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Quest for Freedom: The National Archives Mid-Atlantic Region
Research your family ancestry
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National Archives and Records Administration
Photo by L. Scheller (The University of the Arts) for GPTMC
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Underground Railroad Connection
Explore history using interactive kiosks and access federal census records to enhance your historical research at the National Archives Mid-Atlantic Region. Its archives cover Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia.
Besides helping you start your family tree, the staff routinely coordinates specialized workshops to address research challenges unique to African Americans, including how to interpret military records, slave and non-population schedules, records of the Freedmen’s Bureau and courtroom transcripts, all available in the Robert Nix Federal Building.
The building was named in honor of the first African American from Pennsylvania to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Robert Nix. Nix was also a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Visitors entering the National Archives must present valid photo ID at entrance.
Closed Sundays and federal holidays.
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