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<h3><strong>ABOUT&nbsp;</strong></h3>
<p>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; 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.</p>
<p>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 if they wish to save copies of materials.</p>


<h3><strong>CONTACT INFORMATION&nbsp;</strong></h3>
<h3><strong>CONTACT INFORMATION&nbsp;</strong></h3>
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<h3><strong>SPECIAL NOTICE&nbsp;</strong></h3>
<h3><strong>SPECIAL NOTICE&nbsp;</strong></h3>
<p>The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives will be closed for renovation of its storage area and installation of moveable shelving beginning Monday October 31st until Saturday, December 3rd, 2022. During this period, the Reading Room will be closed to researchers and staff will be unable to undertake any research or reproduction requests. Normal operations are expected to resume Monday, December 5th.</p>
<p>The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives will be closed for renovation of its storage area and installation of moveable shelving beginning Monday October 31st until Saturday, December 3rd, 2022. During this period, the Reading Room will be closed to researchers and staff will be unable to undertake any research or reproduction requests. Normal operations are expected to resume Monday, December 5th.</p>
<h3><strong>USEFUL LINKS&nbsp;</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Plan Your Visit</strong>:https://www.handleyregional.org/archives/visit-the-archives<br>
<p><strong>Manuscript Collections</strong>: https://www.handleyregional.org/services/departments/archives/manuscripts<br>
<p><strong>Photographs</strong>https://handley.pastperfectonline.com/<br>
<p><strong>Historic Newspapers Online</strong>http://handleyregionallibrary.advantage-preservation.com/
<p><strong>City of Winchester Maps and Parking</strong>




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:*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>
:*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>
*[https://www.handleyregional.org/ Handley Regional Library] services, calendar, beyond books, about us, favorite sites, hot titles, online resources, news. <br>
*[https://catalog.handleyregional.org/#section=home Library catalog]{{WC}} search by keywords, title, author, subject, notes, publisher, series, or ISBN, and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat]. <br>
*[https://www.handleyregional.org/services/departments/archives/contact-archives Family and Local History] photos, finding aids, free blacks, censuses, Internet databases, high school seniors 1921-1974, library's genealogical holdings. <br>
*[https://www.handleyregional.org/services/departments/archives/indexesandpathfinders 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>


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