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76 “D” Street N.W.<br>Washington, D.C. 20006-5392<br>Telephone: 202-879-3229<br>Fax: 202-879-3227<br>[http://www.dar.org Website]. | 76 “D” Street N.W.<br>Washington, D.C. 20006-5392<br>Telephone: 202-879-3229<br>Fax: 202-879-3227<br>[http://www.dar.org Website]. | ||
:The DAR Library houses one of the largest genealogical collections in the United States. Its book collection includes more than 150,000 volumes concerning people and places throughout the nation. The collection focuses primarily on the generation of 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 | :The DAR Library houses one of the largest genealogical collections in the United States. Its book collection includes more than 150,000 volumes concerning people and places throughout the nation. The collection focuses primarily on the generation of 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> [https://www.dar.org/library/about-library About the Library] in ''DAR Daughters of the American Revolution'' (accessed 9 August 2023).</ref> | ||
=== [[Sons of the American Revolution|National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Genealogical Research Library]] === | === [[Sons of the American Revolution|National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Genealogical Research Library]] === | ||
[[File:SAR Library inside.jpg|thumb|325x325px|National SAR Genealogical Research Library in Louisville, KY]] | [[File:SAR Library inside.jpg|thumb|325x325px|National SAR Genealogical Research Library in Louisville, KY]] | ||