• African American History
  
• Boxer Rebellion
  
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• Disabled Veterans Homes
  
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• Immigration and Naturalization
  
• Korean and Vietnam Wars
  
• Local History
  
• Mexican Punitive Expedition
  
• Military Service Overview
  
• Philippine Insurrection
  
• Pre-Civil War
  
• Spanish-American War
  
• World War I
  
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Special Issue on African American Research and Federal Records (Summer 1997)

The Rost Home Colony, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana (Fall 2001) — Finding family ties in the records of a Freedmen`s Bureau experiment.

Researching African Americans in the U.S. Army, 1866–1890: Buffalo Soldiers and Black Infantrymen (Spring 2001) — How to find the military records of African American soldiers who served in the late 19th-century.

Marriage Registers of Freedmen (Fall 1973) — Learn about an invaluable source for African American family history.

U.S. Marines in the Boxer Rebellion (Winter 1999) — Research the service of U.S. Marines who served in China in 1900.

Plans of Division: Describing the Enumeration Districts of the 1930 Census (Fall 2003) — The Census Bureau divides up the country into manageable pieces to conduct the 1930 census.

"Blisters on My Heels, Corns on My Toes": Taking the 1930 Census of Population (Winter 2002) — The story of the people behind the taking of the 1930 population census. How did the Census Bureau gather that vast amount of data?

The 1930 Census in Perspective (Summer 2002) — The 1930 census reflected the emerging values of early twentieth-century America.

The WPA Census Soundexing Projects (Spring 2002) — The indexing projects put unemployed people to work during the Great Depression of the 1930s and were begun because the Bureau of the Census needed indexes for its own needs.

Myths and Realities about the 1960 Census (Winter 2000) — Corrects the myth that substantial data from the 1960 census has been lost because the hardware to read the tapes is obsolete.

"First in the Path of the Firemen": The Fate of the 1890 Population Census (Spring 1996) — The story of the 1921 fire that destroyed most 1890 census schedules and its aftermath.

Special Issue on the Civil War (Winter 1998)

Enhancing Your Family Tree with Civil War Maps (Summer 2003) — How to use an often-overlooked resource for filling out your Civil War research.

The Army Medal of Honor: The First Fifty-five Years (Summer 2001) — The Civil War origins of the Medal of Honor and guidance on how to find records of recipients.

Researching Confederate Marines in the Civil War (Winter 2001) — Tips for researching an often overlooked group of Civil War servicemen.

Which Henry Cook? A Methodology for Searching Confederate Ancestors (Fall 1995) — How to use NARA records to pin down the identity of a Confederate soldier.

Civil War and Later Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1861–1924 (Summer 1995) — United States Navy personnel records for the period 1861–1924 are one of the best secrets in genealogical research.

Civil War Draft Records: Exemptions and Enrollments (Winter 1994) — Looking for men who did not serve in the Civil War.

Confederate Medical Personnel (Spring 1994) — How to find your Civil War–era ancestor, if he or she served the Confederate army in a medical capacity, in the War Department Collection of Confederate Records.

Income Tax Records of the Civil War Years (Winter 1986) — Discover valuable information in records of the first U.S. income tax.

Strategies for Reconstructing Careers of Foreign Service Officers, 1869–1887 (Spring 1999) — A guide through nineteenth-century political patronage in the U.S. foreign service.

The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Spring 2004) — Using records of veterans homes to gather information about Civil War and later veterans.

Honoring Our War Dead: The Evolution of the Government Policy on Headstones for Fallen Soldiers and Sailors (Spring 2003) — Learn when the government started providing headstones for military personnel and how to use the records in your genealogical research.

A Gold Mine of Naturalization Records in New England (Fall 2004) — A valuable set of naturalization records for five New England states.

By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895–1954 (St. Albans Lists) (Fall 2000) — A guide to using immigration records of the U.S.-Canadian border.

"Any woman who is now or may hereafter be married . . .": Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802–1940 (Summer 1998) — An examination of why women are not represented in early naturalization records.

Electronic Records of Korean and Vietnam Conflict Casualties (Spring 2000) — Online resources: state casualty list extracts from the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.

Researching the Career of a Nineteenth-Century Physician (Summer 2004) — Using NARA records to fill out details of the life of a locally notable individual.

De Smet, Dakota Territory, Little Town in the National Archives (Winter 2003) — Finding records of Laura Ingalls Wilder's family in the National Archives.

The United States Armed Forces and the Mexican Punitive Expedition (Fall & Winter 1997) — Background on the expedition and guidance on doing genealogical research on the participants.

An Overview of Records at the National Archives Relating to Military Service (Fall 2002) — A useful starting point for those researching individuals whose service records may be in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.

Researching Service in the U.S. Army during the Philippine Insurrection (Summer 2000) — How to document an ancestor`s military service in an often-overlooked conflict.

Early Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1776–1860 (Spring 1995) — Clues to searching for genealogical information in pre–Civil War navy records.

Indian Bounty Land Applications (Fall 1993) — A source for the difficult task of tracing Indian ancestors back to the early nineteenth century.

Genealogical Records of the War of 1812 (Winter 1991) — How to use military records to research a War of 1812 veteran.

Do We Have Any Records Relating to French Spoliation Claims? (Spring 1991) — Investigate claims presented by U.S. citizens against France, Spain, and Holland for vessels and cargo taken by privateers before September 30, 1800.

Special Issue on the Spanish-American War (Spring 1998)

World War I Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages, Part I (Summer 1999) and Part II (Fall 1999) — Mothers and widows of U.S. soldiers who died overseas during World War I sailed to Europe to see the graves of their sons and husbands.

They Answered the Call: Military Service in the United States Army during World War I, 1917–1919 (Fall 1998) — A guide to looking for information about World War I army veterans.

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