Finding Aid for Record Group 26 Lighthouse Records - The National Archives is the primary repository for government records. Record Group 26 consists
of material from the U.S. Lighthouse Service, U.S. Life-Saving Service, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and U.S. Coast Guard.
Recommended Websites for Lighthouse Research:
Recommended Reading:
- Instructions to Light-Keepers
Lighthouse Preservation Resources:
Genealogical Research on Keepers
- Note the section for keepers in the Record Group 26 finding aid I am developing for lighthouse research
- Some registers of keepers have been put on microfilm available at any
National Archives location and some federal depoistory libraries - M1373 Registers
of Lighthouse Keepers 1845-1912 (6 rolls arranged geographically)
- For civilian keepers in the service since 1896, I recommend that descendants request
their personnel file from: National Personnel Records Center; Civilian Records Facility; 111 Winnebago Street; St. Louis,
MO 63118-4199
Client Websites:
- American Lighthouse Foundation
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
- Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse, Maine
- Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
- Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Michigan
- Marquette Maritime Museum, Michigan
- Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum, Maine
- Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy
- National Park Service Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER)
- New Point Comfort Lighthouse, Virginia
- Point Arena Lighthouse, California
- Point Lookout Lighthouse, Maryland
- Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse Historical Society, Michigan
- Ponce Inlet Lighthouse Preservation Association, Florida
- Port Washington Historical Soceity, Wisconsin
- St. George Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society, California
- Thacher Island Association, Massachusetts
- The Lighthouse People
- Twin Lights Historical Society, New Jersey
- Wesport Maritime Museum, Washington
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