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All immigrants aged 14 and older in the United States were required to register their noncitizen status under the 1940 Alien Registration Act.
Cody White, an archivist at the National Archives in Denver, discusses tracing Native American genealogy using records from 1880 to 1930.
Four presenters from the National Archives discuss records related to Native American veterans who served from 1881 to 1966 during a genealogy session.
The National Archives at St. Louis holds more than 100 million records of former executive branch employees and military personnel dating back to the 19th century.
Cody White, an archivist with the National Archives, discusses the 1950 P8 Indian Reservation Schedule, which aimed to collect demographic data from Native American reservations.
Rachel Salyer discusses records from record group 242, which includes foreign records seized during World War II, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Pamela Anderson discusses records from the National Archives in Kansas City that detail how dietary guidelines, textiles, and electricity shaped American domestic life.
About 12 million records are available for transcription at the National Archives, where volunteers collaborate to digitize historical documents.
Navy Deck Logs, which provide chronological accounts of events on ships, are among the most requested records at the National Archives.