Using the National Archives to conduct genealog research

The National Archives web site has very few actual records online. The National Archives website's focus is on articles and information on how to conduct in-person research in the different types of records, along with finding aids, such as microfilm indexes.

What If What I Need Is Not Online?

The National Archives has a large amount of records that are useful for genealogy, but most of these records are not online.

For ideas about how to use the National Archives for genealogy, please see: Getting Started with Genealogy at the National Archives.

What genealogical records are online?

Primarily the National Archives website provides research tools, such as microfilm indexes and finding aids, articles and information on where to find the records and how to access them.

Note: The National Archives has a subscription toAncestry Library and Heritage Quest, which have digitized many of NARA's holdings with genealogical interest, and made them available online. There is unlimited access to these services, free-of-charge, from any NARA facility nationwide.

See also:

Genealogy Tools and Resources for finding family history

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