Delivering the Mail: Records of the United States Post Office
Michael L. Strauss, MA, AG®, AGL™
Content
Welcome
34s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 29s
Introduction
6m 25s
Brief Timeline of Dates
8m 47s
Official Personnel Files
9m 55s
Confederate Post Office
6m 52s
Railway Postal Service
6m 35s
Congressional Series
5m 0s
The Official Register
10m 29s
Announcements / prizes
1m 6s
Questions / answers
1m 59s
About this webinar
The United States Postal Service can trace its roots to 1775 to the Second Continental Congress; where Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first Postmaster General. Officially created in 1792; and elevated to a cabinet department in 1872; and changed in 1971 to an official Government agency. These records are an overlooked genealogical source to locate family members who may have worked with the postal system.
About the speaker
Michael L. Strauss, MA, AG®, AGL™, is a military historian and professional genealogist. His research expertise is recognized in the judicial systems of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virgini...
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Comments (73)
Michael's US mail presentation was excellent! First opportunity to hear a presentation on this subject. A lot of great information that will be very useful! Thank you, Michael & Marian!
Very informative.
Excellent content! Really valuable guidance. Well done!
I have a ancestor who was a post master in Maryland. I will see what information I can obtain as a result of this presentation. Mr. Strauss' presentation was excellent as well as handout.
Great information. My 2x great grandfather was the post master in Stringtown, Hays county, Texas.
Michael Strauss always has fabulous webinars, very interesting and informative! Thank You!
Interesting but since I hever had relatives who were involved with the post office, not very helpful but I did enjoy the webinar
Michael, thank you for another fantastic presentation that is packed with a lot of historical information and, more importantly, numerous references to source records!!!