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Selected Finding Aids for Archival Holdings at NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth)

NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth) has a variety of guides, reference information papers, lists, and other finding aids. The small percentage of them that are available online are listed below.

Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Southwest Region, 1994.
Comprehensive guide to the region's archival holdings at the record group level and includes, for each record group: an administrative history; inclusive dates and volume; narrative describing source, content, and types of records; list of finding aids; list of related microfilm held by the region; reference to restrictions. Entries provide details not available in the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States,1995.
Chinese Immigration and Chinese in the United States: Records in the Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration, RIP 99, 1996. Selected information pertains to records at the Fort Worth facility.
List of American Indian Rolls of Microfilm Available at the National Archives - Southwest Region (Fort Worth, Texas)
Wantabes and Outalucks: Searching for Indian Ancestors in Federal Records
Archival Research Catalog (ARC). Selected information pertains to records at the Fort Worth facility. To find descriptions of selected records from the facility's archival holdings in this searchable database:
1. Select ARC Basic or Advanced search.
2. Limit results to 2000.
3. Scroll down to NARA Location filter box, select NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth, TX).
4. Press the "GO" button. ARC will display 10 hits per page.
5. To see a full description of any hit, click on the title link or page through the hit list by pressing the next hit button or the jump to page feature.
6. (Note: You can further limit your search using the Keywords box.)
ARC Southwest Region search hints page
Wantabes and Outalucks: Searching for Indian Ancestors in Federal Records