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Archive for 'Veterans / Military'Family Tree Friday: War of 1812 Pension Files OnlineJune 18, 2012–the anniversary of the U.S. declaration of war against Great Britain–marked the official start of the bicentennial of the War of 1812. To help celebrate that anniversary and bring attention to one of America’s lesser known conflicts, let’s take a look at some of the records of that war, starting with an essential [...] Posted by John on July 6, 2012, under Digitization, Family Tree Fridays, Genealogy / Family History, Online Research, Research, Veterans / Military. Records Heading West to St. LouisThe following post is by guest bloggers Rebecca Warlow, Description and Digitization Supervisor, and Ann Cummings, Supervisory Archivist for Textual Records. At the DC-Area Researchers Forum in November we announced that some records would be moving from the National Archives at College Park to the National Archives at St. Louis in 2012. The time has [...] Posted by Dawn on June 26, 2012, under DC-area Researchers, Genealogy / Family History, NARA Coast to Coast, Research, Veterans / Military. Reminiscing with Vietnam Veterans at Archives IIAt the National Archives, you never know who will come in to do some research. A few weeks ago, the Still Pictures and Motion Pictures research rooms hosted about 30 Vietnam Veterans who were interested in researching the records of the Department of Army Special Photography Office- or DASPO for short. The best part about [...] Posted by Mary (admin) on November 10, 2011, under DC-area Researchers, Miscellaneous, Photographs, Research, Veterans / Military. Tag It Tuesday! Honoring Our VeteransFriday marks the annual observance of Veterans Day, a day on which we honor the millions of brave men and women who have served in the Armed Forces. This Tag It Tuesday, in tribute to our military veterans, we’re asking you to tag records in the Online Public Access (OPA) that relate to veterans and the military. [...] Posted by Denise on November 8, 2011, under DC-area Researchers, Online Research, Open Government, Social Media (Web 2.0), Tag It Tuesday, Veterans / Military. NARA Coast to Coast: The New National Personnel Records CenterThis guest blog post is by Theresa Fitzgerald and Wanda Williams, archivists at the National Personnel Records Center. The National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has moved into a new 474,000 square-foot facility at 1 Archives Drive in north St. Louis County. With a current workforce of nearly [...] Posted by Theresa on September 29, 2011, under NARA Coast to Coast, Research, Veterans / Military. Family Tree Friday: Bounty land vs. pensions–what’s the difference, anyway?Since the beginning of the Family Tree Friday blog, we’ve talked a lot about pension records and indexes, but I’m not too sure we’ve ever mentioned or even defined that other essential and related benefit of military service, the bounty land warrant! Pensions, of course, have been granted to veterans since the end of the [...] Posted by John on August 12, 2011, under Family Tree Fridays, Genealogy / Family History, Research, Veterans / Military. Family Tree Friday: Confederate POW Deaths & Burials OnlineAs a way to tie together all the Confederate prisoner of war records that we’ve discussed over the last several weeks, I thought you might want to know about a specific record the War Department compiled in the early 20th century to document all of the Confederate POWs who died in Federal custody during the [...] Posted by John on June 10, 2011, under Family Tree Fridays, Genealogy / Family History, Research, Veterans / Military. Family Tree Friday: Confederate records about Union POWsSince I introduced a lot of information about Confederate prisoners of war in my last blog post, it seemed appropriate to mention what material we also have available relating to Union POWs held in Confederate military prisons. As you may imagine, records about Confederate prison camps are not nearly as complete as those for Union [...] Posted by John on May 27, 2011, under Family Tree Fridays, Genealogy / Family History, Research, Veterans / Military. Family Tree Friday: Confederate prisoner of war recordsContinuing the discussion of Confederate records, another major portion of material in Record Group 109, War Department Collection of Confederate Records, includes records about Confederate prisoners of war. Of particular note, these are actually records created by Union military prisons, compiled or maintained by the Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners in the U.S. War [...] Posted by John on May 6, 2011, under Family Tree Fridays, Genealogy / Family History, Research, Veterans / Military. “What Are You Working On, Tina Ligon?”Ever wonder what exciting new projects the many employees at NARA are working on? The “What are You Working On?” blog feature aims to introduce a variety of NARA employees and highlight some of the exciting projects we are working on around the agency. Check for this blog series on Wednesdays! This week, we introduce [...] Posted by Meredith D. (admin) on March 16, 2011, under Veterans / Military, What Are You Working On Wednesdays. |
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