Blog posts about finding and using archives and archival collections for genealogy research, including help with access to primary sources.

14 Jan 2012

Urge the White House to Support Digitization of Federal Holdings

By |14 Jan 2012|Archives, Digital Collections|0 Comments

A petition drive is underway asking the Obama administration to create a commission that will answer–within one year–such questions as: What are our federal holdings?  What would it take to digitize them?  How much [...]

8 Jan 2012

National Archives YouTube Channel

By |8 Jan 2012|Archives, Census, Immigration Records, Military Records|0 Comments

Have you visited the National Archives YouTube Channel? The National Archives has launched online videos of its most popular how-to genealogy workshops.  These videos cover genealogical research topics, including census, immigration and military records.  Now, these [...]

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