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=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


The DAR Library houses one of the largest genealogical collections in the United States.&nbsp;Its book collection includes more than 150,000 volumes concerning peop<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1265647620812_380" />le and places throughout the nation. The collection focuses primarily on the American Revolution, but also includes substantial resources for studying people from the Colonial Period and the nineteenth century. "Through the efforts of local DAR members and chapters nationwide approximately 15,000 volumes of Genealogical Records Committee Reports have entered the Library and constitute a unique source for family histories, cemetery record transcriptions, and Bible records."<ref name="null">DAR Library - About the Library, http://www.dar.org/library/about.cfm. (Accessed 8 February 2010)</ref>
The DAR Library houses one of the largest genealogical collections in the United States.&nbsp;Its book collection includes more than 150,000 volumes concerning peop<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1265647620812_380" />le and places throughout the nation. The collection focuses primarily on the American Revolution, but also includes substantial resources for studying people from the Colonial Period and the nineteenth century. "Through the efforts of local DAR members and chapters nationwide approximately 15,000 volumes of Genealogical Records Committee Reports have entered the Library and constitute a unique source for family histories, cemetery record transcriptions, and Bible records."<ref name="null">DAR Library - About the Library, DAR National Society, http://www.dar.org/library/about.cfm. (Accessed 8 February 2010)</ref>


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