Is there genealogical information available in the National Archives concerning railroad employees?
II.11 The main sources of documentation are included in the Records of the Railroad Retirement Board (Record Group 184). The administrative records of the Board are in the custody of the National Archives -Great Lakes Region. However, the railroad employee pension case files are still in the custody of the Railroad Retirement Board. These files include documentation containing personal information for railroad employees whose service ended between 1937 and 1972. A researcher must contact the Railroad Retirement Board directly to gain access to these files. II.12 Other genealogical information is contained in the land acquisition forms, 1914-39, and Railroad valuation maps, which give the names of the owners of parcels of land adjacent to or on the railroad right–of-way at the time of the acquisition of the land by the railroad. Additional details concerning these property owners are contained in the land field notes of ICC appraisers relating to the current value of real estate adjace
