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Renée Carl
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Professional Genealogist. Backyard gardener. Swimmer. Advocating for access to 20thC Immigration records at RecordsNotRevenue.com and occasionally blogging at EasternEuropeanMutt.com. most importantly: https://fundnara.com/
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Today the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee slashed an additional $4million from the National Archives's already meager budget for FY26.
Clip of proposed legislation submitted by House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee slashes an additional $4million from NARA's already meager budget
July 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Meanwhile, scroll down on the A2 page and learn they took away our parking. www.archives.gov/college-park
A satellite map shows the remote location researchers must now use to park when visiting the National Archives at College Park. The text describing the parking lot is at the link.
June 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Copies of A-files stored in Kansas City may be ordered for a small fee, and you receive high-resolution color scans. Tips when ordering: Provide the name of the individual as it appears in the catalog, the A# and the box/container number. Also include the link to the entry in the catalog.
Screenshot of A-file catalog entry for Max Carl, which provides NAID number, A number, accession and box/container number. This information makes the ordering process much easier for NARA staff.
April 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Civil service employees
I love you.
Photo of the National Archives building in College Park, Maryland.
February 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Making art is a political act. Photo taken by me on 1 Feb 2025 at the Kennedy Center.
Image of a display at the Kennedy Center highlighting the role of artists in the Civil Rights movement.
February 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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1957 Budapest Telephone Directory "See Bottom Drawer of this Cabinet"
Hungarian Refugee Program, Subject Files catalog.archives.gov/id/4319786
File folder noting that a telephone directory was stored elsewhere in the file cabinet, but apparently it was not accessioned to NARA with the rest of the collection.
February 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Way Back Machine: The capture will start in ~2 hours, 32 minutes because our service is currently overloaded.
Internet Archive's Way Back Machine is overloaded and taking about 2.5 hours to capture a page.
February 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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The green box is back! archives-20973928.hs-sites.com/2024-year-in...
Screenshot of a NARA newsletter announcement that describes an improvement to the catalog.archives.gov search in which OCR text will appear highlighted in a thumbnail green box as part of the search
January 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Oh happy day - I get to pick up on research I had to set aside more than a year ago.
An image of a CD-ROM provided by US Postal Service via an email that informs consumers on what mail will be delivered today. The CD-ROM comes from the USCIS Genealogy Program.
January 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Wait times for USCIS Genealogy Program records exceed two years, especially for Visa and Registry files. 7/
graph showing that since 2019, wait times for USCIS Genealogy Program records increased from less than 50 business days to 246 business days for an Index Search and 273 business days for a Record Request
December 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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In person research can be dangerous!
Close up of a straight pin used in lieu of a staple in a 1941 document
December 12, 2024 at 10:56 PM
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More than 20+million historical Immigration and Naturalization Service records are inaccessible or behind a paywall. Learn more at 1:30PM ET Sunday 8 December register at www.jgsgw.org/eventListing...
Chart explaining Immigration and Naturalization Service eras, where the records are stored and highlights that more than 20 million cannot be easily researched.
December 8, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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In 1931, a constituent asked his Representative to ask the State Dept to help him find info on an immigrant ancestor who arrived in 1732. File under: things you cannot find online. Central Decimal Files Name Index, 1930-1939, NARA College Park. #Genealogy
November 22, 2024 at 1:02 AM