Tag Archives: National Archives and Records Administration

Crowdsourcing Transcription and Indexing Projects to Work on While Sheltering in Place

Posted on March 27, 2020 by SCblogger

If you need a break from Netflix, reading, crafting, disinfecting, and sterilizing during the COVID-19 quarantine, there are many volunteer indexing and transcription opportunities available online. Indexing and transcribing can be a rewarding pastime for genealogists and local historians. If … Continue reading →

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OMG! NARA AAD Passenger Lists FYI

Posted on November 5, 2015 by SCblogger

Last month, staff from the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center listened in to the National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair. One of the things we learned is that NARA’s Access to Archival Databases has indexed passenger lists available to search from home for FREE. There … Continue reading →

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OMG! NARA AAD DCAS FYI!

Posted on May 21, 2015 by SCblogger

With Memorial Day approaching, the staff at Richardson-Sloane Special Collections thought to share an online government resource to aid in searching for veterans who have served in United States military forces. These resources are free and may be accessed from any … Continue reading →

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Coffee & Census!

Posted on March 27, 2012 by SCblogger

Six Days until the complete 1940 Census is released! Why are we so excited about this? Because we’ve waited 72 years for the personal data—or ten since the 1930 Census—and the anticipation has been terrible. Because this Census includes 1935 … Continue reading →

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