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  • Jason, National Archives
    Muster Rolls, Rosters, Morning Reports, and Personnel Diaries
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  • Military Records and the 1973 St. Louis Fire - NARA Genealogy Series - May 17 at 1 p.m. EDT

    Claire Kluskens
    Claire Kluskens
    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...
    • 17 May 2023
  • NARA's 2023 Genealogy Series begins today, May 3, 2023

    Claire Kluskens
    Claire Kluskens
    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 ...
    • 3 May 2023
  • Records Relating to World War II War Crimes in Europe in the Records of United States Army, Europe (Record Group 549)

    Sylvia Naylor
    Sylvia Naylor
    Records of the War Crimes Branch, U.S. Army, Europe in Record Group 549 include the war crimes trial records of the U.S. Army courts (military commissions or general military government courts) in Germany from 1945 to 1948. From July 1945 to October...
    • 29 Mar 2022
  • Muster Rolls, Rosters, Morning Reports, and Personnel Diaries

    Jason, National Archives
    Jason, National Archives
    Army1775 - October 1912For more information about these records, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) at archives1reference@nara.gov.Revolutionary War Rolls (documents 1775 - 1783) in the War Department Co...
    • 22 Mar 2022
  • Records Relating to World War II War Crimes in Europe in the Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army) (Record Group 153)

    Sylvia Naylor
    Sylvia Naylor
    The United States conducted World War II war crimes trials in Europe under three jurisdictions: the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, U.S. military tribunals at Nuremberg, and U.S. Army courts. General authority for the proceedings of all...
    • 28 Dec 2021
  • Records of the United States Military Tribunals, Nuremberg in the National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records (Record Group 238)

    Sylvia Naylor
    Sylvia Naylor
    In October 1946 the Office of the Chief of Counsel for War Crimes (OCCWC) was established with the objective to identify and prosecute Nazi war criminals within the American zone. Evolved from the organization and staff of the Subsequent Proceedings ...
    • 23 Sep 2021
  • Records of the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg in the National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records (Record Group 238)

    Sylvia Naylor
    Sylvia Naylor
    The National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records (Record Group (RG) 238) includes records of World War II war crimes trials in Europe and the Far East. In Europe, the United States participated in war crimes trials under three juri...
    • 21 Jun 2021
  • Researching Satellite Photography

    Corbin Apkin
    Corbin Apkin
    The National Archives Cartographic Branch holds satellite photography covering most of the world. This photography can be found in a few different series located in two Record Groups: 1. Satellite Imagery for the CORONA, ARGON, and LANYARD Program, 1...
    • 21 May 2021
  • Holocaust-Era Art Provenance and Claims Records and Research at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

    Sylvia Naylor
    Sylvia Naylor
    The National Archives and Records Administration holds a substantial quantity of records relating to Holocaust-Era art provenance and claims research. Within these holdings there are records relating to the looting, identification, recovery, and disp...
    • 4 Dec 2020
  • Records of the Lost: Looking at the Records of Flight 19

    Nathaniel Patch
    Nathaniel Patch
    There are few events in U. S. history that spark the imagination to “what happened” than the disappearance of Flight 19 on December 5, 1945. In brief, for those unfamiliar with the story, Flight 19 was a training flight of five Grumman TB...
    • 30 Mar 2020
  • D-Day and the National Archives

    Jason, National Archives
    Jason, National Archives
    Linked below are just a few of the National Archive's web pages, blogs, and announcements related to D-Day exhibits and records at the National Archives. Many of these pages in turn link additional pages."Display Commemorates 75th D-Day Anniversary" ...
    • 6 Jun 2019
  • The Vietnam War: Digitized Historical Resources

    Lauren Van Zandt
    Lauren Van Zandt
    NAID 26381445These records are digitized and available online through the National Archives catalog and Access to Archival Databases (AAD).  This is not a comprehensive list of every Vietnam War resource available online, but hopefully these lin...
    • 7 Nov 2017
  • Vietnam War research portal

    National Archives Catalog
    National Archives Catalog
    The National Archives has a wealth of records and information documenting the U.S. experience in the Vietnam conflict, including photographs, textual and electronic records, audiovisual recordings, exhibits, educational resources, articles, blog post...
    • 6 Nov 2017
  • Interesting facts regarding Women in the Military.

    Deborah Powe
    Deborah Powe
    Women have been serving in the military since the Revolutionary War in one capacity or another. In 1775, women followed their husbands to serve as laundresses, cooks and nurses, as long as the commanding officers decided they were proving themselves ...
    • 14 Apr 2017
  • Researching for Photographs of World War II Military Units & Crews

    Megan Dwyre
    Megan Dwyre
    Although there may be yearbooks and crew photos intermingled with textual records of the units, ships or crews, they are not considered permanent records unless the photographs were taken by the Army Signal Corps or other official military photograph...
    • 13 Apr 2017
  • Civil War Records - Digitization Projects Supported by the NHPRC

    Rachael Salyer
    Rachael Salyer
    The National Archives holds many records from the Civil War era and also offers many resources to help researchers make the most of those records. You can start your Civil War research with the National Archives here: https://www.archives.gov/researc...
    • 13 Apr 2017
  • What's Your Story, Tom Owen?

    Alan Walker
    Alan Walker
        Another in an occasional series, focusing on the lives and work of former staff of    the National Archives and Records Administration.             &#1...
    • 23 Jan 2017
  • Researching Civil War Draft Records in NARA’s Regional Archives

    Andrew Begley
    Andrew Begley
    So you’ve been doing some research on your ancestor who may or may not have served in the Civil War. You’ve consulted the Consolidated Enrollment Lists which have been digitized and made available on Ancestry.com (accessible for free in N...
    • 27 Sep 2016