Hello all, I wasn't aware of this although it's probably been brewing for quite a while. Today there is a press release on CNN - "50 million historical documents posted on Web" The National Archives has opened a website they call AAD - Access to Archival Databases ( http://www.archives.gov/aad/ ). Some excerps from the article - "It's totally self-service from your desktop." "The initial release of AAD contains material from more than 30 archival series of electronic records, which include over 350 data files totaling well over 50 million unique records." "The series selected for AAD identify specific persons, geographic areas,organizations, or dates. Some of these series serve as indexes to accessioned archival records in non-electronic formats." " The database draws from the records of 20 federal agencies. Most of the information was created by the agencies to suit their own program needs,without any thought to its historical significance. Because of that, some records have typographical errors like misspelled names or an inaccurate dates. National Archives officials did not correct any of the information to preserve the records' integrity. " David