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Ancestry.com - New York Politicians and Postmasters, 1898 $

Original source: Edgar L. Murlin. The 1898 New York Red Book: an Illustrated Legislative Manual of the State List of Politicians and Postmasters in New York. New York, USA: 1898. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 $

Original source: Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - UK, Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 $

Original source: Post Office: Staff nomination and appointment, 1831-1969. Microfilm, POST 58, 80 rolls. The Postal Museum. London, England. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Ancestry.com - Washington, Postmaster Indexes, Prior to 1965 $

Original source: Washington, Postmaster Indexes, Prior to 1965. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Chenango County, NY Postal History

Confederate (CSA) Stamps and Postal History

FamilySearch - Washington, Postmaster Indexes, Prior to 1965 ^FREE

Index cards of postal workers in the state of Washington prior to 1965. Cards include the name of the individual, location and years of activity. Some cards may also contain maiden names and names of spouses. Cards are organized alphabetically within each county.

GPO War Heroes $

The Post Office, known as GPO prior to the 1960s, was once the largest employer in the UK. During both World Wars, the postal service was a vital part of the war effort with 70,000 employees fighting in each war. Both men and women of the GPO carried out the essential job of helping to keep communication lines open. Sadly, 12,830 postal employees are recorded to have lost their lives fighting. As part of the commemoration of postal workers who gave their lives, James Trezies, a postal worker himself, created a unique record and memorial to his fallen colleagues from the two world wars. Over the period of 3 years in the mid-1950s Trezies researched and hand-wrote the names of each of the fallen on individual sheets of cream wove paper, with each name appearing in alphabetical order.

Library and Archives Canada - Post Offices and Postmasters: 1851 - 1981

List of Postmasters - Our Family Tree

List of postmasters with their years and location of service.

National Archives and Records Administration - Post Office Records

National Archives and Records Administration - Records of the Post office Department [POD]

Guide to Federal Records

National Pony Express Association (NPEA)

Ranked among the most remarkable feats to come out of the 1860 American West, the Pony Express was in service from April 1860 to November 1861. Its primary mission was to deliver mail and news between St. Joseph, Missouri, and San Francisco, California.

National Postal Museum

The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum is dedicated to the preservation, study and presentation of postal history and philately. The museum uses exhibitions, educational public programs and research to make this rich history available to scholars, philatelists, collectors and visitors from around the world.

Post Offices and Postmasters Source: North Carolina Postal History Society

Postmasters & Post Offices of Texas, 1846-1930, by Jim Wheat

Listings of all postmasters in Texas, 1846-1930, with dates of appointment; listings of all post offices in Texas, 1846-1930, with dates of establishment and discontinuance.

Postmasters at Campbellville Forks Township Sullivan County, PA

The Postal Museum - Sources for family history

London, England. Pensions and Gratuities records, Appointment Records, Establishment Books, Post Office Magazines 1850 – Present, Post Office Guides 1856-1986, Visual Reference Collection 1890-Present, Post Office Circulars 1861 – 1969, and more.

The United States Postal Service: An American History 1775-2006

U.S. National Archives - Post Office Reports of Site Locations, 1837–1950

The National Archives Building in Washington, DC, houses surviving report forms sent to postmasters seeking information for the Topographer's Office to use in compiling postal route maps. These records have been reproduced as Microfilm M1126, Post Office Department Records of Site Locations, 1837–1955 (683 rolls). M1126 has been digitized and made available online through the National Archives Catalog (National Archives Identifier 608210).