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2010 Schedule

4-8 October 2010, National Archives at Atlanta
Monday-Thursday from 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. and Friday from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

The workshop includes participatory activities that teach and employ practical skills such as

  • Interpreting handwriting (paleography)
  • transcribing and abstracting records
  • Citing sources
  • Creating a research plan
  • Using online and print finding aids (catalogs, NUCMC, Preliminary Inventories, Descriptive Pamphlets, etc.) to locate records
  • Using online resources

These skills will be integrated with work in an array of record types, including but not limited to:

  • Advanced Census Work
  • Federal and local court records (criminal, bankruptcy, and others)
  • Federal military records
  • Records of the Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Mapping (Rectangular System & Topographic Maps)
  • Cherokee and Creek Indians, East

The schedule is subject to minor adjustments in course content.

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