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If you cannot visit or find a record at the ''National Archives Building (Archives I)'', a similar record may be available at one of the following. | If you cannot visit or find a record at the ''National Archives Building (Archives I)'', a similar record may be available at one of the following. | ||
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<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> | *[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, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm. For a list, [[NARA and FHL film numbers|click here]]. | *[[Family History Library|''Family History Library'']] has many of the National Archives records of census, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm. For a list microfilms at both NARA and the Family History Library, [[NARA and FHL film numbers|click here]]. | ||
*[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] ($) subscription site with wide-ranging images and indexes of National Archives census, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, border crossings, and published passenger lists. | *[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] ($) 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] ($) subscription site with indexes and images to hundreds of National Archives record types including Revolutionary War and Civil War service records and pensions, draft registrations, census, etc. | *[http://www.footnote.com/ Footnote.com] ($) subscription site with indexes and images to hundreds of National Archives record types including Revolutionary War and Civil War service records and pensions, draft registrations, census, etc. | ||
*[http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ HeritageQuestOnline.com] ($) by subscription & at many libraries--Revolutionary War pension & bounty land files. | *[http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ HeritageQuestOnline.com] ($) by subscription & at many libraries--Revolutionary War pension & bounty land files. | ||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Library of Congress|Library of Congress]], like the Naitonal Archives, 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> | *[[Library of Congress|Library of Congress]], like the Naitonal Archives, 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> | ||
*[http://stevemorse.org/ellis/cg.html Castle Garden 1830-1892] and [http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island 1892-1924] have indexes & images to New York City passenger arrivals.<br> | *[http://stevemorse.org/ellis/cg.html Castle Garden 1830-1892] and [http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island 1892-1924] have indexes & images to New York City passenger arrivals.<br> | ||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Canada Archives and Libraries#Library_and_Archives_Canada_.28LAC.29|Library and Archives Canada]] for the archival records of Canada. <br> | *[[Canada Archives and Libraries#Library_and_Archives_Canada_.28LAC.29|Library and Archives Canada]] for the archival records of Canada. <br> | ||
*State archives for each state have archival records for people dealing with the state governments. See the '''Library and Archives''' Wiki pages for each state of the United States for further details.<br> | *State archives for each state have archival records for people dealing with the state governments. See the '''Library and Archives''' Wiki pages for each state of the United States for further details.<br> | ||