Welcome! The National Archives and Records Administration is pleased to present this educational event for beginning to experienced genealogists on how to do family research. As the nation’s premier genealogy institution, it is our mission to inform the public about the National Archives’ holdings that relate to family history and to make those holdings available.
About the Lectures Lectures demonstrate how to use Federal records and other resources for genealogical research for beginning to experienced family historians. Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero will provide opening remarks. Executive for Research Services Ann Cummings will provide closing remarks. Our presenters include experts from the National Archives nationwide while broadcasting live from our facilities in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO.
Schedule # T IME (ET) S ESSION P RESENTER ( S ) 10 a.m. Welcoming Remarks David S. Ferriero Archivist of the United States of America Suzanne Isaacs and Meredith Doviak 1 10:05 a.m. Calling all Citizen Archivists! Getting the Most Out of the National Archives Catalog Community Managers for the National Archives Catalog National Archives at College Park, MD 2 11 a.m. Federal Records that Help Identify Former Claire Kluskens Slaves and Slave Owners Reference and Digital Projects Archivist National Archives in Washington, DC 3 12 p.m. All’s Fair in Love and War: Alexandra Villaseran The Civil War Widows’ Pension Files Processing Archives Technician National Archives in Washington, DC 4 1 p.m. How to Search for Photographs that Document Kaitlyn Crain Enriquez , Archives Specialist and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camps and Activities Kelsey Noel , Processing Archivist National Archives at College Park, MD 5 2 p.m. Tennessee Valley Authority Records: Cara Moore Lebonick To St. Louis and Beyond! Archives Technician National Archives at St. Louis 6 3 p.m. America's Military Made the Call: Anna Csar Hello Nurses! Expert Archives Technician National Archives at St. Louis 4 p.m. Closing Remarks Ann Cummings Executive for Research Services
Guides Captioning: www.streamtext.net/player?event=NARA GenealogyFair&start=0 Schedule and Handouts: www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair
Join the conversation! Participate with the Genealogy Fair presenters and other family historians during the live event. Log into YouTube and then type questions into the chat section. Join us at @USNatArchives on Twitter #genfair2018
Access to Archival Databases (AAD) Find more genealogy resources on www.archives.gov/aad/ Topics Include • World War II Army Enlistment • Japanese Americans interned Records during World War II • Some 19 th century passenger list • Death records from the Social records Security Administration • Military casualty records • Prisoners of war records Korean War ‐ World War II Vietnam War ‐ ‐ Korean War Gulf War ‐ ‐ Vietnam War War on Terrorism ‐ ‐ Peacetime (1975 – 2006) ‐
History Hub | Citizen Archivist Visit us at history.gov History Hub is a crowdsourcing platform for researchers and family historians. Experts from the National Archives and other researchers, genealogists, and citizen archivists are available to answer questions and provide guidance. Get help with your genealogy research or help someone else today!
National Archives Catalog Research at catalog.archives.gov Our National Archives Catalog is the online portal to our records and information about our records. It provides access to data, digitized records, selected series from Access to Archival Databases (AAD), over one million electronic records from the Electronic Records Archives (ERA), all of the web pages from Archives.gov, and all of the web pages from the Presidential Libraries.
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After the live broadcast . . . Email questions to inquire@nara.gov Video recordings of lectures and downloadable handouts will remain online at www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair/
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