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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>


==Description of Collections==
'''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>


*[https://www.handleyregional.org/resources?field_db_type_target_id%5B180%5D=180 History & Genealogy Resources]
'''Address:'''<ref name="hl" />
*[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]


''Neighboring Repositories''<br>
:100 West Piccadilly Street<br>  
*[https://www.clarkehistory.org/ Clarke County Historical Association], Clarke County, Virginia
:Winchester, VA 22601 <br><br>
*[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]


''State Repositories''<br>
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="hl" /> &nbsp;540-662-9041<br> '''Fax:''' &nbsp;540-722-4769<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]


==Services==
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="hl" /> <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.
:'''''Library:''''' &nbsp;Monday/Wednesday 10am-8pm, Tuesday/Friday 10am-5pm, Thursday 10am-1pm, Sunday closed.<br>
:'''''Archives:''''' &nbsp;Monday/Tuesday 1am-5pm, Wednesday 1pm-8pm, Thursday 10am-1pm, Friday/Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday closed.<br><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.
'''Map, directions, and public transportation:'''<ref name="hl" /> <br>


==History==
:*[http://goo.gl/maps/rMNu0 Google map and directions]<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>


==Tips for Your Visit==
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>


*[https://www.handleyregional.org/locations/handley Plan 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>
*[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
*LC, Washington, DC
*NARA, Washington, DC
=== Sources  ===
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Revision as of 21:31, 3 January 2014

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Handley Regional Library
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  hlref@handleyregional.org

Address:[1]

100 West Piccadilly Street
Winchester, VA 22601

Telephone:[1]  540-662-9041
Fax:  540-722-4769

Hours and holidays:[1]

Library:  Monday/Wednesday 10am-8pm, Tuesday/Friday 10am-5pm, Thursday 10am-1pm, Sunday closed.
Archives:  Monday/Tuesday 1am-5pm, Wednesday 1pm-8pm, Thursday 10am-1pm, Friday/Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday closed.

Map, directions, and public transportation:[1]

  • Google map and directions
  • All city buses stop within three blocks of the library. The Northside/Salvation Army  and the Northside/Westminster Canterbury  southbound buses stop next to the library.[2]

Internet sites and databases:

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Very large collection about Germans and Scots-Irish who traveled the Great Valley Road from Pennsylvania to Virginia, including manuscripts, newspapers, biographies, and histories,[3] 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.[4]

Tips[edit | edit source]

Use computers for free. Users must have a current Handley Regional Library card to use the Internet.[5]

Guides[edit | edit source]

  • Pathfinders biblographies for Civil War Manuscript Collection; Civil War Manuscripts - Diaries and Letters; Death Records Sources; Fairfax Land Grants.
  • Manuscript inventories Scope, content, and historical background for hundreds of collections.

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a source at the Handley Regional Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

Similar Collections

  • Roanoke County Public Library
  • Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown, Santa Cruz, California,

Neighboring Collections

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hours and Locations in Handley Regional Library (3 January 2014).
  2. ↑ Bus Stop Locations in Winchester, Virginia (accessed 3 January 2014).
  3. ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 97. At various libraries (WorldCat). FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
  4. ↑ Family and Local History in Handley Regional Library (accessed 28 December 2013).
  5. ↑ Handley Regional Library Internet Safety Policy in Handley Regional Library (accessed 3 January 2014).
  6. ↑ Family History at the National Archives in Philadelphia in National Archives (accessed 20 December 2013).
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Counties
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gone to WV
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Major
Repositories
Bristol Public Library · Germanna Foundation Library · Handley Regional Library · Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) · Historical Society of Washington, D.C. · John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg · Jones Memorial Library · Library of Congress (Washington, DC) · Library of Virginia · Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library · Maryland State Archives (Annapolis, MD) · National Archives I (Washington, DC) · National Archives II (College Park, MD) · National Archives at Philadelphia (PA) · National Genealogical Society · New York Public Library (New York City, NY) · Pennsylvania State Archives (Harrisburg, PA) · Portsmouth Public Library · Roanoke County Public Library · Salisbury University Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture (Salisbury, MD) · Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown (Santa Cruz, CA) · University of Virginia Library · Virginia Department of Health · Virginia Historical Society · Virginia Theological Seminary · Washington National Records Center (Suitland, MD) · William and Mary College Swem Library
Migration
Routes
Routes: Chesapeake Bay • James River • Potomac River • Rappahannock River • York River • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal • Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad • Fall Line Road (or Southern Road) • Great Indian Warpath • Great Trading Path • Great Valley Road • Kanawha Trail • King's Highway • National Road (Cumberland Road) • New River and Southern Trail • Occaneechi Path • Old Cherokee Path • Old Northwestern Turnpike • Pamunkey-New River Trail • Pioneer Road • Richmond Road • Richmond-Williamsburg Road • Saura-Saponi Trail • Secondary Coast Road • Upper Road • Wilderness Road • Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail • Ports: Atlantic Coast Ports • Accomack • Alexandria • Belvoir Plantation • Bermuda Hundred • Dumfries • Falmouth • Fredericksburg • Hampton • Jamestown • Leedstown • Norfolk • Port Royal • Portsmouth • South Quay • Suffolk • Tappahannock (aka Hobb's Hole) • Urbanna • Williamsburg • Yorktown
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