The research process for finding information about the death of an American citizen in a foreign country depends upon the time period (because record keeping practices change over time), where the death occurred, and perhaps other factors. ...
Eric Kilgore speaks today on "National Archives at St. Louis: Understanding the 1973 Fire and Its Impact on Genealogical Research." Premiering today, May 17, 2023, at 1 p.m. EDT, the presentation will remain online on YouTube fo...
NARA's 2023 Genealogy Series begins today, May 3, 2023, at 1:00 PM EDT, with "Civilians at War: Records of Participation in U.S. Military Conflicts," and runs through June 14, 2023, on YouTube. Don't worry if you miss a live session, the ...
The National Archives recently completed digitization of the Alien Enemy Index, 1917–1919 (National Archives Identifier [NAID] 602456), that contains 57,722 index cards that document U.S. government interest in – and actions concerni...
For more information, visit: National Archives Genealogy SeriesTuesday, May 4, at 1:00 p.m. ETPreserving and Digitizing Personal Photo Albums and ScrapbooksPresenters: Sara Holmes & Noah DurhamSkill level: AllHandout: coming soon!YouTubePreservin...
When conducting research on claims filed by U.S. nationals against foreign governments, one should look into records of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States (FCSC), which are located in Record Group 299 at the National Archiv...
National Archives staff member Claire Kluskens will participate in a panel discussion as part of Howard University Television’s preview of Season 6 of “Finding Your Roots” by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., on Thursday, 15 October 2020, at ...
October 23, 2019 - Save the date!Seventh Annual Virtual Genealogy FairEvery year, the National Archives hosts a virtual Genealogy Fair via live webcast on YouTube. The sessions offer family history research tools on Federal records for all skill leve...
1. Begin with yourself. Organize your knowledge. Fill out a five-generation ancestral chart and a family group sheet for each ancestral couple. Organize and study any family papers you have. 2. Talk about your project with your relatives. They...
October 24, 2018 - Save the date!Sixth Annual Virtual Genealogy FairEvery year, the National Archives hosts a virtual Genealogy Fair via live webcast on YouTube. The sessions offer family history research tools on Federal records for all skill levels...
On Wednesday October 25, the National Archives will host the fifth virtual Genealogy Fair via webcast. The entire schedule is available at National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair. In Session 5, at 2:00pm, staff from the Electronic Record...
October 10 was Electronic Records Day (1010 - data is all made up of zeroes and ones, get it?) and two reference staff members from the Electronic Records Division posted a blog post on the "Pieces of History" blog. We hope that you enjoy it.ht...
On Thursday March 23 at 2:00pm, John LeGloahec, a staff member from the Electronic Records Division, will offer a Know Your records presentation on "Dead Men (and Women) Sometimes do tell Tales: “Death Records from the Numerical Identification ...
On its face, it seems like a good idea: devise a system that consolidates different spellings of names to facilitate ease of searching. Here is the National Archives' take on ...
As the National Capital region continues to dig out from two feet (or thereabouts) of snow, it's a good time to reflect on the genealogical uses of Record Group 27, Records of the Weather Bureau.Our farm family ancestors kept close watch of the weath...
Note this only applies to Washington, DC which until Home Rule on December 24, 1973, was a part of the Federal Government. But you can use some of the methods for your own locale.Neighborhood genealogy.For the purposes of this blog post I'm saying th...
