National Records on Microfilm
NARA's microfilm publications reproduce basic documentation of nation-wide records for the study of history, economics, public administration, political, genealogy, and other subjects.
Subjects include:
- The American State Papers, 1789 - 1838
- The Continental Congress
- Records relating to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars
New England Records on Microfilm
Some topics of New England in our microfilm publications collection are listed below.
- Chinese Immigration
- Court Records
- Maritime
- Military Posts in New England
- Post Office Records
- Selective Service System
Chinese Immigration
- Alphabetical Index to Canadian Border Entries Through Small Ports in VT, 1895-1924
- Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District Through Canadian Pacific Ports, 1929-1949
- Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries Through the St. Albans, VT District, 1895-1924 )
- Soundex Index to Entries into the St. Albans, VT, District Through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1924-1952
Court Records
- Appellate Case File #2161, US vs. the Amistad
- Records Relating to the Various Cases Involving the Spanish Schooner Amistad
- Revolutionary War Prize Cases Appellate Case Files of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1792-1831
Maritime
- Appointments of Customs Officials (and others)
- Lighthouses
Appointments of Customs Officials (and others)
- Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of John Adams, 1797-1801
- Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
- Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of James Madison, 1809-1817
- Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of James Monroe, 1817-1825
- Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829
- Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837
- Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administrations of Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler, 1837-1845
- Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administrations of James Polk, Zachary Taylor, and Millard Fillmore, 1845-1853
- Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administrations of Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, 1853-1861
Lighthouses
- Lighthouse Deeds and Contracts, 1790-1853 a
- Lighthouse Letters, 1792-1809
- Registers of Lighthouse Keepers, 1845-1912
Military Posts in New England
- Correspondence of the War Department Relating to Indian Affairs, Military Pensions, and Fortifications, 1791-1797
Post Office
- Index and Registers of Substitute Mail Carriers in First- and Second-Class Post Offices, 1885-1903
- Index to Rosters of Railway Postal Clerks
- Letters Sent by the Postmaster General, 1789-1836
- Post Office Department Reports of Site Locations, 1837-1950
- Record Cards of Letter Carriers Separated from the Postal Service, 1863-1899
- Records of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept., 1971
- Records of the Appointment of Postmasters, 1789-1832
Selective Service System
- World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918