National Archives Access to Archival Databases (U.S.)
Access: Publicly available resource
Description: The AAD System provides online searching to government records in more than 350 databases created by over 20 Federal agencies. Databases range from the Preservation survey of Civil War sites ; to POWs from World War II and Korean War; to Port of New York ship passenger lists, 1846-1851 (Irish Famine database). Also includes links to Records of Congress and Presidential Libraries .
Also see the POW / MIA Database (Library of Congress, Federal Research Division). Also try the Archival Research Catalog (ARC), the online catalog of NARA's nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives and Presidential Libraries.
For descriptive information about federal records acquired by the National Archives, see their Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States . Also see the NARA site on doing Research at the National Archives .
Coverage: Various Dates
Subject(s):
Government Documents
History, Genealogy & Archives
Military Science & National Security
Publicly Available Resources
Related Databases
Accessible Archives
America : History and Life
America's Historical Newspapers - Series I, II, III
Declassified Documents Reference System
Footnote
JSTOR Arts & Sciences I, II III, IV, Life Sciences, Biological Sciences, Complement and Health & General Science
Making of Modern Law : Legal Treatises 1800 - 1926
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Sabin Americana 1500-1926
United States Congressional Serial Set
Related Links
American Memory
Archival Research Catalog (ARC) ** http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/ **
Archives de France ** http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/ **
Making of America : Cornell ** http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ **
Making of America : Michigan ** http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ **
National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom ** http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ **
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Other Related Links:
Archives Nationales Françaises
Bundesarchiv (German National Archive)
Historical Research in Europe: a guide to archives and libraries
Library and Archives Canada
National Archives (Australia)
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
