(US) National Archives January 2017 Genealogy Programs

[Jan Meisels Allen janmallen@att.net]

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The US National Archives announced its January genealogy programs. All the
programs will be held at the National Archives building in Washington DC on
the National Mall.

Tuesday, January 10 2PM EST
Accidental Genealogy - Part 1 of 2
Learn about various genealogy sources from Ray Bottorff Jr, as he describes
accidentally- found information in the Archives' collections, including
records regarding military permissions to marry, deceased military
personnel, and military personnel passenger lists.

Wednesday, January 11 2PM EST
Accidental Genealogy - Part 2 of 2
Ray Bottorff Jr, describes accidentally-found information in the Archives'
collections, focusing on records from the Selective Service System.

Presentation materials for both parts of Accidental Genealogy are available
online at:
https://www.archives.gov/calendar/know-your-records

Saturday January 28 noon-4PM EST
"Help! I'm Stuck" Genealogy Consultation
Archivist Claire Kluskens is available to answer your questions with 20
minute consultations.

There are extensive records on "Know Your Records"-presentations from the
National Archives live programs. See the playlist at:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC641EF0E3F8AFDF9

I received the press release about the above. At the time of writing this
posting the press release was not posted to the archives.gov website.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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