Libraries & Archives Articles
Save yourself hours of scrolling newspaper microfilm: Now you can go online to search more historical papers than ever -- and get family stories in seconds.
8/2/2011
Pinpointing the county in which your family lived during a given year is easy, thanks to the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
6/14/2011
How do I learn more about a Civil War ancestor who was a prisoner of war?
6/14/2011
Beat your brick walls by following the law. Our guide reveals how studying old statutes can lead to ancestor answers.
6/14/2011
When was the 1945 Florida census taken?
6/9/2011
In these library collections, family history speaks volumes. Check out their roots riches in our roundup of the top 10 public libraries for genealogists.
6/9/2011
A longtime Abraham Lincoln researcher, honored in 1998 for discovering the last document Lincoln ever signed, was banned from NARA after confessing to doctoring the date on that paper.
5/2/2011
The National Archives' Civil War exhibit combines photos, documents and memorabilia with a unique presentation and modern technology.
2/22/2011
Now an archival no-no, laminating historical documents was the National Archives’ go-to preservation strategy for decades.
12/29/2010