Even though passenger arrival records were intended to document foreign or alien immigrants coming into the United States, you will occasionally find U.S. citizens listed on the vessel manifests as well. In the 19th century records, they are much harder to locate, their names generally mixed together with the alien arrivals. You have to note … Continue reading Family Tree Friday: Info about U.S. citizens in immigration records.
Welcome to “NARA Coast to Coast,” the newest NARAtions feature which will bring you information about federal records from National Archives locations all over the country. I am Corinne Porter, an archivist in the National Archives, Office of Regional Records Services in College Park, MD. For this inaugural post I decided to go in a … Continue reading NARA Coast to Coast: Native American records across America
Way back in October, we announced that the National Archives was uploading several sets of our Mathew Brady photos onto Flickr. These original sets were not in any particular order, and were just a selection of the thousands of photographs that Mathew Brady took that now live at the National Archives. Also in that original … Continue reading Mathew Brady Civil War Photos: New and Improved on Flickr!
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
Did you know that the National Archives has locations all over the country? From Boston to Fort Worth to Anchorage and many places in between, there are permanent, historical records of the Federal government waiting for you to explore them. Beginning August 16th our newest blog feature, “NARA Coast to Coast,” will highlight the interesting … Continue reading Coming Next Monday, a New Blog Feature: NARA Coast to Coast
As I mentioned in my previous post, when most people today think of immigration history they envision the "Ellis Island experience"--the huddled masses from Europe entering New York harbor (waving at the Statue of Liberty on those old news reels) and then being processed in long lines at the INS transfer station. That whole system … Continue reading Family Tree Friday: Immigration Act of 1891–Origins of the Ellis Island experience
In anticipation of our upcoming 'What Are You Working On?' blog series, Rachel Sutcliffe, an Archives Technician in the Holdings Maintenance Division at NARA, shares her experiences and insights on some very interesting records. One of the best things about working with the National Archives' records as an employee is that you get to discover something … Continue reading Hidden Treasures from within Navy Deck Logs
Most people today equate Ellis Island with the typical immigration experience in U.S. history--the "huddled masses" coming through immigration processing centers before being allowed entrance into the country. Well, it actually took many decades after 1820--when the United States first started regulating immigration (see my previous blog post!)--for U.S. immigration law to reach that point, … Continue reading Family Tree Friday: More on U.S. immigration law–the Immigration Act of 1882
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?
