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The LoC has more than 50,000 genealogies and 100,000 local histories, as well as a large collection of material on royalty, nobility, and heraldry. The library’s vertical files include family newsletters, correspondence, pedigrees, family group sheets, little-known genealogy publications, and other donated material. The collection is rich in manuscripts, microfilms, newspapers, photographs, and maps. The Genealogy Reading Room catalog is available online. | The LoC has more than 50,000 genealogies and 100,000 local histories, as well as a large collection of material on royalty, nobility, and heraldry. The library’s vertical files include family newsletters, correspondence, pedigrees, family group sheets, little-known genealogy publications, and other donated material. The collection is rich in manuscripts, microfilms, newspapers, photographs, and maps. The Genealogy Reading Room catalog is available online. | ||
The National Archives (NARA) | === The National Archives (NARA) === | ||
The Archives’ vast holdings provide access to U.S. government records from colonial times to the present. The Archival Research Catalog online indexes thousands of documents, including applications for enrollment in Native American tribes, fugitive slave cases, military personnel records, and naturalization records.<br>Also helpful in obtaining information about NARA’s holdings is the Guide to Federal Records, based on the paper edition of 1995, which incorporates descriptive information about federal records. The online Guide is regularly updated to reflect new acquisitions of federal records. | |||
=== The Maryland State Archives === | === The Maryland State Archives === | ||