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• Online access to the moving image collections of the National Archives

  
  ArchivesNext — Authority: 115
  On Friday the popular blog BoingBoing published this post from “rogue archivist” Carl Malamud: “ Watch America’s public domain video treasures, rescue the public domain from paywalls .” In his post, Malamud announces that he will be testifying on December 16 before the House Oversight Committee at a hearing ...
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• Footnote.com: WWII collection free in December

  
  Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog — Authority: 525
  Today, Footnote.com has opened its extensive WWII collection to free public access during December. In honor of Pearl Harbor Day, this largest WWII grouping, including the first-ever interactive USS Arizona Memorial, offers more than 10 million records, documents and photos from the National Archives. These resources ...
  1 day ago

• New head of National Archives is first librarian in the post

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 959
  Deep inside the gray stone fortress of the National Archives building downtown, amid dimly lit stacks protected by locked doors, the new archivist of the United States takes down a box containing a document dating back almost 200 years.
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• Ten Most Damaging Data Breaches of 2009

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 518
  By Laton McCartney , Editor at CIOZone Every week for the past four years the San Diego-based Privacy Rights Clearing House (PRCH), an organization dedicated to empowering consumers and protecting privacy, has been chronicling data breaches on a weekly basis. These range from small, regional breaches, ...
  3 days ago

• David Ferriero’s first “State of the Archives” address

  
  ArchivesNext — Authority: 115
  Earlier today, our new Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero made his first “State of the Archives” address, and the text is now available online . It seems very similar to the remarks he made at the hearing before the Senate committee, except that I don’t believe he included this topic on that earlier ...
  4 days ago

• Wolinskys wild cards

  
  Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog — Authority: 525
  Tracing the Tribes friend and colleague Howard Wolinsky has a new story in Ancestry Magazine, detailing how wildcards helped him end a 30-year search. The techniques may help you, too. Read the complete story here . It seemed so simple. I could barely contain myself. I ended a 30-year search — a long journey ...
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• Naturalization Records, the often overlooked way to find a Ships Passenger List

  
  Olive Tree Genealogy Blog — Authority: 466
  We all want to know where our ancestors came from. We want to know when they arrived in North America and when they became citizens. Naturalization and immigration records are the answer. Sometimes naturalization records for an ancestor are the only way to discover the family origins and that all-important ships ...
  2 weeks ago

• French spy described Hitler as ‘German Mussolini’ in 1924

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, Nov. 21 (ANI): In 1924, a French spy had described Adolf Hitler as “the German Mussolini” who was “not an idiot but a very cunning demagogue,” a recently discovered document has revealed. The document has emerged from obscurity as part of a major overhaul of the French National Archives, The Telegraph ...
  2 weeks ago

• FINDING STEAMSHIP PASSENGER LISTS, IMMIGRATION RECORDS - 1820s - 1940a

  
  CruisingThePast.com — Authority: 123
  FINDING STEAMSHIP PASSENGER LISTS, IMMIGRATION RECORDS - 1820s - 1940a Cruising The Past receives numerous requests for ship’s passenger lists, manifests and listings.   The following may help in your search.  We suggest you visit the following websites: JOE BEINE’S LISTING OF PASSENGER LISTS ...
  2 weeks ago

• Catherine Ashton — Foreign Affairs Experience: Zero. New Job: EU Foreign Minister

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 611
  Catherine Ashton has absolutely zero experience, no qualifications in foreign affairs and has a record of extremist leftist and anti-white political activism. She is therefore the ideal person for the EU to appoint as its Foreign Affairs Minister to represent you all over the world. Even though she has no ...
  2 weeks ago

• Video: Sounds of silence

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 179
  Nov. 19: Moment of Geek: The National Archives will test notes from the meeting with President Richard Nixon that included the infamous missing 18½ minutes of tape. Rachel Maddow is joined by Phil Mellinger, whose research led to the testing. (Other) Read the rest here:  Video: Sounds of silence
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• A big round up

  
  ArchivesNext — Authority: 115
  Yes, another round up of things you might want to know about: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has recently come out with a publication that I’m putting on my Christmas list: Processing Decisions for Manuscripts & Archives . I recommend you take a look at the table of contents and executive summary ...
  2 weeks ago

• High Tech Tries to Lift Veil on 18 ½ Tantalizing Minutes in Watergate

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  The government will apply high technology to H. R. Haldeman’s handwritten notes in an effort to fill in the 18 ½-minute gap in the Watergate tapes.
  2 weeks ago

• Back From DC!

  
  The Mike Slater Show — Authority: 426
  This morning’s show, 6:00 hour, Commitment vs Dedication, Ham and Eggs: 7:00 hour, The National Archives: 8:00 hour, Trust: In the 7:00 hour we talked about the statues outside The National Archives: Guardianship: “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty” Future: “Past is ...
  3 weeks ago

• Footnote.com: Holocaust collection free through 2009

  
  Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog — Authority: 525
  Great breaking news from Footnote.com! The Holocaust Collections free open access was supposed to be available only during October. However, due to the exceptional popularity of the sites new Holocaust Collection , it will remain free to the public through December 31, 2009. More people will now be able to search ...
  3 weeks ago

• "Beat the Crowds" by reserving your National Archives visit online

  
  GenWeekly — Authority: 127
  If you are considering a trip to the U S. National Archives, you may want to check out Dick Eastmans blog, " National Archives Launches New Online Reservations System ," providing information on how to "Beat the crowds" and reserve your time, conveniently online.
  3 weeks ago

• Racing legend Sir Jackie’s ancestry on display at National Archives

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 560
  B y Rory Reynolds THE ancestry of one of Scotland’s most treasured sporting heroes is to be displayed at the National Archives as part of the Famous Scots series. The family history of F1 racing champion Sir Jackie Stewart – who won three world championships – is to be part of the finale for the popular ...
  3 weeks ago

• Follow-ups and things of interest from around the Web

  
  ArchivesNext — Authority: 115
  I’ve got the nasty cold that making its way around the East Coast, but I can’t resist posting some follow-ups and things of interest: Dan Santamaria has posted audio, powerpoint, and supplementary files from the presentation by Ellen Fleurbaay and Marc Holtman (of the City of Amsterdam Archives) at Princeton ...
  3 weeks ago

• 1940 U.S. Federal Census Information

  
  Genea-Musings — Authority: 590
  Joel Weintraub kindly forwarded a link to the U.S. National Archives web page for the 1940 census -- http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1940/ . The web page looks like this: The big clock on the page counts down the seconds until the 1940 census is released by NARA on 2 April 2012. When I made the ...
  4 weeks ago

• 4,444% Increase in 50 Years: How Britain Is Being Colonised by the Third World

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 611
  A comparison of official Government figures has revealed that the Third World-origin population of Britain has rocketed from a mere 180,000 in 1958 to approximately 8 million 50 years later — a dramatic increase of 4,444 percent. At this rate of exponential growth, Britain will have been completely colonised by the ...
  4 weeks ago

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