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Serves '''''Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina''''', and '''''Tennessee'''''. Frequently used genealogy sources include [http://www.archives.gov/research/census/ censuses and indexes 1790-1930], [http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/ immigration ship passenger arrivals for the Eastern and Gulf Coasts 1820-1982], [http://www.archives.gov/ | Serves '''''Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina''''', and '''''Tennessee'''''. Frequently used genealogy sources include [http://www.archives.gov/research/census/ censuses and indexes 1790-1930], [http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/ immigration ship passenger arrivals for the Eastern and Gulf Coasts 1820-1982], [http://www.archives.gov/research/military/index.html military service records, pensions, bounty land warrants, and indexes 1775-1902], [http://www.archives.gov/research/naturalization/index.html Federal naturalization records of U.S. District Courts of Southeast states], [http://www.archives.gov/research/land/ land records], [http://www.archives.gov/research/court-records/bankruptcy.html bankruptcies 1940-1998], [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/passport/ passport applications], Native American 1893 Dawes Commission records, and [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/finding-aids/black-history.html African American records] including Freedmen's Bank depositors, Freedman's Bureau records, and slave manifests in Mobile 1820-1860, and Savannah 1801-1860. The Archives also provides free Internet access to subscription sites like Ancestry.com, Footnote.com, and HeritageQuestOnline.com. Other records at the Archives are postmaster lists, Southeast states 1865-1866 federal tax lists, Atlanta federal penitentiary inmates 1902-1921, the Tennessee Valley Authority since 1933, draft registrations for World War I and World War II. They also offer genealogical [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/public/workshops.html classes and workshops], and have a list of [http://www.archives.gov/research/hire-help/index.html independent researchers for hire]. | ||
Recently, 54,000 cubic feet of inactive claims folders from the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) were transferred to this archives from the Great Lakes Region Archives. These records contain claim files that have inactive for at least seven years. Active files are still with the RRB. The RRB deals only with individuals who worked on the railroads after 1936. For more information visit [http://www.archives.gov www.archives.gov]. | Recently, 54,000 cubic feet of inactive claims folders from the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) were transferred to this archives from the Great Lakes Region Archives. These records contain claim files that have inactive for at least seven years. Active files are still with the RRB. The RRB deals only with individuals who worked on the railroads after 1936. For more information visit [http://www.archives.gov www.archives.gov]. | ||