. Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, will be attending, so be sure to come by with your questions. We will meet in lecture rooms A and B at Archives II at 1 pm. The agenda … Continue reading Attention All Researchers: Open Forum Tomorrow!
World War II Escape and Evasion Reports are now available online
On December 12, 1942, 2nd Lt. Jack E. Williams and his crew were flying over the coast of France when, according to his report, “We hit the ground; that is, made a crash landing, at 12:40, after having been violently attacked by fighters.” The actions of Williams and his crewmates following the crash are documented … Continue reading World War II Escape and Evasion Reports are now available online