Civilian Records
Civilian personnel records may be found at these NARA locations:
National Civilian Personnel Records Center, St Louis, MO
- Official Personnel Folders, 1900 - present
- Employee Medical Folders, 1900 - present
Old Military and Civil Records Branch, Washington, DC
- No consolidated civilian personnel files from 1790 to 1900
- Varies from department or agency
- Must provide name and dates of employment
The following microfilmed civilian records are available for research at Pittsfield, MA:
Descriptive pamphlets are available for most microfilm publications.
Researchers are encouraged to contact us, National Archives and Records Administration, Pittsfield, MA, at pittsfield.archives@nara.gov before visiting in order to facilitate their research.
- Registers of Applications for the release of Impressed Seamen, 1793-1802 (M2025)
- Department of State "War of 1812 Papers" (M588)
- Records of the Commissioners of Claims (Southern Claims Commission), 1871-1880 (P2257)
- Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Saving & Trust Company (M816)
- Indexes to Deposit Ledgers in Branches of the Freedman's Saving & Trust Company (M817)
- Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Education Division Records, 1865-1871 (M803)
- Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, records of various field offices including Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland/Delaware, District of Columbia, and Mississippi (M1869, M1900, M1902, M1904, M1905, M1906, M1914)
- Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Marriage records, District of Columbia, 1861-1869 (M1875)
- Records of the US District Court for the District of Columbia relating to Slaves, 1851-1863 (M433)
- Record of Appointment of Post Masters, Oct.1789-1832 (M1131)
- Records of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 (M841)
- Record of Appointment of substitute clerks in First & Second Class post offices, 1899-1905 (M2075)
- Index & Registers of Substitute mail carriers in First & Second Class Post offices, 1885-1903 (M2076)
- Index to Rosters of Railway Postal Clerks, ca 1883-ca 1902 (M2077)
- Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 (M247 and M332)
- Presidential Appointment Papers including John and John Quincy Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Pierce, Buchanon, Polk, Taylor, and Fillmore (M406, M418, M438, M439, M531, M873, M967, and M687)
- List of U.S. Diplomatic Officers, 1789-1939 (M586)
- List of U.S. Consular Officers, 1789-1939 (M587)
- IRS Tax Assessments, 1862-1866, for Connecticut; Cooks Co., Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, New York and New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont (M758, M764, M770, M780, M603, M788 and M792)
- Index to FBI Case Files, 1908-1922 (M1085)
- Register and Index for Passport Applications, 1810-1906 (M1371)
- Register of Lighthouse Keepers, 1845-1912 (M1373)
- Records of Russian Imperial Consulates in the United States, 1862-1922 (M1486)
- Index to Passport Applications for various years from 1850-1923 (M1848)
- Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg Card File, 1940-1945 (M1943)
- Indentures of Apprentices, Orphans Court, Washington, DC, 1801-1811 (M2011)
- Index to Names of U.S. Marshalls, 1789-1960 (T577)
- Presidential Pardons and Remissions, 1794-1893 (T967)
- Mauthausen Deutch Books (T990)
