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More than 500 logbooks of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships (USC & GSS) are now available to view and download in the National Archives Catalog. The logbooks are found within the series Ships’ Records, 1846 – 1963, part of Record Group 23: Records of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1806 – 1981.
Information contained within these logbooks may be of interest to genealogists and historians, and should also serve as a rich source of historical weather data for climate scientists. A typical logbook contains daily entries of the ship’s position, the ship’s movements, weather conditions, and descriptions of the day’s surveying activities.
This logbook page shows hourly weather data recorded by USC&GSS Endeavor on June 12-13, 1888, at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Image 32 from Log of USC&GSS Endeavor: 03/18/1888-10/27/1888. National Archives Identifier 247017740
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National Archives Catalog — Wrapping up 2022
U.S. Coast Guard. Alaska Patrol - Bering Sea Expedition
1948, Coast Guard Cutter Northwind.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/205573798
U.S. Coast Guard. Alaska Patrol - Bering Sea Expedition
1948, Coast Guard Cutter Northwind.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/205573798
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2024
Happy Birthday Ellis Island!
Bending Toward Justice: Civil Rights in the Federal Courts
Celebrating Feats of Engineering
Celebrating Amazing American Women
75 Years of Alliance
Earth Day, 2024
Citizen Archivist “Outside the Box”
Mining the Catalog - Exploring records from the Exhibit Power & Light
Honoring the Military
Happy Birthday Ellis Island!
Bending Toward Justice: Civil Rights in the Federal Courts
Celebrating Feats of Engineering
Celebrating Amazing American Women
75 Years of Alliance
Earth Day, 2024
Citizen Archivist “Outside the Box”
Mining the Catalog - Exploring records from the Exhibit Power & Light
Honoring the Military
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Revolutionary War Pensions at One Year
One year ago, the National Archives and the National Parks Service began an ambitious project for America250 – adding transcriptions of 83,000 Revolutionary War pension files to the catalog. The files contain over 2.5 million pages! So far, nearly 65,000 pages have been transcribed by 3,400 volunteer Citizen Archivists, and 1,800 files have been completely transcribed. Now as we approach the one year anniversary of the project, we’re beginning the next phase, a tagging mission that will improve accessibility for all our users - and you don’t even have to read cursive to do it! Read on to learn more.
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Any of our volunteers will tell you that reading these original documents is challenging at times, even for people used to reading cursive. Handwriting was different in the early 19th century compared to what many of us learned in school. The “long s” is perhaps the most common letter that trips people up. The image below shows the word “Congress” with a long s followed by a more familiar short s.
One year ago, the National Archives and the National Parks Service began an ambitious project for America250 – adding transcriptions of 83,000 Revolutionary War pension files to the catalog. The files contain over 2.5 million pages! So far, nearly 65,000 pages have been transcribed by 3,400 volunteer Citizen Archivists, and 1,800 files have been completely transcribed. Now as we approach the one year anniversary of the project, we’re beginning the next phase, a tagging mission that will improve accessibility for all our users - and you don’t even have to read cursive to do it! Read on to learn more.
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Any of our volunteers will tell you that reading these original documents is challenging at times, even for people used to reading cursive. Handwriting was different in the early 19th century compared to what many of us learned in school. The “long s” is perhaps the most common letter that trips people up. The image below shows the word “Congress” with a long s followed by a more familiar short s.