SEARCH Act of 2005
Last action on Jun 14, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
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Summary
The SEARCH Act of 2005 (H.R. 2891) proposed the creation of a centralized national database within the National Archives to house historical records related to servitude and emancipation in the United States. This digital clearinghouse was designed to help genealogists and historians, particularly African Americans, more easily locate and access records necessary for tracing family lineages that were often fragmented or difficult to find. By consolidating these archival documents into a single searchable resource, the bill aimed to simplify the process of researching ancestral history and documenting the transition from slavery to freedom.
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