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New partnerships will put more genealogy records on the Web.
9/1/2007
How do I go about looking for old prison records in California without spending a lot of money?
5/2/2011
I have the original diaries my great-grandfather kept during his Civil War service, along with documents including his enlistment and discharge papers. How can I find museums or other organizations that would be interested in preserving this collection intact?
8/2/2011
How do I learn more about a Civil War ancestor who was a prisoner of war?
6/14/2011
What's new in discovering, preserving and celebrating your family history.
8/1/2004
My ancestor Patience Breeden was an indentured servant of John Oldham in Virginia. She gave birth to a son, Bryan, about 1701. Court records state that Patience would be indentured an additional year, and Oldham would keep Bryan until he was 21. I suspect that Oldham was Bryan's father. How can I find out for sure, and learn whatever happened to Patience?
12/1/2004
NARA recently found 59 historical documents that had been stolen by a former employee.
8/1/2002
Get tips for locating the records surveys created in the WPA era — and today.
4/1/2005
Use these resources to trace your performing kin.
1/1/2008
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