Archiving valuables and keepsakes is a perpetual problem for the family historian. This may be even more true for the family member who is not a “genealogists” or “family historian” but finds themselves the keeper of the family’s history and heirlooms. Important questions arise, such as the following: What should I actually archive? Should I [...]
The following excerpt is from the Washington Post: Visitors to the Smithsonian Institution and the National Archives will notice changes to summer hours and exhibitions as of May. The Smithsonian will begin closing certain galleries on a rolling basis come May 1 because of across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration. The National Archives, which held [...]
The following teaser is from the April 15, 2013 edition of the Chattanoogan: April 15 can be a taxing day for all of us living in modern times, but our ancestors didn’t have it much easier. Although federal income tax only dates back to the Civil War era, Tennesseans have been paying state and local [...]
The following NARA press release is dated April 10, 2013: Washington, DC… Today, President Barack Obama sent to Congress his Fiscal Year 2014 budget request for the Federal Government, which includes $385.8 million for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The requested amount for NARA is a slight decrease from the FY 2012 funding [...]
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the April 4, 2013 edition of IllinoisTimes.com: The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency has balked at a demand from the National Archives to return a page torn from a ship’s log so that the damaged document can be restored to its original condition. The page in question [...]
In cooperation with FamilySearch, the Missouri State Archives is digitizing marriage records dating from Territiorial times through 1969. The following excerpt is from an article published in the April 1, 2013 edition of hannibal.net: The Missouri State Archives is working on a project that could allow people to look up old marriage records online. Secretary [...]
The following excerpt is from a short article posted in the April 1, 2013 edition of gbp.org: ATLANTA — As part of a long-term plan to keep the State Archives open, the General Assembly has approved transferring the research and records facility from the Secretary of State’s office to the University System of Georgia. Governor [...]
The following news release is from the National Archives website: Washington, DC… Just in time for Major League Baseball’s 2013 Opening Day, the National Archives has published a free eBook called “Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives.” The eBook is formatted for multiple devices. The interactive Multi-Touch book for iPad is available for [...]
This article comes from knownews.com: Midway through Women’s History Month is prime time to learn more about the impact of Tennessee women on the course of history. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, near the state Capitol, has the resources to help. But you don’t have to drive to Nashville to access all of them, [...]
This article comes from FoxNews.com: The National Archives is canceling reservations for late afternoon and evening tours due to automatic federal budget cuts taking effect. Starting Friday, visitors who reserved timed entry tickets for later than 4:45 p.m. will have to reschedule. Some visitors made advanced reservations through the website Recreation.gov and can reschedule on [...]
The following anncouncement is from the NARA Press site. Learn from the experts about preservation and how to care for your personal treasures! Washington, DC…On Thursday, March 14, from 11AM–2PM, the National Archives hosts Preservation EXPOsed! Learn how to care for your personal treasures at the preservation fair, hear lectures on preservation projects at the [...]
The following February 7, 2013 press release is from the NARA Press site: Barry Landau, Jason Savedoff, and their Conspiracy to Steal History Washington, D.C.: On Thursday, March 7, 2013, at noon, the National Archives hosts a discussion on the theft of America’s national treasures – and ways to prevent such thefts in the future. [...]
The following excerpt is from an editiorial that ran in the Februry 15, 2013 edition of the Spokesman-Review (Spokane). I couldn’t agree more… Read the full article… The Washington State Library and the Washington State Archives have about filled up the space available for housing the state’s most important documents and artifacts. Officials going back [...]
The National Library of Australia has posted a list of newspapers that will be digitized and made available during the year. According to their website, “Multiple titles may be processed and made available at any given time. Dates of when specific issues will be available unfortunately cannot be provided.” I counted about 170 titles in [...]
February 4, 2012 – Washington, DC: For the first time, researchers at the National Archives facilities in Washington, DC, and the National Archives at College Park, MD, can now remotely manage their research card accounts online. Researchers can go to https://copycard.archives.gov to register their research cards, add funds, check balances, access copying history, and change [...]
