Last week we asked for your help developing an “Archives wiki.” The first order of business is to name the wiki. We have a few names that you have told us you don’t want (like People’s Pedia) and a request not to be too stuffy, but no suggestions for names yet. So tell us what do … Continue reading Name your wiki!
Category: Miscellaneous
Forty Years of Cleaning Up America: Honoring Earth Day with a Look at Photographs from Project DOCUMERICA
This guest blog post was written by NARA Archives Specialist Jerry Simmons. Earth Day turns 40 today! To mark this great, green event, I wanted to highlight the Environmental Protection Agency’s Project DOCUMERICA collection held in the Still Pictures branch of the National Archives at College Park. Though none of these images depict actual Earth … Continue reading Forty Years of Cleaning Up America: Honoring Earth Day with a Look at Photographs from Project DOCUMERICA
Join Us and David Ferriero for Our Next Monthly Meeting on Friday, April 23rd
David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, is joining us for the second half of our monthly researcher meeting. We hope you will be able to join us as well. The meeting will be held on Friday, April 23rd, beginning at 1:00 PM in room G-24 at the National Archives building in Washington, DC. … Continue reading Join Us and David Ferriero for Our Next Monthly Meeting on Friday, April 23rd
Stop by to See Us at the NARA Genealogy Fair
Are you planning to attend the National Archives' 6th annual Genealogy Fair? If so, we hope you'll come visit us at our exhibit tables. NARA's new Open Government Plan (PDF) highlights how crucial social media is to opening up the Archives and establishes the redesign of Archives.gov as NARA's "flagship initiative." Stop by, bring us … Continue reading Stop by to See Us at the NARA Genealogy Fair
Family Tree Friday: Personal papers in compiled service records reveal important clues.
In my last blog post I explained how to decipher the information contained on a volunteer soldier's compiled military service record envelope or "jacket." Those jackets also indicate whether or not the service record includes any personal papers. Personal papers are individual documents such as an original enlistment paper, a casualty sheet, discharge certificate, or … Continue reading Family Tree Friday: Personal papers in compiled service records reveal important clues.
Calling All Genealogists!
The National Archives will host its 6th Annual Genealogy Fair on Wednesday and Thursday, April 14-15, 2010. The theme of this year’s 2-day fair is “The World of Genealogy,” highlighting the diversity of NARA’s records as they relate to various ethnic groups’ interactions with the federal government. Speakers and exhibitors at the fair will represent … Continue reading Calling All Genealogists!
Grassroots Archives Recognition
We wanted to share a few pictures from a recent awards ceremony in Congress, where Chairman Clay was presented with a Duke Ellington Public Domain Merit Badge today by Public Resource.org for grassroots efforts on making NARA's resources available to everyone. Take a look, and if you have your own suggestions for how we can … Continue reading Grassroots Archives Recognition
Welcome back, RACO!
The National Records Management Program's RACO blog, which paved the way for all other National Archives social media projects back in the spring of 2009 has been reborn as Records Express, the official blog of the National Records Management Program (NRMP) at the National Archives! The new blog will be a forum for all things … Continue reading Welcome back, RACO!
Family Tree Friday: Vessel crew lists are part of immigration records.
Immigration records at the National Archives contain more than just information about passengers traveling into the United States from foreign ports. Quite often they also include accompanying lists of crewmen, both American and foreign-born, who worked on the vessels. These lists exist because of an early 19th-century law that required the masters of American vessels … Continue reading Family Tree Friday: Vessel crew lists are part of immigration records.
Family Tree Friday: Genealogy Programs at the National Archives Building
The National Archives in the DC area has a lot of public programs. One of our most successful ventures is our Know Your Records lecture series. We present weekly lectures, both at the National Archives Building and the National Archives in College Park, on a wide variety of research topics. A year and a half … Continue reading Family Tree Friday: Genealogy Programs at the National Archives Building