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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> | ||
=== Catalog<br> === | |||
"The [http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/ Archival Research Catalog] (ARC) is the online catalog of NARA's nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives and Presidential Libraries." Not all of NARA's records are described in ARC, but NARA is working towards complete coverage. Researchers can search ARC by keyword, dates, person name, topic, physical location of records, and digitized images. See "[http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/how-to-search.html How to Search in ARC]" for more details. "[http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/genealogy/index.html ARC Guide for Genealogists and Family Historians]" contains guidance specific for genealogists.<ref>"[http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/about-arc.html About ARC]," ''The National Archives Archives.gov'' (www.archives.gov : accessed 19 May 2010).</ref> <br> | |||
ARC entries contain many different numbers. Some of the more important are:<br> | |||
*Record Group (RG) number – A record group is a grouping created by NARA that comprises the records of a government organization. <br> | |||
*Inventory Entry Number – An inventory or preliminary inventory is a finding aid, and generally includes a brief administrative history of the organization(s) as well as series descriptions of their records. Inventory Entry Numbers were formerly called Inventory Identifiers.<br> | |||
*Local Identifier – Local identifiers are created by local NARA offices to identify materials. Local identifiers are office specific; different offices may use the same identifier for different records. | |||
*HMS/MLR Entry Number – A number that uniquely identifies an entry in the Holdings Management System/Master Location Register (MLR) database, such as “A1 1077B.” | |||
*Declassification Project Number – A number assigned to records that have been reviewed for declassification.<ref>"[http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=1588 What Do All Those Numbers...Mean?]" ''The National Archives Archives.gov'' (www.archives.gov : accessed 19 May 2010).</ref><br> | |||
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