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* Genealogical and Biographical Research
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Your Genealogical Research
Other
Federal Agency Websites with Information Useful in Genealogical
Research
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Online Sources that Answer Frequently Asked Questions
* Census Records
Clues in
Census Records, 1790-1840
Clues in
Census Records, 1850-1920
The
Fate of the 1890 Census
1930 Federal
Population Census
The Soundex
Indexing System
How to Use
NARA's Census Microfilm Catalogs
* Immigration and Naturalization Records
Immigration
Records
Naturalization
Records
* Military Records
Civil
War Records
Civil War
Union Court-Martial Case Files
Confederate
Pension Records
Spanish-American
War Records
World
War I Records
* Miscellaneous Records
Impressed
Seamen, 1793-1814
Passport
Applications
Post Office
Records
Social
Security Records
* Women
Women
in Naturalization Records, 1802-1940, Part 1 and Part
2.
Women
Soldiers of the Civil War, Part 1, Part
2, and Part
3.
Online Genealogical Data
The records listed below are described and,
in some cases, digitized genealogical
data in the NARA Archival
Information Locator (NAIL) database.
Aliens
Alien
Registration Affidavits: U.S. District Court, Phoenix Division,
February 6, 1918-June 28, 1918.
Enemy Alien
Registration Affidavits: 5,929 affidavits created by U.S.
Marshals, Kansas Judicial District, 1917-1921.
Court Records
Fort
Smith, Arkansas: 50,000 criminal case files.
Federal Employees
U.S.
Marshals and Deputy Marshals for Arizona, 1864-1912: Appointments
and Oaths.
Military Records
Spanish-American
War: Compiled Military Service Records for 1,235 "Rough
Riders."
World War
I Draft Registration: Ohio men born between April 28, 1877 and
February 16, 1897, whose surnames began with "Aa" and
"Ab".
World War
II Casualty Lists.
State-level
Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict (1951-1957) and the
Vietnam Conflict (1957- ).