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Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 15:20:44 EST

Genealogy Notes [Articles online]
http://www.nara.gov/publications/prologue/artlist.html#genea

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

Genealogical Fallout from the War of 1812 (Spring 1992) -- Discusses the
wealth of information contained in Seamen's Protection Certificate
Applications.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Strategies for Reconstructing Careers of Foreign Service Officers, 1869-1887
(Spring 1999) -- Spring 1999's "Genealogy Notes" guides you through
nineteenth-century political patronage in the U.S. foreign service.

The Shady Side of the Family Tree: Civil War Union Court-Martial Case Files
(Winter 1998) -- Winter 1998's "Genealogy Notes" investigates court-martials
during the Civil War.

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.

"Any woman who is now or may hereafter be married . . .": Women and
Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940 (Summer 1998) -- Summer 1998's "Genealogy
Notes" examines why women are not represented in early naturalization records.

Sailors, Soldiers, and Marines of the Spanish-American War:
The Legacy of USS Maine (Spring 1998) -- A "Genealogy Notes" feature on
searching for Spanish-American War veterans in NARA records.

The Freedman's Savings and Trust Company and African American Genealogical
Research (Summer 1997) -- A guide to using records of this Reconstruction-era
institution for family history.

"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.

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