Articles from Prologue on Genealogy and Local History

Prologue is published by the U. S. National Archives and Record Administration.

Prologue, volumes 1-17, 1969-1985, Location: Government Documents stacks, Call Number: GS 4.23:.
Volumes 18, 1986 to the present, Location: Government Documents stacks Call Number: AE 1.111:.

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The following bibliography focuses on articles related to doing genealogies, where to find information and what can be done with the information available from the National Archives. Some are available via the Internet.

• "American Immigrant Genealogy: Ship Passenger Lists," Summer 1985; p. 112-120.
• "American Indian Genealogy: Selected Sources on the Eastern Cherokee," Winter 1982; p. 227-236.
• "Black Households in Dougherty Co., Georgia, 1870-1900," Summer 1982; p. 61-88.
• "Black Men in Navy Blue during the Civil War," Fall 2001.
• "By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895 - 1954 (St. Albans Lists)", Fall 2000.
• "An 'Urban Finding Aid' for the Federal Census," Winter 1981; p. 251-262.
• "Census and Community History: An Appraisal," Fall 1981; p. 209-220.
• "Civil War and Later Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1861 - 1924", Summer 1995.
• "The Continentals of Peterborough, New Hampshire: Pension Records as a Source for Local History," Fall 1984; p. 169-183.
• "The Daughters of Liberty: The History of Women in the Revolutionary War Pension Records." Fall 1984; p. 139-153.
• "Early Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1776 - 1860", Spring 1995.
• "Enhancing Your Family Tree with Civil War Maps", Summer 2003.
• "Genealogical Records of the War of 1812", Winter 1991.
• "Genealogical Research: An Assessment of Potential Value," Winter 1975; p. 221-225.
• "The Genealogist's First Look at Federal Land Records," Spring 1977; p. 43-45.
• "A Gold Mine of Naturalization Records in New England", Fall 2004.
• "Historian's Perspective - Personal Family History: A Bridge to Your Past," Spring 1984; p. 41-48.
• "History and Genealogy" 1975 (Spring, Summer, Fall).
• "Holocaust - Genealogy and Selected Sources of the National Archives," Fall 1983; p. 179-187.
• "Income Tax Records of the Civil War Years," Winter 1986; p. 250-259.
• "Indian Bounty Land Applications Fall", 1993.
• "Interstate Commerce Commission Formal Care Files: A Source for Local History," Winter 1983; p. 229-242.
• "Maps for Genealogy at the National Archives," Fall 1977; p. 178-182.
• "Marriage Registers of Freedmen", Fall 1973.
• "A Matter of Identity: Chronicles of the Family in the National Archives," Spring 1985; p. 45-52.
• "Military Bounty and Land Warrants of the Mexican War," Spring 1982; p. 25-34.
• "The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers", Spring 2004.
• "Preparing for the 1930 Federal Population Census", Spring 2002.
• "Reconstructing Black Families: Perspectives from the Texas Freedman's Bureau Records," Summer 1986; p. 109-122.
• "Researching African Americans in the U.S. Army, 1866 - 1890: Buffalo Soldiers and Black Infantrymen", Spring 2001.
• "Researching Confederate Marines in the Civil War", Winter 2001.
• "Revolutionary War Pension Applications: A Neglected Source for Social and Family History," Summer 1983; p. 103-114.
• "Revolutionary War Pensions Records and Patterns of American Mobility, 1780-1830," Fall 1984; p. 155-167.
• "Sealing the Sacred Bonds of Holy Matrimony: Freedmen's Bureau Marriage Records", Spring 2005.
• "Southern Claims Commission Records." Winter 1980; p. 207-218.
• "Soundex," Fall 1980; p. 151.
• "Those Elusive Early Americans: Public Lands and Claims in the American State Papers, 1789 - 1837", Summer 2005.
• "20th-Century Veterans' Service Records: Safe, Secure - and Available," Spring 2005.
• "The WPA Census Soundexing Projects", Spring 2002.
• "War of 1812 Papers: State Department Records," Summer 1981; p. 115-126.