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  • Site Alert

    Scheduled Site Maintenance: November 18 - 19

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub will be undergoing scheduled maintenance over the evening of November 18 and morning of November 19, 2023.  The site may be offline or experience sporadic outages during this time. We appreciate your patience during this maintenance ...
    • 15 Nov 2023
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    Scheduled Site Maintenance: October 7 - 8, 2023

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub will be undergoing scheduled maintenance over the weekend of October 7 - 8, 2023.  The site may be offline or experience sporadic outages during this time. We appreciate your patience during this maintenance window.
    • 6 Oct 2023
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    Scheduled Site Maintenance: September 1, 2023

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on Friday, September 1, from approximately 7 am to 9 am (ET). The site may be offline or experience sporadic outages during this time. We appreciate your patience during this maintenance windo...
    • 30 Aug 2023
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    Planned Network Maintenance, August 5 - 6

    History Hub Info
    History Hub Info
    The National Archives will be performing network maintenance on Saturday, August 5, through Sunday, August 6. We do not expect this to significantly impact History Hub, but users may experience temporary connectivity issues during this time. We appre...
    • 2 Aug 2023
  • Issue with Email Notifications, 6/15/2023 - 6/20/2023

    Issue with Email Notifications, 6/15/2023 - 6/20/2023

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    We have determined that History Hub system email notifications were not sent from Thursday, June 15, through the morning of Tuesday, June 20.  The issue has been resolved and email notifications are now being sent. If you were expec...
    • 20 Jun 2023
  • Issue with "Blocked" Email Domains Has Been Resolved

    Issue with "Blocked" Email Domains Has Been Resolved

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    Users with email addresses from select Internet Service Providers (ISPs) including: att.net, sbcglobal.net, cox.net, and bellsouth.net were unable to receive emails automatically generated by History Hub, such as password resets and other system mess...
    • 23 May 2023
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    Recent "User could not be found" Errors

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    Some users may encounter an unexpected error message: "The user with identifier 'username' could not be found" While the error can be disconcerting, users with the error should still be able to access the site and submit questions and replies. The t...
    • 30 Mar 2023
  • Update on Email Notifications

    Update on Email Notifications

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    A bug related to the recent migration has caused many users to receive multiple email notifications from History Hub. We apologize for the disruption and are working to resolve the issue. History Hub completed a major migration to a new platform that we hope will give users improved functionality and greater access to records held by the National Archives. Over 100K files and 40K users were moved during a three…
    • 3 Mar 2023
  • History Hub Migration Help

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    We hope you are enjoying History Hub's new home! Migrations and moves are exciting, but not without some disruption.  It can take some adjustment to get acclimated and learn how new features work. We hope you'll be patient as we get settled int...
    • 27 Feb 2023
  • History Hub Migration Scheduled for Feb. 24-27

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    As previously announced, History Hub is migrating to a new and improved platform. The migration is scheduled to take place Friday, February 24, through Monday, February 27, with the new History Hub available starting Tuesday, February 28. Between Feb...
    • 21 Feb 2023
  • How to Reset Your Password Upon First Login

    bmalakoff
    bmalakoff
    Please follow the steps below to reset your History Hub password:  Click the profile icon in the upper right corner of the homepage to go to the login page. 2. Click “Reset here” below the login fields: 
    • 20 Feb 2023
  • History Hub Updates Coming Soon!

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    Since launching in 2016, History Hub has strived to better serve the public interested in both personal and historical research by providing crowdsourcing capability for relevant information and improving access to the records held by government agen...
    • 2 Feb 2023
  • Top History Hub Questions of 2021

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    As 2021 draws to a close, we're taking a look back at some of the more engaging and intriguing questions that the History Hub community has fielded this year.  Several have been featured as our "Questions of the Week" and highlighted on the Nati...
    • 30 Dec 2021
  • History Hub Receives "Archival Innovator Award" from the Society of American Archivists (SAA)

    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub Administrator
    History Hub has received the Archival Innovator Award from the Society of American Archivists (SAA) for 2021. This award celebrates creative and impactful approaches to archives programs and outreach.The National Archives History Hub provides “...
    • 13 Jul 2021
  • Cultural Institutions Invited to Participate in History Hub

    dcole
    dcole
    Last month, we were thrilled to host a few dozen colleagues from the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and other cultural institutions to discuss their potential participation in History Hu...
    • 7 Dec 2017