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Records on Federal Employees

Research Guides

• The Official Register of the United States, 1816–1959, an article in Prologue.
  
  
• Using The Official Register of the United States to Research Federal Employees, 1816-1959
  
  
• Agricultural Extension Service Annual Reports, 1909-1968, and Related Records
  
  
• How the 1930 Census Enumerators Were Appointed, a memorandum.
  
  
• Foreign Service Officers, 1869-1887, an article in Prologue.
  
  
• Indian Agents and Superintendents, 1849-1907
  
  
• Employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Official Register of the United States, 1817-1925
  
  
• Interior Department Employees: Records of the Appointments Division, 1849-1907
  
  
• Annual Reports of the Life-Saving Service, 1871-1913
  
  
• Life-Saving Service Employees, 1855-1913
  
  
• Annual Reports of the Lighthouse Board, 1852-1935
  
  
• Lighthouse Service in The American State Papers, 1793-1820
  
  
• Lighthouse Service Employees, 1801-1912
  
  
• Research Guide to Post Office Department Records at the National Archives, Washington, DC, Area
  
  
• Revenue Cutter Service Employees, 1790-1915
  
  
• Early Presidential Nominations in the U.S. Senate, 1797-1811
  
  
• Presidential Nominations for Federal Employment: Researching the Records of the U.S. Senate
  
  
• State Department and Foreign Service Personnel: Appointment Records, 1797-1968
  
  

Records

• Official Personnel Folders (OPF), Archival Holdings & Access, ca. 1850-1951
  
  
• Official Personnel Folders (OPF), Federal (non-archival) Holdings and Access, 1952 and later
  
  

Online Records

• The Official Register of the United States for 1829, 1835-1837, 1841-1861; 1879-1891, 1895-1907, 1911-1921, 1925-1926, 1929-1934, and 1936-1959, are available from the Government Printing Office's Federal Digital System to download and search, and many years are available at Internet Archive.
  
  
• Electronic Records Relating to Federal Civilian Employees
  
  
• U.S. Marshals and Deputy Marshals for Arizona, 1864-1912: Appointments and Oaths. Online documents in the Archival Research Catalog (ARC).