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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Anyone who frets over organizing family records ought to consider the daily challenge facing Barbara Teague and her staff. As Kentucky’s state archivist, Teague oversees 310,000 cubic feet of records stored in the Public Records Division of Continue reading Kentucky State Archives Preserves Records With Reduced $ and Personnel
I see that the 60,000 piece Kendrick Photograph collection has now been sorted and is finally on it’s way to the Washington State Archives in Cheney. The following is an excerpt from the December 30, 2010 edition of the Ritzville Continue reading 60,000 Piece Kendrick Collection on its Way to the Washington State Archives
Prompted by an item on Dick Eastman’s blog this morning, I checked out the new National Archives sponsored Online Public Access site posted at Archives.gov. First, the following press release was posted December 27 at Archives.gov: National Archives Launches Online Continue reading The New NARA Online Public Search Site is Powerful!
The following excerpt is from an article in the December 28, 2010 edition of the NewJerseyNewsroom.com. At least 3,427 New Jersey armed service members died in World War I and now the State Archives has developed an online database designed Continue reading Online Database of New Jersey Soldiers Who Died in WWI
The following researcher notice is posted has been posted by NARA. Thanks to Myrt for sending out the heads-up on this. Beginning December 27, 2010 all researchers will be required to use locking bags for removing reproductions, personal notes, and Continue reading Locked Bags Now Required at NARA I & II
The following teaser is from the December 26, 2010 edition of the Star-Telegram: FORT WORTH – Pull out that old box of family photos and start quizzing Grandma. Digging up your family roots is going to get a little easier Continue reading Fort Worth National Archives Branch Opening a New Family Research Center
Near the courthouse square in Moulton [Lawrence County, Alabama], there is a building on the corner of Main St. and Walnut that reads, “Bank of Moulton.” The building is one of the oldest in the city and the history inside Continue reading Lawrence County Archives in Moulton, Alabama, Gets Renovation
With budget shortfalls galore, many states are having problems just paying the bills, let alone expanding archives space. Pennsylvania is in just such a pickle… PHILADELPHIA — The 18-story tower across from the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg is where millions Continue reading Pennsylvania States Archives is Running Out of Space
The public service areas of the Kentucky State Department for Libraries and Archives, in Frankfort reopened Thursday at 10 a.m. after being closed since Nov. 13 because of minimal damage from a water leak. “The damage was not as widespread Continue reading Kentucky State Archives Public Areas Reopen After Water Leak
The Friends of Georgia Archives and History are holding a book sale to raise money to support the Archives that house the legal, financial and historical documents of the state. The Archives is an important center for genealogical research, but Continue reading Book Sale at the Georgia Archives Thursday Evening – Friday & Saturday
LITTLE ROCK — The number of visitors each year to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library has slipped only slightly in the library’s first five years, surpassing everyone’s expectations, its top administrator says. “We’re at about 300,000 (visitors per year) Continue reading Clinton Presidential Library Continues to Draw Crowds
The National Archives of Australia has announced it will close its State offices in Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart in a bid to cut costs. Director General of the Archives, Ross Gibbs said the offices would be closed over the next Continue reading The National Archives of Australia to Close Three State Offices
WASHINGTON—The last great archives of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency may soon be available to researchers and the public — 14 boxes of handwritten notes, gifts and correspondence, including a letter from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating him on his 1933 Continue reading 14 Boxes of Franklin D. Roosevelt Papers to Be Available to the Public Shortly
The following news release posted two days ago, but I missed it. So – I’m posting it on GenealogyBlog now: November 10, 2009: Washington, DC: For the first time, the National Archives will launch a new online reservation system tomorrow, Continue reading National Archives Launches New Online Reservation System
The following excerpts are from an article in the November 2, 2009 edition of the Rapid City Journal. The archives at Deadwood’s City Hall hold shelves filled with voting records, county inventory and appraisal ledgers, probate ledgers and other circuit Continue reading Deadwood, South Dakota’s Historic Documents