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:This branch has federal agency and court records for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, '''Virginia''', and West Virginia. All U.S. federal censuses 1790-1940, and indexes. Also has passenger arrivals in Philadelphia 1800-1945 and Baltimore, pension and bounty land warrant applications, naturalizations 1790-1990, early federal history, diplomacy, military history, Chinese-Americans, World War II homefront, National Park Service, merchant marine, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, federal tax evasion and smuggling cases.<ref name="DB12627">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 126-27. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | :This branch has federal agency and court records for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, '''Virginia''', and West Virginia. All U.S. federal censuses 1790-1940, and indexes. Also has passenger arrivals in Philadelphia 1800-1945 and Baltimore, pension and bounty land warrant applications, naturalizations 1790-1990, early federal history, diplomacy, military history, Chinese-Americans, World War II homefront, National Park Service, merchant marine, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, federal tax evasion and smuggling cases.<ref name="DB12627">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 126-27. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | ||
=== [[National Genealogical Society]] === | |||
3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300<br>Arlington, Virginia 22204-4370 USA<br>Telephone: 703-525-0050 or 800-473-0060<br>Fax 703-525-0052<br>E-mail: [mailto:ngs@ngsgenealogy.org ngs@ngsgenealogy.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ National Genealogical Society]<br><br> | |||
:The [[National Genealogical Society]] (NGS) aims to serve and grow the genealogical community by providing education and training, fostering increased quality and standards, and promoting access to and preservation of genealogical records.<ref>[http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/mission NGS Mission] in ''National Genealogical Society'' (accessed 14 January 2017).</ref> It is the ''premier'' American national society for everyone from the beginner to the most advanced family historian.<ref name="Trifold''>[http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/galleries/aboutngs/NGS_Membership_Trifold_PDF042515.pdf NGS Membership Trifold] pdf in ''National Genealogical Society'' (accessed 14 January 2017).</ref> In conjunction with a sponsoring local genealogical society, it stages an annual '''[http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/conference_info NGS Conference]'''. They also provide genealogical education courses, publications and videos.<ref>[http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ Home] in ''National Genealogical Society'' (accessed 7 January 2017).</ref> Their [[National Genealogical Society Book Loan Collection|NGS Book Loan Collection]] is now housed at the [[St. Louis County Library]] in Missouri. Their online collections include ''The National Intelligencer'' (Washington, DC) newspaper index 1800-1850, indexed Bible records and family groups from NGS members.<ref>[http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/individual_member_benefits Individual Member Benefits] in ''National Genealogical Society'' (accessed 14 January 2017).</ref><br><br> | |||
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