I recently made my first visit to the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA). This is one in a series of articles inspired by that visit to help you make your first visit to the National Archives.
NARA records on Footnote.com as of November 2008
Footnote is second only to Ancestry.com in the number of NARA publications available on its website. And unlike Ancestry.com, all Footnote.com content is available for free to patrons (that includes you) at a Family History Center near your home.
On the other hand, unlike Ancestry.com, Footnote.com doesn't provide a way to assist the researcher to find a publication using the NARA publication number or the NARA title. Hopefully this is an inadequacy Footnote.com can soon fix.
For the present time, the good folks at Footnote.com provided me a current list of NARA records available on Footnote.com. I'm not certain if the titles shown are the NARA publication titles or the Footnote.com titles. Also, no indication is provided as to the number of NARA microfilm rolls currently included in the Footnote.com publication of the same, so there is no way to compare the roll count to the total number of rolls currently available from NARA.
In the list, below, I've created hyperlinks for each publication. Click on the NARA publication number to go to Footnote.com's online, digitized copy of that publication. The publications are sorted in publication order. Use your browser's find or search capability to quickly locate a publication number or search for a keyword in the title.
At the bottom of this article are six publications or collections without NARA microfilm publication numbers. Presumably, these are collections that Footnote has digitized directly, saving the time, expense and trouble of going to microfilm before going to digital. If that is the case, then these are records that previously were never visible outside the walls of the National Archives and Footnote.com deserves kudos for going beyond digitizing NARA microfilm.
| Pub # | Title |
| C72 | Navy JAG Case Files of Pacific Area War Crimes Trials, 1944-1949 |
| C73 | Army JAG Case Files of Pacific Area War Crimes Trials, 1944-1949 (Including Iwanami Case) |
| M40 | Domestic Letters of the Department of State, 1784-1906 |
| M61 | Foreign Letters of the Continental Congress and Department of State, 1785-1790 |
| M162 | The Revolutionary War Prize Cases: Records of the Court of Appeal in Cases of Capture, 1776-1787 |
| M246 | Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 |
| M247 | Papers of the Continental Congress |
| M251 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida |
| M258 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government. |
| M266 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia |
| M267 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina |
| M268 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee |
| M269 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi |
| M270 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina |
| M276 | Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Alabama. |
| M311 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama |
| M318 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the Territory of Arizona. |
| M319 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky |
| M320 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana |
| M321 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Maryland. |
| M322 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri |
| M323 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas |
| M324 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia |
| M331 | Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers, and Nonregimental Enlisted Men |
| M332 | Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress |
| M346 | Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms, 1861-65 |
| M367 | Records of the Department of State Relating to World War I and its Termination, 1914-1929 |
| M570 | Copybooks of George Washington's Correspondence with Secretaries of State, 1789-1796 |
| M599 | Investigation and Trial Papers Relating to the Assassination of President Lincoln |
| M653 | 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population |
| M668 | Ratified Indian Treaties, 1722-1869 |
| M787 | Civil War IRS Records for State of Pennsylvania, 1862-66 |
| M804 | Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files |
| M835 | Select List of Photographs of Harry S. Truman, 1885-1953 |
| M865 | Selected Photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1913-1945 |
| M866 | Records from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 |
| M867 | Selected Photographs of Calvin Coolidge, 1917-1943 |
| M868 | Selected Photographs of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1943-1961 |
| M881 | Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War |
| M923 | Records of the American Section of the Supreme War Council, 1917-19 |
| M924 | Historical Files of the U.S. Expeditionary Force, North Russia, 1918-19 |
| M928 | Prize and Related Records for the War of 1812 of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1812-16 |
| M930 | Cablegrams Exchanged Between General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, and the War Department, 1917-19 |
| M990 | Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917-1919 |
| M995 | Papers and Minutes of Meetings of Principal World War II Allied Military Conferences, 1941-1945 |
| M1003 | Case Files of Applications from Former Confederates for Presidential Pardons ("Amnesty Papers"), 1865-67 |
| M1017 | Compiled Service Records of Former Confederate Soldiers who Served in the 1st Through 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864-1866. |
| M1085 | Investigative Case Files of the Bureau of Investigation 1908-1922 |
| M1148 | General Photographs of the Fine Arts Commission (Series G), CA. 1650-1950 |
| M1164 | Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1957 |
| M1164 | Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1906-Nov 1925 |
| M1164 | Index to the Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jul 1865-Sep 1906 |
| M1168 | Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for Maryland, 1797-1951 |
| M1279 | Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Widows' Certificates), 1861-1910 |
| M1301 | Applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 |
| M1360 | Admiralty Final Record Books of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Key West), 1829-1911 |
| M1368 | Petitions and Records of Naturalizations of the U.S. District and Circuit Courts of the District of Massachusetts, 1906-1929 |
| M1372 | Passport Applications, 1795-1905 |
| M1380 | Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) of the U.S. Army Air Forces, 1941-1948 |
| M1401 | Territorial Case Files of the U.S. District Courts of Utah 1870-1896 |
| M1407 | Southern Claims Commission |
| M1442 | Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of France, 1930-1939 |
| M1469 | Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Survivors' Certificates), 1861-1910 |
| M1518 | Ratified Amendments XI-XXVII of the U. S. Constitution |
| M1522 | Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 |
| M1524 | Naturalization Petitions for the Southern District Of California, 1887-1940 |
| M1526 | Naturalization Index Cards from the Superior Court of San Diego, CA, 1868-1958 |
| M1537 | Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. District Court, 1820-1930, and Circuit Court, 1820-1911, for the Western District of Pennsylvania |
| M1545 | Index to Petitions and Records of Naturalizations of the U.S. and District Courts for the District of Massachusetts, 1907-1966 |
| M1613 | Naturalization Records in the Superior Court of San Diego, CA, 1883-1958 |
| M1614 | Naturalization Records of the Superior Court of Los Angeles, CA, 1876-1915 |
| M1626 | Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1906-1930 |
| M1640 | Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1906-1930 |
| M1653 | U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific): Japanese Air Target Analyses, Objective Folders, and Aerial Photographs, 1942-45 |
| M1674 | Soundex Index to Petitions for Naturalizations Filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts in New York City, 1792-1906 |
| M1675 | Alphabetical Index to Declarations of Intention of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1917-1950 |
| M1676 | Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court [and Circuit Court] for the Southern District of New York, 1824-1941 |
| M1677 | Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalizations of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 1907-1966 |
| M1733 | Photographs of Japanese Soldiers and of Allied Prisoners of War, 1942-1945 |
| M1752 | U.S. Submarine War Patrol Reports, 1941-1945 |
| M1753 | Records Relating to the Various Cases Involving the Spanish Schooner AMISTAD, 1815-1858 |
| M1787 | Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Territory of Nebraska. |
| M1789 | Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Territory and State of Nevada. |
| M1816 | Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Oregon. |
| M1820 | Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops, 2nd through 7th Colored Infantry including 3d Tennessee Volunteers (African Descent), 6th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent), and 7th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent). |
| M1821 | Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 8th through 13th, including the 11th (new). |
| M1879 | Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1937 |
| M1899 | Court-Martial Case Files Relating to the "Hesse Crown Jewels Case", 1944-1952 |
| M1915 | Land Entry Case Files of the Broken Bow Land Office, Broken Bow, NE: Homestead Final Certificates, 1890-1908 |
| M1952 | Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918 |
| M1972 | Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944 |
| M1995 | Naturalization Petition and Record Books for the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Cleveland, 1907-1946 |
| M2012 | Appellate Case File No. 2161, United States v. The Amistad, 40 U.S. 518 (15 Peters 518), Decided March 9, 1841, and Related Lower Court and Department of Justice Records |
| P2012 | 13th Naval District Public Information Department Press Clippings, 1942-1960 |
| P2233 | Records of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans Division: Petitions, 1838-1861 |
| T252 | Mathew B Brady Collection of Civil War Photographs |
| T289 | Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. |
| T1103 | General Court Martial of Gen. George A. Custer, 1867 |
| T1196 | Selected Pension Application Files Relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-48 |
| T1206 | Project Blue Book, 1947-1969 |
| T1249 | Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union, 1930-1939 |
| Click here | Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 - ca. 1910 |
| Click here | Pearl Harbor Muster Rolls |
| Click here | Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims, 1871-1880 |
| Click here | Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities, and Personnel - World War II |
| Click here | Photographs of Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam, 1962-1975 (Color) |
"And unlike Ancestry.com, all Footnote.com content is available for free to patrons (that includes you) at a Family History Center near your home."
ReplyDeleteInsider,
This is not totally true, as in Footnote being available at every FHC, since it is not at the one I frequent. In fact I asked about it recently and was informed that a FHC gets goodies like that depending upon several things like the number of hours open each week. Also I seem to remember reading or hearing elsewhere that the Footnote contract with the FHL limits the number of FHCs that can get the service.
One other thing on the subject of FHCs, is that I was also told that no more FHCs are being built/installed in new LDS churches. Is this true from what you understand?
Mike
Beau Sharbrough, my good friend, the "Footnote Insider," has posted a newer list of NARA publications on Footnote with the intention of updating it periodically. The page is at "NARA Titles on Footnote.com" and is current as of 21 January 2009.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Beau!