General Information Leaflets (GIL)
- (GIL 1) National Archives of the United States [rev. 2005], 9 pp.
- (GIL 3) Select List of Publications
of the National Archives and Records Administration, [rev. 2001], 51 pp.
- (GIL 5) Using Records in the National Archives for Genealogical Research.
Has been replaced by Reference Information Paper 110. Using Civilian Records
for Genealogical Research in the National Archives, Washington, DC, Area.
- (GIL 17) Citing
Records in the National Archives of the United States, [rev. 2007], 16 pp.
- (GIL 29) National Archives Trust Fund [2008], brochure. This leaflet provides a brief description of the legislative history, organization, activities, and financing of the National Archives Trust Fund.
- (GIL 26) Cartographic
and Architectural Records, [rev.2004] (Note: This publication is out of stock
and is available only online.)
- (GIL 34) National
Archives Gift Collection Acquisition Policy: Motion Pictures and Sound and Video
Recordings, [1990] (Note: This publication is out of stock and is available
only online.)
- (GIL 35) National
Archives Gift Collection Acquisition Policy: Still Pictures, [1991] (Note:
This publication is out of stock and is available only online.)
- (GIL 36) Information
About the Center for Electronic Records,[rev. 1998], 12 pp.
AND - (GIL 37) Information About Electronic Records in the National Archives for Prospective
Researchers [rev. 2000], 8 pp.
(Note: These two publications are not online, but the same information is on this web page: information about electronic records for researchers.)
- (GIL 38) Information for Prospective Researchers About the Still Picture Branch
of the National Archives, [rev. 1994], 8 pp. (Note: This publication is not online, but the
same information is on this web page: Information for Prospective Researchers About the Still Picture Branch
of the National Archives.)
- (GIL 40) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
Pacific Region: San Francisco, [2002]. 16 pp.
- (GIL 41) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives: MidAtlantic
Region [2003] 16 pp.
- (GIL 42) John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, [rev. 1997], 5 pp. (Note:
This GIL is out of print, but the same information is on this web page: John
F. Kennedy Assassination records.)
- (GIL 44) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
Rocky Mountain Region, [2003] 16 pp.
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(GIL 45) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
Northeast
Region--New York City, [2003] 16 pp.
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(GIL 46) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
Northeast
Region--Boston, [2003] 16 pp.
- (GIL 47) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
Southeast Region, [2005] 16 pp.
- (GIL 48) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
Great Lakes Region, [2002]. 16 pp.
- (GIL 49) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
Central Plains Region, [2002]. 16 pp.
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(GIL 50) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
Southwest Region, [2002]. 16 pp.
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(GIL 51) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
Pacific Region: Laguna Niguel, [2002]. 16 pp.
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(GIL 52) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
Pacific Alaska Region: Seattle, [2002]. 16 pp.
- (GIL 55) Using the Census Soundex, [1995], 11 pp. (Note: This GIL is out of print.
See The Soundex
Indexing System for information based on this leaflet.)
- (GIL 57) Rules
for Using Historical Records in the National Archives, [rev. 2005], 2 pp.
- (GIL 60) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
Pacific Alaska Region--Anchorage
- (GIL 67) Research
in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office, [rev. 1998.]
Has been replaced by Reference Information Paper 114.
- (GIL 71) The
National Archives in the Nation's Capital -- Information for Researchers,
[revised 2004], 30 pp.
- (GIL 74) Does That Document Belong in the National Archives? Learn indicators so you can help us recover missing federal records. For more information, see Identifying U.S. Government Documents.
Order General Information Leaflets
Please order these free leaflets by their GIL numbers. Copies of most of these publications are available.
For the Regional Archives brochures, please write to the appropriate region.
For GIL 38, please contact:
Special Media Archives Services Division
Still Picture Reference Team
NWCS (Stills)
Room 5360
National Archives and Records Administration
College Park, MD 20740-6001
