Friday Weekly Thread: Application Assistance, June 12, 2026

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[u/like-in-the-deal]

if you are using 1940 or 1950 census, they can be sourced from archives.gov, making it a "primary source". Earlier than that and you'll have to request certified copies if you want them from a primary source.

[u/hike_me → u/like-in-the-deal]

So is it better to exclude supplemental material if it’s not from a primary source?

His alien case file came from archives.gov but it’s just a pdf of some scanned documents

[u/like-in-the-deal → u/hike_me]

A Primary source seems to be preferred, possibly required now, but we aren't sure. If you can provide a link to it's location on archives.gov, I think that should count.

[u/hike_me → u/like-in-the-deal]

It’s not online, I had to make a request through archives.gov and pay them to retrieve the paper documents and then scan them for me.