You ou too o can b be e a a Cit itiz izen A Archiv ivis ist! ! Getti tting g the mos most t ou out of of t the N National A Archives C Catalog g Suzanne I e Isaacs a and d Mered edith D Doviak k The National Archives offers many opportunities to participate in our online Catalog through citizen archivist projects such as tagging, transcription, and citizen scanning in our Innovation Hub. These projects help make content in our Catalog more discoverable to researchers. We’ll talk about how you can contribute to these projects, how these contributions can help you and other users locate records online, and how citizen scanning can benefit your research. We’ll also discuss genealogy resources available in the National Archives Catalog and how the Catalog can help you jumpstart and refine your genealogical research. www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair
Community Managers for the National Archives Catalog National Archives at College Park Meredith Doviak Suzanne Isaacs Meredith Doviak works to manage, build and grow the Suzanne Isaacs works to manage, build and grow the community of users surrounding records and community of users surrounding records and information information in our Catalog. She joined the National in our Catalog. In previous positions with the National Archives in 2009, first working in the Social Media Archives, she has worked in the Cartographic Section, Branch in the Office of Innovation. Meredith was also Special Media Division, National Archives Experience, and involved in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) the Office of Innovation. Before coming to us, she has also project to create free and open access to the nation’s been an Open Society Archives Western Fellow in cultural and scientific record. Meredith holds a Master of Budapest, Hungary; and an assistant curator at the Library Library Science Degree with a focus on Archival of American Broadcasting at the University of Maryland. Administration from the University of Maryland, and a She holds a B.A. in American History and an M.L.S in Bachelor of Arts from Gettysburg College. Archives from the University of Maryland. www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair
You Too Can Be A Citizen Archivist! Getting the most out of the National Archives Catalog Meredith Doviak and Suzanne Isaacs Community Managers National Archives Catalog
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ofs ~l » I x Close Letter from George Washington to Henry Lee BGJ 1mage 1 e.. · ----- ...................................................................................... L. . ... Tag (5) Comment Transcribe Login to Contribu te Contributors: lcahalan, jayvenule (La st upd ated 4 months ago) Share Philadelphia July 21, 1793 Need He lp? I Policy (Private) Dear Sir, the 14th. Alt, or had it not come to my hands a day or two only before I set I should have thanked you at an earlier period for your obligi ng letter of out for Mount Vernon; and at a time when I was much hurried, and indeed very much perplexed with the disputed memorials and what not with
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