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94% complete	Admiralty Records, Key West NARA M1360. Admiralty final record books, 1829-1911, created in Key West by the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida and its… Search - Browse
98% complete	American Colonization Society Correspondence and other documents relating to the American Colonization Society, 1792-1964, an organization best known for its role in… Search - Browse
	American Milestone Documents ^FREE View images of original documents representing some of the most historic milestones in United States history. Search - Browse
100% complete	Amistad - Federal court records ^FREE NARA M1753. The district and circuit court records pertaining to the claims of salvage for the Spanish schooner Amistad, seized in 1839 by the… Search - Browse
100% complete	Amistad - Supreme Court records ^FREE NARA M2012. This Supreme Court case deals with issues of salvage of the Amistad, a ship carrying slaves seized by the US Navy in 1839, and… Search - Browse
	Apollo Missions ^FREE ^NEW Illustrations and photos documenting the Apollo missions of the 1960s. Search - Browse
99% complete	Bayland Orphan Home Records Minutes, financial and legal records, correspondence and printed materials document the activities and functions of the Board of Trustees of… Search - Browse
100% complete	Board of Commissioners - Emancipation of Slaves in DC NARA M520. Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862-63. Search - Browse
100% complete	Brady Civil War Photos ^FREE NARA T252. Mathew B Brady coordinated a team of photographers to help him document the Civil War, resulting in over 5,600 portraits,… Search - Browse
100% complete	Census - US Federal 1860 NARA M653. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860 population schedules. Search - Browse
96% complete	Census - US Federal 1930 NARA T626. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Search - Browse
100% complete	Cherokee Indian Agency (TN) NARA M208. These records include correspondence, agency letter books, fiscal records, and records of the Agent for Cherokee Removal. Search - Browse
	City Directories (22 titles) Locate residents, organizations, and businesses in America’s population centers within city directories. Search - Browse
1% complete	Civil War IRS Records - PA NARA M787. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists For Pennsylvania, 1862-1866. Search - Browse
	Civil War Service Records (31 titles) Compiled service records of soldiers in the Civil War, labeled with each soldier's name, rank, and unit, with links to revealing documents… Search - Browse
100% complete	Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index NARA T289. Pension applications for service in the US Army between 1861 and 1917, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served. Search - Browse
65% complete	Civil War "Widows' Pensions" ^UPDATED Approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of Civil War veterans who served between 1861 and 1910. Search - Browse
100% complete	Confederate Amnesty Papers NARA M1003. Applications for pardon submitted to President Andrew Johnson, 1865-67, by former Confederates excluded from earlier amnesty… Search - Browse
99% complete	Confederate Citizens File NARA M346. Known as the "Citizens File," these original records pertain to goods furnished or services rendered to the Confederate government… Search - Browse
100% complete	Constitutional Convention Records ^FREE NARA M866. Journals of proceedings, early drafts, and other papers relating to the formation of the US Constitution. Search - Browse
100% complete	Continental Congress - Papers ^FREE NARA M247. The correspondence, journals, committee reports, and records of the Continental Congress (1774-1789). Search - Browse
100% complete	Continental Congress - Misc ^FREE NARA M332. These documents were misplaced, overlooked, or found in private hands when the records of the Papers of the Continental Congress… Search - Browse
100% complete	Court Slave Records for DC NARA M433. Records of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Relating to Slaves, 1851-1863, including emancipation and… Search - Browse
100% complete	Custer's Court Martial ^FREE NARA T1103. This 352-page publication contains documents relating to the 1867 court martial of George Armstrong Custer at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Search - Browse
	Cuyahoga County Birth Returns (OH) These are birth returns for Cuyahoga County, Ohio (primarily the City of Cleveland), for 1871-1908. Browse by year and surname. Search - Browse
100% complete	Danish West Indies - Slavery and Emancipation NARA M1883. These records cover the institution of slavery and the emancipation of the slaves in the Virgin Islands during the period of… Search - Browse
100% complete	Dawes Enrollment Cards ^NEW NARA M1186. These enrollment cards are a census-like listing for members of five Native American tribes, 1898-1914. Search - Browse
100% complete	Dawes Packets NARA M1301. The Dawes Commission was appointed by President Cleveland to negotiate with five tribes whose members received common property in… Search - Browse
100% complete	Domestic Letters of the Department of State ^FREE NARA M40. Copies of miscellaneous letters sent from the US State Department between 1784 and 1906. Search - Browse
100% complete	Eastern Cherokee Applications NARA M1104. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909. Search - Browse
100% complete	FBI Case Files NARA M1085. Before it was called the FBI, the Bureau of Investigation investigated real and perceived threats to the nation and its citizens. Search - Browse
100% complete	Foreign Letters of the Continental Congress ^FREE NARA M61. Copies of letters sent from the US Department of State and The Continental Congress to ministers and consuls abroad. Search - Browse
100% complete	Ft Wayne Zollner Pistons Scrapbooks Scrapbooks and yearbooks from the predecessors to today's Detroit Pistons, in the 1950's. Search - Browse
100% complete	George Washington Correspondence ^FREE NARA M570. Copies of letters sent by President Washington, primarily to Secretaries of State John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Randolph, and… Search - Browse
98% complete	Gorrell's History - AEF Air Service ^FREE NARA M990. Historical narratives, reports, photographs, and other records that document administrative, technical, and tactical activities of… Search - Browse
100% complete	Guion Miller Roll NARA M685. The Guion Miller Roll is perhaps the most important source for Cherokee genealogical research. Applications typically include… Search - Browse
100% complete	Hesse Crown Jewels Court-Martial ^FREE NARA M1899. Trial records of three American officers charged with stealing $2.5 million in jewels and property from Kronberg Castle in 1945. Search - Browse
100% complete	Homestead Records - Nebraska NARA M1915. These are images of the original land entry case files from the Records of the Bureau of Land Management for Nebraska's Broken Bow… Search - Browse
100% complete	Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 NARA M595. This title consists of census rolls submitted annually by agents or superintendents of Indian reservations as required by an 1884… Search - Browse
100% complete	Japanese Air Target Analyses NARA M1653. World War II Japanese air target analyses, objectives, and aerial photographs, 1942-45, from the records of the US Strategic… Search - Browse
100% complete	Lincoln Assassination Papers ^FREE NARA M599. Reports, correspondence, and testimony of persons connected with the Lincoln assassination trial. Also exhibits, court martial… Search - Browse
	Massachusetts Printed Vital Records Births, marriages, and deaths retrieved from various pre-1850 sources are published in these classic volumes known as the "Tan Books" for many… Search - Browse
	Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Massachusetts State-Wide Indexes are published every five years and reference all vital records submitted to the state by towns and cities of… Search - Browse
100% complete	Missing Air Crew Reports, WWII NARA M1380. Over 16,000 case files of Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) and related records of the US Army Air Forces, 1942-1947. Search - Browse
100% complete	Military Intelligence Division - Negro Subversion NARA M1440. Record cards and correspondence of the Military Intelligence Division that relate to activities of blacks in both civilian and… Search - Browse
100% complete	Mormon Battalion Pension Files NARA T1196. The Mormon Battalion was formed in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1846, to support the US troops in California during the Mexican War. Search - Browse
	Naturalization Records (23 titles) When the United States became an independent country, it enacted rules for citizenship. Over the decades, the resulting records evolved from… Search - Browse
12% complete	Navy Survivors' Certificates NARA M1469. Files within these "Navy Survivors' Certificates" document the name, age, residence, date and place of birth of Navy veterans… Search - Browse
100% complete	Navy Widows' Certificates NARA M1279. Approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of US Navy veterans who served between 1861 and 1910, not available… Search - Browse
	Newspapers (319 titles) Historic newspapers in large cities around the globe give us a unique, timeless perspective of world events; while the Small Town Papers… Search - Browse
99% complete	Passport Applications, 1795-1905 NARA M1372. Images of handwritten letters and application forms for US passports, 1795-1905. Search - Browse
93% complete	Pearl Harbor Muster Rolls Muster rolls of ships based at Pearl Harbor, 1939-47. Search - Browse
	Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona Memorial ^FREE Every-name searchable image of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. Search - Browse
99% complete	Pennsylvania Archives ^FREE The Pennsylvania State Archives published 10 series of historical records in 138 volumes, covering the initial colonial settlement through the… Search - Browse
100% complete	Photos - Coolidge ^FREE NARA M867. About 400 captioned photographs taken before, during, and after the presidency of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States. Search - Browse
100% complete	Photos - Eisenhower ^FREE NARA M868. About 500 captioned photographs taken before and during the presidency of Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States. Search - Browse
100% complete	Photos - Fine Arts Commission, Series G ^FREE NARA M1148. General Photographs of the Fine Arts Commission (Series G), ca. 1650-1950. Search - Browse
100% complete	Photos - Franklin D Roosevelt ^FREE NARA M865. About 650 captioned photographs taken before and during the presidency of Franklin D Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States. Search - Browse
100% complete	Photos - Truman ^FREE NARA M835. About 1,000 captioned photographs taken before, during, and after the presidency of Harry S Truman, 33rd president of the United States. Search - Browse
	Photos - Vietnam War Marine Corps ^FREE US Defense Department photos of activities in Vietnam, including aerial views, Vietnamese civilians, weapons, combat scenes, and other actions… Search - Browse
	Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W) ^FREE US Defense Department black & white photographs of activities in Vietnam, 1962-75. Subjects include equipment, facilities, officials,… Search - Browse
100% complete	Photos - WW II Japanese ^FREE NARA M1733. Photographs of Japanese Soldiers and of Allied Prisoners of War, 1942-1945. Search - Browse
100% complete	Project Blue Book - UFO Investigations ^FREE NARA T1206. Records and case files relating to investigations, collected by the Office of Special Investigations, of sightings of unidentified… Search - Browse
100% complete	Ratified Amendments to the US Constitution ^FREE NARA M1518. These records from sixteen rolls of NARA microfilm relate to each constitutional amendment as ratified by state legislatures. Search - Browse
100% complete	Ratified Indian Treaties NARA M668. Ratified Indian treaties, 1722-1869; listed chronologically with date, place, tribe, and links to images of related papers. Search - Browse
100% complete	Registro Central de Esclavos ^NEW ^UPDATED NARA T1121. Slave schedules from among the Records of the Spanish Governors of Puerto Rico. Search - Browse
99% complete	Revolutionary War Pensions NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Search - Browse
100% complete	Revolutionary War Prize Cases - Captured Vessels NARA M162. Records of prize cases heard on appeal from Colonial and state courts by the Continental Congress and the Court of Appeals in Cases… Search - Browse
99% complete	Revolutionary War Rolls NARA M246. These documents include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of… Search - Browse
100% complete	Revolutionary War Service Records NARA M881. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. Search - Browse
100% complete	Sec of the Interior - Suppression of Slave Trade and Colonization NARA M160. Letters, accounts, and other documents relating to the suppression of the African slave trade and the colonization of recaptured… Search - Browse
	Southern Claims Commission (6 titles) In the 1870s, southerners claimed compensation from the US government for items used by the Union Army, ranging from corn and horses, to trees… Search - Browse
	Spaceport News ^FREE ^NEW "Spaceport News" is a biweekly publication for employees and contractors of NASA and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Search - Browse
100% complete	State Dept Records - France NARA M1442. Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of France, 1930-1939. Search - Browse
100% complete	State Dept Records - Russia NARA T1249. Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union, 1930-1939. Search - Browse
51% complete	Texas Birth Certificates Official birth certificates from the Texas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, for the years 1903-10 and 1926-29. Search - Browse
51% complete	Texas Death Certificates Official death certificates from the Texas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics for the years 1890-1976. Search - Browse
100% complete	Town Records - Goffstown NH ^FREE Published annual reports for the town of Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, selected years 1890-1900. Search - Browse
100% complete	Town Records - Hancock NH ^FREE Handwritten records for the town of Hancock, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; also includes church records and Records of the Union… Search - Browse
100% complete	Town Records - South Boston, VA ^FREE Minute books for the City of South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia, for the years 1905-1925 and 1949-1999. Search - Browse
100% complete	US Expeditionary Force, North Russia NARA M924. In 1918 and 1919, US forces participated in security operations in North Russia, near the ports of Murmansk and Archangel. Search - Browse
100% complete	Utah Territorial Case Files NARA M1401. Judicial records originating in the seats of the four US districts prior to Utah statehood: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, and Beaver. Search - Browse
	Vietnam Veterans Memorial ^FREE Every-name searchable image of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the "Wall," in Washington, DC. Search - Browse
100% complete	War of 1812 Prize Cases, Southern Dist Court, NY NARA M928. Case files and prize records relating to maritime property seized at the country's leading port and commercial center, 1812-16. Search - Browse
	Woodstock ^FREE ^NEW Images relating to the Aquarian Exposition, the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, in Bethel, NY, known simply as "Woodstock," include documents,… Search - Browse
100% complete	WWI Military Cablegrams - AEF and War Dept NARA M930. Regular, confidential, and courier cablegrams exchanged between General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF HQ) and… Search - Browse
100% complete	WWI Supreme War Council, American records NARA M923. The Supreme War Council, with high-level representatives from the US, Italy, France, and Great Britain, considered important policy… Search - Browse
97% complete	WWI - State Dept Records NARA M367. These records are mostly instructions to and dispatches from diplomatic and consular officials relating to World War I and its termination. Search - Browse
100% complete	WWII Allied Military Conferences NARA M995. Reports, maps, charts, and other documents from ten Allied military conferences (1941-45), held by the American and British… Search - Browse
	WWII Foreign Military Studies, 1945-54 NARA M1035. Manuscripts assembled under the Foreign Military Studies program of the Historical Division, U.S. Army Europe, 1945-54. Search - Browse
100% complete	WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Army NARA C73. Trial documents relating to Japanese prisoners of war and crimes committed during World War II. Search - Browse
100% complete	WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Navy NARA C72. Trial documents relating to Japanese prisoners of war and crimes committed during World War II. Search - Browse
100% complete	WWII Naval Press Clippings NARA P2012. Newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the 13th Naval District and its personnel from World War II through 1960. Search - Browse
100% complete	WWII Submarine Patrol Reports NARA M1752. War patrol reports of active duty US Navy submarines relate the conditions of the subs, attacks against the enemy, weather… Search - Browse
88% complete	WWII US Air Force Photos ^FREE This series of photographic images documents an important era in US military aviation history, especially activities of the US Air Force… Search - Browse