NOTE from DearMYRTLE: Thanks to Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL for forwarding this notice from David McMillen. We applaud the efforts of the National Archives (US) to educate researchers about effectively accessing NARA record groups. Awesome use of technology as well, since NARA has established a YouTube channel.
From: David McMillen, External Affairs Liaison,
The National Archives
The National Archives
January 4, 2012
National Archives Puts Popular Records Workshops
Online for First Time!
“Know Your Records” videos now available on
National Archives YouTube Channel
Washington, DC… For the first time, the National Archives has
launched online videos of its most popular genealogy “how to” workshops. These videos cover “hot topics” in
genealogical research such as census, immigration and military records. Now, these popular workshops led by National
Archives experts are available on the National Archives YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/usnationalarchives.
The National
Archives-produced Know Your Records
video shorts cover the creation, scope, content, and use of National Archives
records for genealogical research. "The National Archives is proud to make
our most popular genealogy lectures available online and ready for
viewing by anyone, anywhere, at any time," said Diane Dimkoff, Director of
Customer Services.
Genealogy
Introduction: Military Research at the National Archives: Volunteer Service (8:22) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zgKBrsVpxY Archives
specialist John Deeben discusses compiled military service records at the
National Archives.
Genealogy Introduction—Military Research at the National
Archives: Regular Service (6:11) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OMO-PbmMEw Archives Specialist John Deeben explains how
to use Army and Navy registers of enlistment and rendezvous reports for
research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT-AgYFhX1k Archives
Specialist John Deeben discusses how to research military service using pension
records dating from 1775 to 1916. Deeben
shows samples of both Revolutionary War and Civil War pensions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCZTSrSvxyc Archives Specialists Katherine Vollen and
Rebecca Crawford provide an overview of immigration records from 1800 to 1957,
including Customs Service and Immigration and Naturalization records, as well
as records of ports and border crossings.
Genealogy expert
Constance Potter shares tips and strategies for researching U.S. Federal Census
Records 1790 to 1930, and explains how they can be used for genealogical
research.
Background on “Know Your
Records” programs
The National Archives holds the permanently valuable records of
the Federal government. These include records of interest to genealogists, such
as pension files, ship passenger lists, census and Freedmen’s Bureau materials.
The Know Your Records Program offers
opportunities for staff, volunteers, and researchers to learn about these
records through lectures, ongoing genealogy programs, workshops, symposia, the annual genealogy
fair, an online genealogy tutorial,
reference reports
for genealogical research, and editions of Researcher News for
Washington DC area researchers.
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