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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The National Archives has a vast collection of documents created by the United States federal government. The records most often used by genealogists are census, military, land, | The National Archives has a vast collection of documents created by the United States federal government. The records most often used by genealogists are census, military, land, immigration, and naturalization records. | ||
The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives I), houses textual and microfilm records relating to genealogy, American Indians, pre-World War II military and naval-maritime matters, the New Deal, the District of Columbia, the Federal courts, and Congress.<ref>"Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC" in National Archives Archives.gov at http://archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html (accessed 5 April 2009).</ref> | The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives I), houses textual and microfilm records relating to genealogy, American Indians, pre-World War II military and naval-maritime matters, the New Deal, the District of Columbia, the Federal courts, and Congress.<ref>"Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC" in National Archives Archives.gov at http://archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html (accessed 5 April 2009).</ref> | ||
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*[http://archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/researcher-info.html ''National Archives at College Park, Maryland (Archives II)''] houses documents created after 1900 at the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and Treasury, and modern military records.<br> | *[http://archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/researcher-info.html ''National Archives at College Park, Maryland (Archives II)''] houses documents created after 1900 at the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and Treasury, and modern military records.<br> | ||
*''[[United States National Archives Regional Branches|National Archives—Regional Branches]].'' Each Regional Branch has copies of key records in Washington, as well as regional records, ''e.g.'' Atlanta for the Southern region, and Fort Worth has a strong American Indian collection.<br> | *''[[United States National Archives Regional Branches|National Archives—Regional Branches]].'' Each Regional Branch has copies of key records in Washington, as well as regional records, ''e.g.'' Atlanta for the Southern region, and Fort Worth has a strong American Indian collection.<br> | ||
*[[Family History Library|''Family History Library'']] has many of the National Archives records of census, | *[[Family History Library|''Family History Library'']] has many of the National Archives records of census, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm. | ||
*[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] ($) subscription site with wide-ranging images and indexes of National Archives census, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, border crossings, and published passenger lists. | |||
*[http://www.footnote.com/ Footnote.com] ($) subscription site with indexes and images to hundreds of National Archives record types including Revolutionary War and Civil War service records and pensions. | |||
*HeritageQuestOnline Revolutionary War | |||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*Library of Congress<br> | *[[Library of Congress|Library of Congress]] has a similar nationwide scope with one of the world's premier collections of U.S. and foreign genealogical and local historical publications.<ref>"Local History and Genealogy Reading Room" in The Library of Congress [Internet site] at http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> | ||
*Ellis Island<br> | *Ellis Island and Castle Garden <br> | ||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*Library and Archives Canada<br> | *Library and Archives Canada<br> | ||
*State Archives | *State Archives for each state | ||
=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||