Northeast Region: Waltham, MA (Boston)
Press Release, February 2005
National Archives Workshops for Teachers and Genealogists
For Further Information: (866) 406-2379
Waltham, MA... The National Archives-Northeast Region is offering free workshops for teachers and genealogists during the spring of 2005.
The National Archives is registered with the Massachusetts Department of Education and can offer 10 Professional Development Points (PDPs) to Massachusetts teachers. For more information about this program, please see the Educators' pages at www.archives.gov/northeast/education.html.
The workshops will be offered at the Regional Archives building, located at 380 Trapelo Road in Waltham, MA according to the following schedule. Workshops are open to anyone interested.
Teacher Workshops| Saturday | March 5, 9:00 a.m. | Census |
| Saturday | March 5, 12:00 noon | Immigration and Naturalization |
| Thursday | March 10, 6:30 | Application of Research Methods |
| Thursday | March 24, 6:30 | Archival Research and Document Analysis |
| Thursday | April 28, 6:30 | Revolutionary War (and later) Records |
| Thursday | May 12, 6:30 | America on the Homefront, WW II |
| Thursday | May 26, 6:30 | Local History in Federal Records |
| Thursday | June 16, 6:30 | Application of Research Methods |
Genealogy Workshops
| Tuesday | March 8, 1:30 | Documenting Our Mothers |
| Tuesday | April 12, 1:30 | Census Records |
| Tuesday | May 3, 1:30 | Immigration and Naturalization |
| Tuesday | June 7, 1:30 | Military Censuses in the 20th Century |
Tours of the archives will be given at 1:30 prior to each genealogy workshop.
Space is limited to 20 participants. Call (866) 406-2379 to register and for more details. There is no fee.
The mission of the National Archives is to ensure, for the Citizen and the Public Servant, for the President and the Congress and the Courts, ready access to essential evidence.
