Posts about collections available for genealogy research that include digitized records.

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 [...]

2 Dec 2011

National Archives Has Joined Historypin

By |2 Dec 2011|Digital Collections, Family Photos & Records, Maps|0 Comments

The National Archives has joined Historypin. A relatively new website, Historypin allows users to view and share and compare historical photographs and present-day locations through Google Maps and Google Street View. I wrote about [...]

15 Nov 2011

Latest Additions to Chronicling America Newspaper Database

By |15 Nov 2011|Digital Collections, Newspapers|2 Comments

The latest additions to Chronicling America Newspaper Database happened last week. The Library of Congress updated the Chronicling America Web site with more than 190,000 additional newspaper pages in various titles. The site now [...]

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