General Information Leaflets

• (GIL 1) National Archives of the United States [rev. 2005], 9 pp.
   
• (GIL 3) Select List of Publications of the National Archives and Records Administration, [rev. 2001], 51 pp. (Or download the full PDF, updated 2009.)
   
• (GIL 5) Using Records in the National Archives for Genealogical Research. Has been replaced by Reference Information Paper 110. Using Civilian Records for Genealogical Research in the National Archives, Washington, DC, Area.
   
• (GIL 17) Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States, [rev. 2010], 12 pp.
   
• (GIL 29) National Archives Trust Fund [2018], brochure. This leaflet provides a brief description of the legislative history, organization, activities, and financing of the National Archives Trust Fund.
   
• (GIL 26) Cartographic and Architectural Records, [rev.2004] (Note: This publication is out of stock and is available only online.)
   
• (GIL 34) National Archives Gift Collection Acquisition Policy: Motion Pictures and Sound and Video Recordings, [1990] (Note: This publication is out of stock and is available only online.)
   
• (GIL 35) National Archives Gift Collection Acquisition Policy: Still Pictures, [1991] (Note: This publication is out of stock and is available only online.)
   
• (GIL 36) Information About the Center for Electronic Records,[rev. 1998], 12 pp.
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• (GIL 37) Information About Electronic Records in the National Archives for Prospective Researchers [rev. 2000], 8 pp.
  
  (Note: These two publications are not online, but the same information is on this web page: information about electronic records for researchers.)
   
• (GIL 38) Information for Prospective Researchers About the Still Picture Branch of the National Archives, [rev. 1994], 8 pp. (Note: This publication is not online, but the same information is on this web page: Information for Prospective Researchers About the Still Picture Branch of the National Archives.)
   
• (GIL 40) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
  Pacific Region: San Francisco, [2002]. 16 pp.
   
• (GIL 41) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives: MidAtlantic Region [2003] 16 pp.
   
• (GIL 42) John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection, [rev. 1997], 5 pp. (Note: This GIL is out of print, but the same information is on this web page: John F. Kennedy Assassination records.)
   
• (GIL 44) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
  Denver (Rocky Mountain Region), [2003] 16 pp.
   
• (GIL 45) The National Archives at New York City, [2012] 6 pp.
   
• (GIL 46) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives: Northeast Region--Boston, [2003] 16 pp.
   
• (GIL 47) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
  Southeast Region, [2005] 16 pp.
   
• (GIL 48) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
  Great Lakes Region, [2002]. 16 pp.
   
• (GIL 49) National Archives and Records Administration Regional Archives:
  Central Plains Region, [2002]. 16 pp.
   
• (GIL 50) The National Archives at Fort Worth, [2012]. 6 pp.
   
• (GIL 52) The National Archives at Seattle, [2012]. 6 pp.
   
• (GIL 55) Using the Census Soundex, [1995], 11 pp. (Note: This GIL is out of print. See The Soundex Indexing System for information based on this leaflet.)
   
• (GIL 57) Rules for Using Historical Records in the National Archives, [rev. 2005], 2 pp.
   
• (GIL 67) Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office, [rev. 1998.] Has been replaced by Reference Information Paper 114.
   
• (GIL 71) The National Archives in the Nation's Capital -- Information for Researchers, [revised 2004], 30 pp.
   
• (GIL 74) Does That Document Belong in the National Archives? Learn indicators so you can help us recover missing federal records. For more information, see Identifying U.S. Government Documents.