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'''Address:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> <br>900 Market Street (entrance on Chesnut Street)<br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-4292<br> | '''Address:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> <br>900 Market Street (entrance on Chesnut Street)<br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-4292<br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> 215-606-0100 <br> '''Fax:''' 215-305-2038<br> '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:45 P.M. Second Saturday each month, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Closed Sundays and [http://www.archives.gov/news/federal-holidays.html federal holidays].<br> '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<ref>[http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;agencyCode=70908&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;recAreaId=10013 NARA's Mid Atlantic Region - Center City Philadelphia, PA] in ''Recreation.gov'' (accessed 20 December 2013).</ref> The facility is located on the ground level of the Nix Federal Building. Enter on the Chestnut Street side between 9th and 10th Streets. | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> 215-606-0100 <br> '''Fax:''' 215-305-2038<br> '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="NAaPh" /> Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:45 P.M. Second Saturday each month, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Closed Sundays and [http://www.archives.gov/news/federal-holidays.html federal holidays].<br> '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<ref>[http://www.recreation.gov/recAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;agencyCode=70908&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;recAreaId=10013 NARA's Mid Atlantic Region - Center City Philadelphia, PA] in ''Recreation.gov'' (accessed 20 December 2013).</ref> The facility is located on the ground level of the Nix Federal Building. Enter on the Chestnut Street side between 9th and 10th Streets. | ||
:*'''''Subway: ''''' Market-Frankford Line. Exit at 8th Street. <br> | :*'''''Subway: ''''' Market-Frankford Line. Exit at 8th Street. <br> | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
Collects the [http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/ historically significant records] of federal agencies and courts for '''Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia''' and '''West Virginia''', starting in 1789. Also United States federal censuses and indexes 1790-1940,<ref | Collects the [http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/ historically significant records] of federal agencies and courts for '''Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia''' and '''West Virginia''', starting in 1789. Also United States federal censuses and indexes 1790-1940,<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 95. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> passenger arrival lists for Philadelphia and Baltimore and other east coast ports, naturalizations, military pension and bounty land warrants, World War I and II draft registration, early federal history, diplomacy, military history, Chinese-Americans, World War II homefront, National Park Service, merchant marine, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, federal tax evasion and smuggling cases,<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/public/family-history.html Family History at the National Archives in Philadelphia] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 20 December 2013).</ref> court records including bankruptcy, civil, criminal, and courts of appeal.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/research/court-records/ Court Records] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 20 December 2013).</ref> | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
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'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish and other ethinc groups in PA, NJ, DE, and states east of the Mississippi River, Balch Institute passenger arrival lists, huge manuscript collection including many indexes, and Philadelphia neighborhood records.<ref name="DB95" /> | *[[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish and other ethinc groups in PA, NJ, DE, and states east of the Mississippi River, Balch Institute passenger arrival lists, huge manuscript collection including many indexes, and Philadelphia neighborhood records.<ref name="DB95">Dollarhide and Bremer, 95</ref> | ||
*[[Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has great indexes to books, periodicals, family folders, genealogies, and research aids for Pennsylvania and surrounding states.<ref name="DB95" /> | *[[Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia, has great indexes to books, periodicals, family folders, genealogies, and research aids for Pennsylvania and surrounding states.<ref name="DB95" /> | ||
*[http://www.librarycompany.org/ Library Company of Philadelphia] has huge German-American collection, Pennsylvanians in the Civil War, and early Philadelphia documents as if it were a second city archives.<ref name="DB95" /> | *[http://www.librarycompany.org/ Library Company of Philadelphia] has huge German-American collection, Pennsylvanians in the Civil War, and early Philadelphia documents as if it were a second city archives.<ref name="DB95" /> | ||