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-=== Contact Information  ===
+==Contact Information==
+'''Address:''' 100 W. Piccadilly St., Winchester, VA 22601<br>
+'''Telephone:''' 540 662-9041, ext. 17<br>
+'''Email:''' [mailto:archives@handleyregional.org archives@handleyregional.org]<br>
+[https://www.handleyregional.org/archives '''Website''']<br>
+[https://www.facebook.com/handleyregional '''Facebook''']<br>
+[https://www.handleyregional.org/locations/handley '''Hours of Operation''']. ''Please note, the Reading Room will close for lunch daily from 12:30 PM to 1:15 PM.''<br>
+[https://www.handleyregional.org/locations/handley '''Directions/Parking Map''']<br>
-'''E-mail:'''<ref name="hl">[http://www.handleyregional.org/handley/directory.asp Hours and Locations] in ''Handley Regional Library'' (3 January 2014).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:hlref@handleyregional.org hlref@handleyregional.org] <br>
+==Description of Collections==
-'''Address:'''<ref name="hl" />
+*[https://www.handleyregional.org/resources?field_db_type_target_id%5B180%5D=180 History & Genealogy Resources]
+*[https://handley.pastperfectonline.com// Photographs and Images collection]
+*[https://www.handleyregional.org/archives-manuscripts Archives and Manuscript Collections]
+*[http://handleyregionallibrary.advantage-preservation.com/ Historic Newspapers Online]
+*[https://catalog.handleyregional.org/ Handley Regional Library Online Catalog]
-:100 West Piccadilly Street<br>
+''Neighboring Repositories''<br>
-:Winchester, VA 22601 <br><br>
+*[https://www.clarkehistory.org/ Clarke County Historical Association], Clarke County, Virginia
+*[https://countylib.org/truban-archivesz Truban Archive] at the Shenandoah County Library, Shenandoah County, Virginia
+*[https://warrenheritagesociety.org/ Warren Heritage Society], Warren County, Virginia
+*[http://www.bchs.org/archives.html Berkeley County Historical Society Archives], Berkeley County, West Virginia
+*[https://www.jeffersonhistoricalwv.org/ Jefferson County Historical Society], Jefferson County, West Virginia
+*[https://www.leesburgva.gov/departments/thomas-balch-library Thomas Balch Library], Leesburg, Virginia
+*[https://winchesterhistory.org/ Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society]
+*[https://www.vacourts.gov/courts/gd/Frederick~Winchester/home Winchester and Frederick County Court]
-'''Telephone:'''<ref name="hl" /> &nbsp;540-662-9041<br> '''Fax:''' &nbsp;540-722-4769<br>
+''State Repositories''<br>
+*[https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/vital-records/ Office of Vital Records], Virginia
+*[https://virginiahistory.org/ Virginia Museum of History & Culture] (formerly Virginia Historical Society)
+*[https://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Library of Virginia]
-'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="hl" /> <br>
+==Services==
-:'''''Library:''''' &nbsp;Monday/Wednesday 10am-8pm, Tuesday/Friday 10am-5pm, Thursday 10am-1pm, Sunday closed.<br>
+The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, located at the Handley Library in Winchester, Virginia, is a local history and genealogy center focused on the history of the City of Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia, and to a lesser extent, surrounding counties. Its collections include a variety of genealogical sources such as deeds and other property and land records; birth, death, and marriage records; published genealogies; tax lists; immigration, census, and court records; and other sources such a maps, manuscript collections, newspapers, and photographs. The collections include materials from the 1730s to the present. Researchers in the Reading Room may also access Ancestry, Fold 3 and Heritage Quest databases.
-:'''''Archives:''''' &nbsp;Monday/Tuesday 1am-5pm, Wednesday 1pm-8pm, Thursday 10am-1pm, Friday/Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday closed.<br><br>
-'''Map, directions, and public transportation:'''<ref name="hl" /> <br>
+The Reading Room has two public computers for searching the catalog and other sources such as databases, indexes, and pathfinders. Two microfilm readers and a copier/scanner are available for researchers to use. Fees apply for paper copies. Researchers are encouraged to bring a flash drive to save copies of materials.
-:*[http://goo.gl/maps/rMNu0 Google map and directions]<br>
+==History==
-:*All [http://www.winchesterva.gov/transit/schedule-bus-stop-locations city buses] stop within three blocks of the library. The '''''Northside/Salvation Army&nbsp;''''' and the '''''Northside/Westminster Canterbury&nbsp;''''' southbound buses stop next to the library.<ref>[http://www.winchesterva.gov/transit/schedule-bus-stop-locations Bus Stop Locations] in ''Winchester, Virginia'' (accessed 3 January 2014).</ref><br>
-'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
+==Tips for Your Visit==
-*[http://www.handleyregional.org/handley/default.asp Handley Regional Library] services, calendar, beyond books, about us, favorite sites, hot titles, online resources, news. <br>
+*[https://www.handleyregional.org/locations/handley Plan Your Visit]
-*[http://www.handleyregional.org/TLCScripts/interpac.dll?SearchForm&Directions=1&Config=pac Library catalog] search by keywords, title, author, subject, notes, publisher, series, or ISBN. <br>
-*[http://www.handleyregional.org/handley/services.asp?loc=5 Family and Local History] photos, finding aids, free blacks, censuses, Internet databases, high school seniors 1921-1974, library's genealogical holdings. <br>
-*[http://www.handleyregional.org/Handley/Archives/how_to_find_an_obituary.htm Obituary index 1896-1913] (pdf).<br>
-=== Collection Description  ===
-Very large collection about Germans and Scots-Irish who traveled the [[Great Valley Road]] from Pennsylvania to Virginia, including manuscripts, newspapers, biographies, and histories,<ref name="DB97">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 97. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> and people of the Lower Shenandoah Valley since 1732, emphasizing Winchester and Frederick County in 4000 books, county court abstracts, county histories, genealogies, regimental histories, battles, newspapers since 1787, censuses, 600 linear feet of manuscripts, maps, photos, and oral history tapes.<ref>[http://www.handleyregional.org/handley/services.asp?loc=5 Family and Local History] in ''Handley Regional Library'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref>
-=== Tips  ===
-Use computers for free. Users must have a current Handley Regional Library card to use the Internet.<ref>[http://www.handleyregional.org/Handley/Library%20Policies/19%20Internet%20Policy%202007%20Revision%202011.pdf Handley Regional Library Internet Safety Policy] in ''Handley Regional Library'' (accessed 3 January 2014).</ref>
-=== Guides  ===
-*[http://www.handleyregional.org/handley/archives/pathfinders%20page.htm Pathfinders] biblographies for Civil War Manuscript Collection; Civil War Manuscripts - Diaries and Letters; Death Records Sources; Fairfax Land Grants.
-*[http://www.handleyregional.org/Handley/Archives/inventory%20index.htm Manuscript inventories] Scope, content, and historical background for hundreds of collections.
-=== Alternate Repositories  ===
-If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.
-'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>
-*[[National Archives at Philadelphia]], PA, records of federal agencies and courts for '''''Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia''''' and '''''West Virginia''''', censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, military records.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/public/family-history.html Family History at the National Archives in Philadelphia] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 20 December 2013).</ref>
-*[[Library of Virginia]]<br>
-*[[Virginia Historical Society]]<br>
-'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
-*Roanoke County Public Library<br>
-*Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown, Santa Cruz, California, <br>
-'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
-*Vit Rec<br>
-*City Gen Hist Libr
-*County
-*Courts
-*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:&nbsp;''''' ''Virginia:&nbsp;'' [[Clarke County, Virginia|Clarke]], [[Shenandoah County, Virginia|Shenandoah]], [[Warren County, Virginia|Warren]]; ''West&nbsp;Virginia:&nbsp;'' [[Berkeley County, Virginia|Berkeley]], [[Hampshire County, West Virginia|Hampshire]], [[Hardy County, West Virginia|Hardy]], [[Jefferson County, West Virginia|Jefferson]], and [[Morgan County, West Virginia|Morgan]].
-*NYPL, New York City
-*[[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Local History and Genealogy Reading Room] is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, books, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/lhgcoll.html The Collections] in ''Local History and Genealogy Reading Room'' in ''Library of Congress'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref>
-*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service &amp; pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref>
-=== Sources  ===
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