For the next two NARA Coast-to-Coast features we are going to write about naturalization records. This week we will discuss naturalization in general and the records you may be able to find at the National Archives. Next week we will discuss naturalization for minor children, women, and aliens in the U.S. military. Naturalization is the … Continue reading NARA Coast to Coast: Naturalization, Part 1
The National Archives recently created a new "Inside the Vaults" video about our citizen archivist initiative. The video features Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero discussing the contributions of the public to the National Archives as well as two citizen archivists, researcher Jonathan Webb Deiss and educational cartoonist Jon White, discussing their work … Continue reading Are you a citizen archivist?
The minutes from the Researcher Users’ Group meetings on August 27th (PDF) are now available on the Archives.gov page for the Researcher Users Group at the National Archives in the Washington, DC Area. Please join us for our next meeting at 1 PM on Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 at Archives II in College Park, Maryland … Continue reading Minutes from the August 27th DC-Area Researchers Meeting Are Now Available
There will be two Users’ Group meetings will be held on Friday, August 27th. We will meet at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, at 10 AM in room G-24. The meeting will be held again at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland, at 1 PM in lecture rooms B and C. The … Continue reading Agenda for the August 27th Users Group Meetings
As part of the next DC-area researcher meeting on August 27th, Dr. Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Records Services - Washington, DC, will lead a discussion on records security issues. We will meet at both the National Archives Building in Washington, DC and the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. The meeting at the National … Continue reading Please join us on August 27th for our monthly DC-area researchers meeting and a discussion of records security issues
In the winter and early spring we had trials of the ScanPro 2000, the Alos Z-Scan, and the ST 200X. Now is your chance to try out our newest piece of scanning equipment. The ST ViewScan is hot off the production line and will be in the Microfilm Research Room of the National Archives Building … Continue reading Archives I researchers stop in and try out our newest piece of scanning equipment
The minutes from the Researcher Users' Group meeting on June 25th (PDF) are now available on the Archives.gov page for the Researcher Users Group at the National Archives in the Washington, DC Area. Please join us for the next meeting on Friday, August 27, 2010 at Archives I in Washington, DC (room G-24) when we … Continue reading Minutes from the June 25th DC-Area Researchers Meeting Are Now Available
We are excited to announce that the Our Archives wiki is now live at http://www.ourarchives.wikispaces.net Have you made a great find in NARA’s records? Or do you have a story to tell related to our records? Come share it on the Our Archives wiki! Our Archives is an online space for researchers, educators, genealogists, and … Continue reading Welcome to Our Archives Wiki!
The following is a guest post from Stuart Culy and Laura McCarthy of the Policy and Planning Staff NARA wants your thoughts on how we should notify you of possible changes to our research room and museum hours of operation. Our thought is to allow each NARA facility to make its own determination about room … Continue reading How we should notify you of possible changes to our research room and museum hours of operation?
Our next Users’ Group meeting will be held at the National Archives in Washington, DC, in room G-24, on Friday, June 25, 2010, at 1pm. The agenda for the meeting includes Update on Renovation WiFi Update A-1 researcher tables Saturday pull pilot Rolling pulls at A-1 Digitization update Inaccurate pulls at A-1 Web redesign- Green Bags update … Continue reading Join us for the DC-Area Users Group Meeting on Friday, June 25th
