http://www.lib.vt.edu/topics/genealogy/index.html en Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:13:45 -0400 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/C/civil-war-soldiers-and-sailors-system-from-the-national-parks-service.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/N/S_nps.jpg" alt="National Park Service" height="109px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/" title="Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System from the National Parks Service" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/')" shape="rect">Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System from the National Parks Service</a> </span></h2><p>Contains basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides of the Civil War. Facts are from records that are indexes of other documents about Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration. Also includes histories of regiments in both the Union and Confederate Armies and descriptions of 384 significant battles of the war. Currently contains over 6 million soldier names from 44 states and territories.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/C/civil-war-soldiers-and-sailors-system-from-the-national-parks-service.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/C/civil-war-soldiers-and-sailors-system-from-the-national-parks-service.html Countries and cultures Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/V/virginia-heritage-database.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/V/S_va-heritage.gif" alt="Virginia Heritage" height="197px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /> <img alt="Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_viva.gif" title="Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia" width="36" /> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/cgi-bin/eadform.pl" title="Virginia Heritage Database" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/cgi-bin/eadform.pl')" shape="rect">Virginia Heritage Database</a> </span></h2><p><i>Virginia Heritage</i> indexes finding aids (collection descriptions) to manuscripts and archival materials held by libraries across Virginia. These finding aids may link to digitized versions of these materials, but the majority of these collections have not yet been digitized. 1607-present. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000225"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/V/virginia-heritage-database.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/V/virginia-heritage-database.html Catalogs (about publications) Narratives, diaries, and letters Virginia Tech Freely accessible databases VIVA Contents of database in Summon http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/american-slavery-composite-autobiography-from-greenwood.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/G/S_greenwood.jpg" alt="Greenwood" height="146px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://gem.greenwood.com/ip.asp?c=1054" title="American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography from Greenwood" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://gem.greenwood.com/ip.asp?c=1054')" shape="rect">American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography from Greenwood</a> </span></h2><p><i>American Slavery</i> contains both an overview of the collection of former slave narratives with related links (available without charge from the home page) and the collection of narratives themselves. Each narrative is delivered as a PDF as originally transcribed, with some interviews available as sound files. Searchable by name of narrator, interviewer, or master, the county or state where the narrator lived in slavery, the narrator's age or year of birth, or the location of the material in the print version (volume and page). 1920s-1940s (original interviews). <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000149"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/american-slavery-composite-autobiography-from-greenwood.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/american-slavery-composite-autobiography-from-greenwood.html Multimedia Narratives, diaries, and letters Freely accessible databases Restricted to Virginia Tech users Contents of database in Summon http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/archival-research-catalog-from-national-archives.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/A/S_arc.jpg" alt="Archival Research Catalog" height="142px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/" title="Archival Research Catalog (ARC) from the National Archives" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/')" shape="rect">Archival Research Catalog (ARC) from the National Archives</a> </span></h2><p><i>ARC</i> is the online catalog of the National Archives' nationwide holdings. This catalog displays descriptions of record groups and collections, series, file units, and items. Some content has been digitized, including historical documents, photographs, and images. </p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/archival-research-catalog-from-national-archives.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/archival-research-catalog-from-national-archives.html Catalogs (about publications) Freely accessible databases http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/access-to-archival-databases-aad-from-nara.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/N/S_nara.jpg" alt="National Archives" height="117px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://aad.archives.gov/aad/" title="Access to Archival Databases (AAD) from NARA" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://aad.archives.gov/aad/')" shape="rect">Access to Archival Databases (AAD) from NARA</a> </span></h2><p>Provides access to records preserved permanently by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Out of the nearly 200,000 data files in its holdings, NARA has selected approximately 475 of them for public searching through <i>AAD</i>. These data were selected because the records identify specific persons, geographic areas, organizations, and dates. The records cover a wide variety of civilian and military functions and have many genealogical, social, political, and economic research uses. 1800s-present</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/access-to-archival-databases-aad-from-nara.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/access-to-archival-databases-aad-from-nara.html Catalogs (about publications) Governance Freely accessible databases