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Why You Should Look for Archives in Museums

Did you know that some museums also house archives? Yes, that's right! Museums aren't just for artifacts and...

These two unusual genealogy sources may unlock secrets to your family history research! The Archive Lady Melissa...

Old scrapbooks are a great resource for discovering your family history, whether you find them in your family’s attic...

This isn’t a mess—it’s a pile of unprocessed records at an archive, and buried within may be clues about your family...

Vertical files in archives are like Forrest Gump’s proverbial box of chocolates: you never know what you’re going to...

To declutter your house, you may have to ask yourself hard questions--especially if you're the family archivist. Is...

You may be doing some "home archiving" without even realizing it, if you're the keeper of any family photos,...

The National Archives Citizen Archivist program is recruiting help to tag, transcribe, and comment on records in the...

What we expect to be found in an archive is documents, photos, memorabilia and other paper-based items. But the...