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This collection contains an index from registers of specialized personnel from NARA's Access to Archival Data. It includes professionals in the field of biology, chemistry, economics, geology, mathematics, psychology, and meteorology, physics, anthropology, political science, and sociology. These registers were created from data compiled from survey questionnaires sent to social and natural scientists. Some of the content in these records changes depending on the year it was gathered, but each record contains important genealogical information. The collection includes records from 1954 to 1970. | This collection contains an index from registers of specialized personnel from NARA's Access to Archival Data. It includes professionals in the field of biology, chemistry, economics, geology, mathematics, psychology, and meteorology, physics, anthropology, political science, and sociology. These registers were created from data compiled from survey questionnaires sent to social and natural scientists. Some of the content in these records changes depending on the year it was gathered, but each record contains important genealogical information. The collection includes records from 1954 to 1970. | ||
== Record Content == | == Record Content == | ||
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As you are searching it is helpful to know such information as your ancestor’s given name and surname, some identifying information such as residence and age, and family relationships. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as your ancestor and that your ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times. | As you are searching it is helpful to know such information as your ancestor’s given name and surname, some identifying information such as residence and age, and family relationships. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as your ancestor and that your ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times. | ||
For tips about searching on-line collections, see the wiki article [[FamilySearch Search Tips and Tricks]]. | For tips about searching on-line collections, see the wiki article [[FamilySearch Search Tips and Tricks]]. | ||
=== Using the Information === | === Using the Information === | ||
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=== Citation for This Collection === | |||
The following citation refers to the original source of the information published in FamilySearch.org Historical Record collections. Sources include the author, custodian, publisher, and archive for the original records. | |||
== Citations for This Collection == | |||
When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information; that is, cite your sources. This will help people find the record again and evaluate the reliability of the source. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records. Citations are available for the collection as a whole and each record or image individually. | |||
'''Collection Citation''':<br> | |||
{{Collection citation | text= "United States, National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970." Index. <i>FamilySearch</i>. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2015. Citing NARA NAID 622629. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.}} <br><br> | |||
'''Record Citation''' (or citation for the index entry):<br> | |||
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|CID=CID2126719 | |||
|title=United States, National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970 | |||
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[[Category:NARA_records]] | [[Category:NARA_records]] | ||