Genealogy Resources
Using the NARA web site:
The 威尼斯人娱乐场 website has articles, finding aids, webinars, and other information about our records and how to conduct research in our holdings. Additionally, we have a growing number of digitized records available online through the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog and in AAD that are useful for researching family history online.
What Information is Available Online Here:
- How to start genealogical research, with links to web sites with tutorials.
- Topics on genealogical records held in the Archives.
- Reference Reports: Short descriptions of research strategies for frequently used records of genealogical interest held at the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Building in Washington, DC. (Most of the records described are on microfilm, and many are available online through Ancestry or Fold3. You can access Ancestry.com and Fold3 for free from any NARA facility).
- Use the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog to search for digitized records or descriptions of records. New digitized images are regularly being added to the catalog.
You may want to first view our Catalog Guide for Genealogists and Family Historians
- Genealogy Workshop Schedules at our facilities nationwide
- Virtual Genealogy Fair held annually
- Articles from Prologue on various genealogical research topics
- Guides to our Microfilm, roll-by-roll listings for Census (1790-1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930), , , , and .
- How to order copies of records
- List of Federal agencies whose records may be of genealogical interest.
- List of Genealogy-related books and CD-ROMs available for use in the Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Building in Washington, DC
What are some of the Genealogical Records we have online?
- Casualty lists for the Korean and Vietnam Wars
- Selected Chinese exclusion lists, search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog
- Fugitive Slave Case Papers, 1850 - 1860 and Petitions Filed Under the Fugitive Slave Act (Fugitive Slave Petition Book), 1850-1860, Search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog
- Fort Smith, Arkansas: 50,000 Criminal Case Files, Search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog
- Appointments and Oaths of U.S. Marshals and Deputy Marshals, 1864-1912, Search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog
- Alien Registration Affidavits from the U.S. District Court, Phoenix Division, Search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog
- Sample Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, ca. 1800 - ca. 1900, Search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog
- Records of Death and Interment at Camp Nelson, KY, 1864-1865, Search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog
- Sample Case Files of Members, Battle Mountain Sanitarium, 1907-1934, Search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog
- Spanish-American War Compiled Military Service Records for 1,235 "Rough Riders", Search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog
- State Summaries of War Casualties for the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard during World War II, 1946, Search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog
- World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel, 1946, Search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog
- Dawes Rolls Index and Final Rolls, Search in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog, see also tutorial
- WWII casualty records for the Army and Navy鈥�
- Index to the Applications Submitted for the Eastern Cherokee Roll of 1909 (Guion Miller Roll)
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Note: The 威尼斯人娱乐场' partners, Ancestry and Fold3, have digitized many of NARA's holdings with genealogical interest, and made them available online. There is unlimited access to these services, free-of-charge, from any NARA facility nationwide. These records are also gradually being added to the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Catalog. Please see our Digitized by Partners page to see which records they have digitized and which may already be in the National Archives Catalog.
Free Genealogy Research Tools
Unlimited access to these services, free-of-charge, is available from any 威尼斯人娱乐场 facility nationwide. Visit the 威尼斯人娱乐场
To use these web sites from outside of the 威尼斯人娱乐场, you will have to subscribe to the respective service. These links are provided for your convenience; they are not endorsements of the services.
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What's Not Online Here:
- Family trees
- Vital records, church records, state militia records, or other records not created by the federal government
Ways to Conduct Archival Research
If the archival materials you are seeking aren't available on the web, it may be best to visit an archives to conduct your research. Archival research sometimes is difficult and can take many hours to complete. If you cannot visit us at one of our research facilities nationwide, you can:
- Hire an independent researcher to conduct archival research for you.
- Visit a local , state archives, or , and use our microfilm in their holdings.
If You Are New To Genealogical Research
If you are new to genealogical research or you need a "refresher," see Start Your Genealogy Research.
Questions?