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| 94% complete | Admiralty Records, Key WestNARA M1360. Admiralty final record books, 1829-1911, created by the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida and its predecessors. |
| 98% complete | American Colonization SocietyDocuments relating to the American Colonization Society, 1792-1964, an organization best known for its role in founding Liberia. |
American Milestone Documents FREEView images of original documents representing some of the most historic milestones in United States history. |
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| 100% complete | Amistad - Federal court records FREENARA M1753. Court records pertaining to the claims of salvage for the Spanish schooner "Amistad," seized in 1839 by the US Navy. |
| 100% complete | Amistad - Supreme Court records FREENARA M2012. This Supreme Court case deals with issues of salvage of the "Amistad," a ship carrying slaves seized by the US Navy in 1839. |
Apollo Missions FREEIllustrations and photos documenting the Apollo missions of the 1960s. |
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| 99% complete | Bayland Orphan Home RecordsFinancial records, correspondence, and other materials document the activities and functions of the Board of Trustees of the Bayland Orphan Home from 1867 to 1948. |
| 100% complete | Board of Commissioners - Emancipation of Slaves in DCNARA M520. Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862-63. |
| 100% complete | Brady Civil War Photos FREE UPDATEDNARA T252. Brady coordinated a team of photographers to document the Civil War, resulting in over 5,600 portraits, landscapes, and battle scenes. |
| 100% complete | Census - US Federal 1860NARA M653. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860 population schedules. |
| 1% complete | Census - US Federal 1900NARA T623. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900 population schedules. |
| 1% complete | Census - US Federal 1910NARA T624 Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 population schedules. |
| 1% complete | Census - US Federal 1920NARA T625. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920 population schedules. |
| 97% complete | Census - US Federal 1930 |
| 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. |
City DirectoriesLocate residents, organizations, and businesses in America's population centers within city directories. |
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| 1% complete | Civil War IRS Records - PANARA M787. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists For Pennsylvania, 1862-1866. |
Civil War Service RecordsCompiled service records of soldiers in the Civil War, labeled with each soldier's name, rank, and unit, with links to revealing documents about each soldier. |
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| 100% complete | Civil War and Later Veterans Pension IndexNARA T289. Pension applications for service in the US Army between 1861 and 1917, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served. |
| 1% complete | Civil War "Widows' Pensions"Approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of Civil War veterans who served between 1861 and 1910. |
| 100% complete | Confederate Amnesty PapersNARA M1003. Applications for pardon submitted to President Andrew Johnson, 1865-67, by former Confederates excluded from earlier amnesty proclamations. |
| 99% complete | Confederate Citizens FileNARA M346. Known as the "Citizens File," these original records pertain to goods furnished or services rendered to the Confederate government by private individuals or business firms. |
| 100% complete | Constitutional Convention Records FREENARA M866. Journals of proceedings, early drafts, and other papers relating to the formation of the US Constitution. |
| 100% complete | Continental Congress - Papers FREENARA M247. The correspondence, journals, committee reports, and records of the Continental Congress (1774-1789). |
| 100% complete | Continental Congress - Misc FREENARA M332. These documents were misplaced, overlooked, or found in private hands when the records of the Papers of the Continental Congress were first arranged in 1834. |
| 100% complete | Court Slave Records for DCNARA M433. Records of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Relating to Slaves, 1851-1863, including emancipation and manumission papers. |
| 100% complete | Custer's Court Martial FREENARA T1103. This 352-page publication contains documents relating to the 1867 court martial of George Armstrong Custer at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. |
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. |
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| 57% complete | Dachau Entry Registers FREENARA M1938. The entry registers for Dachau Concentration Camp, 1933-45, list prisoners by name and number; and later by birthdate, birthplace, and nationality. |
| 100% complete | Danish West Indies - Slavery and EmancipationNARA M1883. These records cover the institution of slavery and the emancipation of the slaves in the Virgin Islands during the period of Danish rule, 1672-1917. |
| 99% complete | Dawes Enrollment CardsNARA M1186. These enrollment cards are a census-like listing for members of five Native American tribes, 1898-1914. |
| 99% complete | Dawes PacketsNARA M1301. The Dawes Commission was appointed by President Cleveland to negotiate with five tribes whose members received common property in return for abolishing their tribal governments. |
| 100% complete | Domestic Letters of the Department of State FREENARA M40. Copies of miscellaneous letters sent from the US State Department between 1784 and 1906. |
| 100% complete | Eastern Cherokee ApplicationsNARA M1104. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909. |
| 99% complete | FBI Case FilesNARA M1085. Before it was called the FBI, the Bureau of Investigation investigated real and perceived threats to the nation and its citizens. |
| 50% complete | Flossenburg Entry Registers FREENARA M1935. Inmate entry registers for Flossenburg Concentration Camp, 1938-1945. |
| 100% complete | Foreign Letters of the Continental Congress FREENARA M61. Copies of letters sent from the US Department of State and The Continental Congress to ministers and consuls abroad. |
| 100% complete | Ft Wayne Zollner Pistons ScrapbooksScrapbooks and yearbooks from the predecessors to today's Detroit Pistons, in the 1950's. |
| 100% complete | George Washington Correspondence FREENARA M570. Copies of letters sent by President Washington, primarily to Secretaries of State John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Randolph, and Timothy Pickering. |
| 98% complete | Gorrell's History - AEF Air Service FREENARA M990. Historical narratives, reports, photographs, and other records that document administrative, technical, and tactical activities of the Air Service in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. |
| 100% complete | Guion Miller RollNARA M685. The Guion Miller Roll is perhaps the most important source for Cherokee genealogical research. Applications typically include Indian names, residences, dates and places of birth, marriage status, and names of spouses. |
| 100% complete | Hesse Crown Jewels Court-Martial FREENARA M1899. Trial records of three American officers charged with stealing $2.5 million in jewels and property from Kronberg Castle in 1945. |
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| 100% complete | Homestead Records - Broken Bow, NebraskaNARA 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 Land Office, 1890-1908. |
| 100% complete | Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940NARA M595. This title consists of census rolls submitted annually by agents or superintendents of Indian reservations as required by an 1884 Act of Congress. |
| 100% complete | Japanese Air Target AnalysesNARA M1653. World War II Japanese air target analyses, objectives, and aerial photographs, 1942-45, from the records of the US Strategic Bombing Survey. |
| 100% complete | Lincoln Assassination Papers FREENARA M599. Reports, correspondence, and testimony of persons connected with the Lincoln assassination trial. Also exhibits, court martial proceedings, and contemporary issues of the Daily National Intelligencer. |
Massachusetts Printed Vital RecordsBirths, marriages, and deaths retrieved from various pre-1850 sources are published in these classic volumes known as the "Tan Books" for many Massachusetts' cities and towns. |
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Massachusetts Vital RecordsOriginal early documents from Massachusetts towns, including vital records, town meeting minutes, statistics, and some church records. |
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Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895Massachusetts State-Wide Indexes are published every five years and reference all vital records submitted to the state by towns and cities of the Commonwealth after 1841. |
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Massachusetts Vital Record TranscriptsHandwritten copies of vital records from 178 Massachusetts towns, extracted from original town manuscripts. |
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| 50% complete | Mauthausen Death Books FREENARA T990. Death Books from the Mauthausen concentration camp in upper Austria. |
| 100% complete | Missing Air Crew Reports, WWIINARA M1380. Over 16,000 case files of Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) and related records of the US Army Air Forces, 1942-1947. |
| 100% complete | Military Intelligence Division - Negro SubversionNARA M1440. Record cards and correspondence of the Military Intelligence Division that relate to activities of blacks in both civilian and military life, 1917-41. |
| 100% complete | Mormon Battalion Pension FilesNARA T1196. The Mormon Battalion was formed in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1846, to support the US troops in California during the Mexican War. |
Naturalization RecordsWhen the United States became an independent country, it enacted rules for citizenship. Over the decades, the resulting records evolved from simple forms to more complete documents with full details of a new citizen's immigrant experience. |
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| 12% complete | Navy Survivors' CertificatesNARA M1469. Files within these "Navy Survivors' Certificates" document the name, age, residence, date and place of birth of Navy veterans submitted between 1861 and 1910. |
| 100% complete | Navy Widows' CertificatesNARA M1279. Approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of US Navy veterans who served between 1861 and 1910, not available in other Civil-War-era collections. |
NewspapersHistoric newspapers in large cities around the globe give us a unique, timeless perspective of world events; while the Small Town Papers provide a regional view of worldwide and local events. |
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| 99% complete | Passport Applications, 1795-1905NARA M1372. Images of handwritten letters and application forms for US passports, 1795-1905. |
| 93% complete | Pearl Harbor Muster Rolls |
Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona Memorial FREEEvery-name searchable image of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. |
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| 99% complete | Pennsylvania Archives FREEThe Pennsylvania State Archives published 10 series of historical records in 138 volumes, covering the initial colonial settlement through the Civil War. |
| 100% complete | Photos - Coolidge FREENARA M867. About 400 captioned photographs taken before, during, and after the presidency of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States. |
| 100% complete | Photos - Eisenhower FREENARA M868. About 500 captioned photographs taken before and during the presidency of Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States. |
| 100% complete | Photos - Fine Arts Commission, Series G FREENARA M1148. General Photographs of the Fine Arts Commission (Series G), ca. 1650-1950. |
Photos - Native Americans (Rinehart) FREE NEW UPDATEDCourtesy of the Boston Public Library, we present Frank A. Rinehart's 1898 Native American photographs, unique in their quality and dignity. |
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| 100% complete | Photos - Franklin D Roosevelt FREENARA M865. About 650 captioned photographs taken before and during the presidency of Franklin D Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States. |
| 100% complete | Photos - Truman FREENARA M835. About 1,000 captioned photographs taken before, during, and after the presidency of Harry S Truman, 33rd president of the United States. |
Photos - Vietnam War Marine Corps FREEUS Defense Department photos of activities in Vietnam, including aerial views, Vietnamese civilians, weapons, combat scenes, and other actions and people. |
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Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W) FREEUS Defense Department photographs of activities in Vietnam, 1962-75, including equipment, facilities, officials, soldiers, Vietnamese civilians, among others. |
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| 100% complete | Photos - WW II Japanese FREENARA M1733. Photographs of Japanese Soldiers and of Allied Prisoners of War, 1942-1945. |
| 100% complete | Project Blue Book - UFO Investigations FREENARA T1206. Records and case files relating to investigations of sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). |
| 100% complete | Ratified Amendments to the US Constitution FREENARA M1518. These records from sixteen rolls of NARA microfilm relate to each constitutional amendment as ratified by state legislatures. |
| 100% complete | Ratified Indian TreatiesNARA M668. Ratified Indian treaties, 1722-1869; listed chronologically with date, place, tribe, and links to images of related papers. |
| 100% complete | Registro Central de EsclavosNARA T1121. Slave schedules from among the Records of the Spanish Governors of Puerto Rico. |
| 99% complete | Revolutionary War PensionsNARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. |
| 100% complete | Revolutionary War Prize Cases - Captured VesselsNARA M162. Prize cases heard on appeal from Colonial and state courts by the Continental Congress and the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture. |
| 99% complete | Revolutionary War RollsNARA M246. Muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83. |
| 100% complete | Revolutionary War Service RecordsNARA M881. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. |
| 100% complete | Sec of the Interior - Suppression of Slave Trade and ColonizationNARA M160. Letters, accounts, and other documents relating to the suppression of the African slave trade and the colonization of recaptured and free Negroes. |
Southern Claims CommissionIn the 1870s, southerners claimed compensation from the US government for items used by the Union Army, ranging from corn and horses, to trees and church buildings. |
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Spaceport News FREE"Spaceport News" is a biweekly publication for employees and contractors of NASA and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. |
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| 100% complete | State Dept Records - FranceNARA M1442. Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of France, 1930-1939. |
| 100% complete | State Dept Records - RussiaNARA T1249. Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union, 1930-1939. |
| 51% complete | Texas Birth CertificatesOfficial birth certificates from the Texas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, for the years 1903-10 and 1926-29. |
| 57% complete | Texas Death Certificates UPDATEDOfficial death certificates from the Texas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics for the years 1890-1976. |
| 100% complete | Town Records - Goffstown NH FREEPublished annual reports for the town of Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, selected years 1890-1900. |
| 100% complete | Town Records - Hancock NH FREEHandwritten records for the town of Hancock, NH; also includes church records and Records of the Union Association of Ministers, 1812-1839. |
| 100% complete | Town Records - South Boston, VA FREEMinute books for the City of South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia, for the years 1905-1925 and 1949-1999. |
| 100% complete | US Expeditionary Force, North RussiaNARA M924. In 1918 and 1919, US forces participated in security operations in North Russia, near the ports of Murmansk and Archangel. |
| 100% complete | Utah Territorial Case FilesNARA M1401. Judicial records originating in the seats of the four US districts prior to Utah statehood: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, and Beaver. |
Vietnam Veterans Memorial FREEEvery-name searchable image of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the "Wall," in Washington, DC. |
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| 100% complete | War of 1812 Prize Cases, Southern Dist Court, NYNARA M928. Case files and prize records relating to maritime property seized at the country's leading port and commercial center, 1812-16. |
Woodstock FREEImages relating to the Aquarian Exposition, the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, in Bethel, NY, include documents, photos, and newspaper accounts. |
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| 100% complete | WWI Military Cablegrams - AEF and War DeptNARA M930. Regular, confidential, and courier cablegrams exchanged between General Headquarters, AEF HQ, and the War Department, June 1917-August 1919. |
| 100% complete | WWI Supreme War Council, American recordsNARA M923. The Supreme War Council, with representatives from the US, Italy, France, and Great Britain, considered policy pertinent to the Great War. |
| 97% complete | WWI - State Dept RecordsNARA M367. These records are mostly instructions to and dispatches from diplomatic and consular officials relating to World War I and its termination. |
| 100% complete | WWII Allied Military ConferencesNARA M995. Reports, maps, charts, and other documents from ten Allied military conferences, held by the Americans and British to coordinate war plans. |
| 29% complete | WWII Captured German Records FREENARA A3355. Lists and Registers of German Concentration Camp Inmates, compiled 1946-1958, documenting the period 1942-1945. |
WWII Foreign Military Studies, 1945-54NARA M1035. Manuscripts assembled under the Foreign Military Studies program of the Historical Division, U.S. Army Europe, 1945-54. |
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| 95% complete | WWII German Documents Among War Crimes Records FREENARA T1021. German documents predating May 8, 1945, found among the War Crimes Records of the U.S. Judge Advocate Division, Europe. |
| 100% complete | WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - ArmyNARA C73. Trial documents relating to Japanese prisoners of war and crimes committed during World War II. |
| 100% complete | WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - NavyNARA C72. Trial documents relating to Japanese prisoners of war and crimes committed during World War II. |
| 100% complete | WWII Naval Press ClippingsNARA P2012. Newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the 13th Naval District and its personnel from World War II through 1960. |
| 96% complete | WWII Nuernberg Interrogation Records FREENARA M1270. Transcribed interrogation records relate to the prosecution of war criminals in proceedings at Nuernberg, 1945-47. |
| 100% complete | WWII Submarine Patrol ReportsNARA M1752. War patrol reports of active duty US Navy submarines relate the conditions of the subs, attacks against the enemy, and weather reports. |
| 88% complete | WWII US Air Force Photos FREEThis series of photos documents an important era in US military aviation history, especially activities of the US Air Force during World War II. |
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