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The following teaser is from ibj.com: Indiana officials plan to build a $35 million facility for containing the state’s voluminous archives on the near-east side of Indianapolis after a years-long search for a compatible site. The 50,000-square-foot building would be Continue reading State planning $35M Indiana State Archives on Indianapolis’ Near-East Side
The following excerpt is from the uppermichigansource.com website. October 5, 2021: MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – Northern Michigan University is giving community residents a chance to tell their story. The NMU Archives is looking for more donations to add to its Continue reading Family Documents Requested for the Northern Michigan University’s UPLINK Database
The following teaser is from The Sept. 30 Pantagraph.com: SPRINGFIELD — What could be among the oldest surviving Chicago city records sit inside a special climate-controlled vault at the Illinois State Archives, largely indecipherable. These are volumes that survived the Continue reading Documents Survived the Great Chicago Fire, but it Requires Special Tech to Read Them
Ancestry is opening free access to: More than 550 million military records on Fold3®, covering military conflicts as early as the Revolutionary War, open May 21-25 Nearly 500 million records and images from the National Archives and Records Administration available on Ancestry, including Continue reading Free Access to Records on Fold3 (May 21-25) and NARA Records at Ancestry – Now thru June 1
It has been announced that the Seattle branch of the National Archives is being closed. I’ve spent a lot of time researching at the Sandpoint Way facility. Not only did I research my family (using the Federal Census microfilm prior Continue reading Seattle Branch of the National Archives to Close
I just ran across an article posted at the website of the Montgomery Herald – located in Fayette County, West Virginia. First – it came with a reminder that October is Archives Month. Then the article went on to explain Continue reading The Fayette County (WV) Public Library Archives Room
Every year, the National Archives hosts a free, virtual Genealogy Fair via live webcast on YouTube. The sessions offer family history research tools on Federal records for all skill levels. Join thousands of family historians participating during the live event. No reservations are needed. Continue reading National Archives Seventh Annual Virtual Genealogy Fair – Wednesday – October 23, 2019
The following teaser is from a March 19, 2019 article posted at yankton.net. PIERRE — The State Archives of the South Dakota State Historical Society recently added to its website searchable indexes to motor vehicle licenses issued from 1905-1911 and Continue reading So. Dakota State Archives Posts Indexes to Motor Vehicle Licenses 1905-1911
The following teaser is from an article posted at the The Enterprise website on January 17, 2019. BOSTON — The Massachusetts Archives has launched an online collection of records of state agencies, including a searchable index of Massachusetts casualties in Continue reading Massachusetts Archives Makes Digital Documents Available
The following teaser is from an article posted in the Boston Globe January 29, 2019. Massachusetts officials on Tuesday unveiled a new vault to store the commonwealth’s myriad historical treasures and documents accumulated over nearly four centuries. The expanded 25,000 Continue reading Massachusetts Archives Expands With New Vault to Store Documents
The bomb shelter used for the Washington State Archives is in need of replacement. Following is an excerpt from an article posted January 29, 2019 at the NewsTribune website. Secretary of State Kim Wyman offered a media tour of the Continue reading The Washington State Archives Needs a New Building
The following excerpt is from the April 27, 2017 edition of NashvilleScene.com: Chas Sisk over at WPLN-FM is reporting that Gov. Bill Haslam is asking for $50 million for a new Tennessee State Library and Archives building. This is good, Continue reading Tennessee to Get a New State Library & Archives Building?
According to a May 5, 2017 article at the Total Croatia News website, this last Thursday, the Croatian Parliament adopted amendments to their Law on Archive Materials and Archives which will enable access to pre-1990 documents. The vote was 94 Continue reading Croatian Pre-1990 States Archives Held Documents to be Opened for Access
The following excerpt is an article updated March 24, 2017 at shreveporttimes.com: Louisiana’s archival and historical records are in a state of emergency, whose destruction “would represent nothing less than a devastating and irreparable loss” of the state’s historical and Continue reading Louisiana’s Archives in ‘state of emergency’
Wahoo! The following is from FGS: September 1, 2016: Springfield, IL – Today at its annual conference, the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announced the receipt of a historic $500,000 anonymous contribution to the War of 1812 Preserve the Pensions Continue reading With $500K Gift, FGS Announces Completion of Fundraising for Preserve the Pensions