FamilySearch Resources for Federal Records

These links are a portion of the handout I created for a presentation at the National Institute on Genealogical Research.

FamilySearch - Granite Mountain Records Vault, Part 2
Video showing the digitization process FamilySearch uses.

Here is a sampling of the National Archives records available on the FamilySearch website:

Historical Records Collections

https://www.familysearch.org/

Military Records:

Civil War Soldiers Index

Civil War Pension Index Cards

1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War

Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904

Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923

Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891

Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-1910

Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914

Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications Files

Union Provost Marshal Files of Papers Relating to Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866

Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians, 1861–1866

Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933

Vermont Enrolled Militia, 1861-1867

Immigration Records:

Border Crossings From Canada to United States, 1895-1956

Border Crossings From Mexico to United States, 1903-1957

California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989

California, San Diego Naturalization Index, 1868-1958

California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976

Florida, Key West Passenger Lists, 1898-1920 

Hawaii, Honolulu Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos, 1900-1952 

Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950

Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1891

New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891

New York, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions, 1865-1957

New York, New York, Index to Passenger Lists, 1820-1846

New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956

New York, Southern District Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1824-1941

New York, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1917-1950

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Case Files of Chinese Immigrants, 1900-1923

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1882

United States, New England Naturalization Index, 1791-1906

Virginia Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1929

Court, Land and Other Records:

Freedmans Bank Records, 1865-1874

Louisiana, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions, 1838-1861

Maryland, Naturalization Indexes, 1797-1951

Maryland, Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1931

Massachusetts Naturalization Index, 1906-1966

Nebraska, Broken Bow Homestead Records, 1890-1908

New York, Western District, Naturalization Index, 1907-1966

United States, Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918

Utah, Territorial Case Files of the U.S. District Courts, 1870-1896

Federal Census Records:

Population Schedules: 
1850, 1870 & 1900 (Indexes and images) 
1860 (images on Footnote.com)
1880, 1910, 1920 &1930 (Indexes only)

United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850

United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850

United States, 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War

Related Civil War collections:

Arizona, Service Records of Confederate Soldiers of the Civil War, 1861-1863

Arkansas Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929

Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950

Missouri Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications

South Carolina, Civil Confederate Service Records, 1861-1865

FamilySearch Indexing

http://indexing.familysearch.org

National Archives records currently being indexed by FamilySearch volunteers:

Index to War of 1812 Pension Application Files, 1812-1905

1930 Federal Census

WWII Draft Registration, 1942

Merchant Seamen - 1930 Federal Census

Oklahoma - Land Allotment Records 1899 1907 [Part B]

Registers of Enlistment in the U.S. Army, 1798-1913

FamilySearch Research Wiki

http://wiki.familysearch.org 

Articles available for National Archives records:

National Archives and Records Administration

NARA_and_FHL_film_numbers

Land Records:

United_States_Land_and_Property             

Grants_from_the_Federal_Government

Homestead_Records                                    

Bounty_Land_Warrants

Lottery Land                                                 

Mining Claims

Private Land Claims                                     

Locating Federal Land on Maps                 

Land Terms & Definitions                           

Federal Land States

Military Records

United_States_Military_Records

Record Selection Table · Service Records · Pension Records · Bounty Land Warrants · Draft or Conscription Records · Unit Histories · Census Records · Cemetery Records · Old Soldiers Home Records · Veterans & Lineage Society Records · Biographies · Awards & Decorations

Wars

Colonial Wars, 1607 to 1763 · Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783 · War of 1812, 1812 to 1815 · Mexican War, 1846 to 1848 · Civil War, 1861 to 1865 · Indian Wars, 1780s to 1890s · Spanish-American War, 1898 · Philippine Insurrection, 1899 to 1902 · World War I, 1917 to 1918 · World War II, 1941-1945 · Korean War, 1950-1953, and Vietnam War, 1964-1972

Immigration Records

US_Immigration_Passenger_Arrival_Records       

Pre-1820 Passenger Arrival Records

Passenger Arrival Records Beginning in 1820     

Indentured Servants Database

Ulster Ireland Presbyterian Immigrants               

Legal_History_of_Immigration 

Canadian Border Crossings                                    

Mexican Border Crossings

Passports

Census Records

United_States_Federal_Census

Non-Population Federal Schedules:

Agricultural Schedules        

Defective Schedules             

Indian Schedules

Institutions                            

Slave Schedules                    

Merchant Seamen    

Military / Naval Forces       

Mortality Schedules             

Social Statistics Schedules

Veterans Schedules             

Manufacturing Industrial Schedules

   

Research Courses

www.familysearch.org

Click on “Learn” and then “Research Courses”

Courses focusing on federal records include:

Basic U.S. Military Records

Beginning Census Research and Record Keeping

Census Tracking for Beginners

Civil War Genealogical Research

Civil War Research: Learning about Your Union Veteran Ancestor

Heads of Household Only: Analysis of Pre-1850 Federal Census

Homestead Records

Locating Ancestors on the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes

Military Records: Civil War

Military Records: Pre-WWI Pension Applications

Military Records: Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War Genealogy Research

Sections, Ranges, and Townships

Selective Service Records (WWI) Draft Cards and More

Tiff's Census Class