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Microfilm copies of many of the records at the National Archives are available at the Family History Library, other major archives and libraries, and at regional branches of the National Archives. You may purchase microfilms from the National Archives or request photocopies of the records by using forms obtained from the Archives. | Microfilm copies of many of the records at the National Archives are available at the Family History Library, other major archives and libraries, and at regional branches of the National Archives. You may purchase microfilms from the National Archives or request photocopies of the records by using forms obtained from the Archives. | ||
*Eales, Anne Bruner and Robert M. Kvasnicka, ed. ''Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States''. Third Edition. Washington, DC: Nathional Archives and Records Administration, 2000. Explains records collections used most by genealogical researchers: Census, Passenger Arrivals and Border Crossings, Naturalizations, Military, Land, Native Americans, African Americans, and more. | *Eales, Anne Bruner and Robert M. Kvasnicka, ed. ''Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States''. Third Edition. Washington, DC: Nathional Archives and Records Administration, 2000. Explains records collections used most by genealogical researchers: Census, Passenger Arrivals and Border Crossings, Naturalizations, Military, Land, Native Americans, African Americans, and more. | ||
*A National Archives (NARA) descriptive pamphlet (DP) provides helpful information about a microfilm set such as an explanation about the records on the film set, their origin, and a roll-by-roll descriptive list. Reviewing a DP prior to using a film set can increase a researcher's ability to use it successfully in a time-efficient manner. The Special Collections of the [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/dps/dplist.htm St. Louis County Library ]has placed on their web site full-text or PDF versions of DPs for some of the NARA microfilm sets.<br> | |||
[http://www.footnote.com/institution-index.php Footnote.com] has made available, through their partnership with the National Archives, original source documents that include information about an individual's birth, marriage, occupation, death, and other dates and places. | [http://www.footnote.com/institution-index.php Footnote.com] has made available, through their partnership with the National Archives, original source documents that include information about an individual's birth, marriage, occupation, death, and other dates and places. | ||