Tag: digitization

Black and white photograph of a ship

Over 500 Logbooks of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships Now Available in the National Archives Catalog

by gschultz, posted in Archival Projects, Digitization Projects, Genealogy, Interior/Environment, Navy, Marines, & Coast Guard, Transportation

Today’s post was written by Gina Kim Perry, Archivist in Digitization Archival Services at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. USC&GSS Hassler (1893), named after Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, who was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as the first head of the Survey of Coast in 1807 (NOAA Photo Library) Introduction Newly available in the National Archives … Continue reading Over 500 Logbooks of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships Now Available in the National Archives Catalog

NARA and Ancestry.com: The Digitization Partnership Project, an introduction

by US National Archives, posted in Digitization Projects

Today’s post is written by archives technician Kate Sohasky. What exactly is it that you do? This is the question I was repeatedly met with during my first weeks of training at the National Archives.  This is the question I continue to be met with when I speak with other NARA employees. Allow me to introduce us … Continue reading NARA and Ancestry.com: The Digitization Partnership Project, an introduction