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<br>These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Virginia. | |||
'''Remember:''' West Virginia was part of Virginia until 1863. '''See also [[West Virginia Archives and Libraries]]'''. | |||
==Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for Virginia== | |||
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==Online Records of Virginia== | |||
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=== | ==National Repositories== | ||
[[Image:Library of Congress Jefferson Building.jpg|450px|Library of Congress Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.]] | |||
===[[Library of Congress]]=== | |||
101 Independence Ave. SE <br>Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ G4 <br>Washington, D.C. 20540-4660 <br>Telephone: Reading Room: 202-707-5537<br>Fax: 202-707-1957 <br>Email: [http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-genealogy.html Ask a Librarian form]<br>Website: [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress] | |||
{{ | {{Block indent|The Library of Congress "Local History and Genealogy Reading Room" has moved to the main reading room, but services are unchanged. They are part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American (including '''Virginia'''), British Isles, and German sources.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/lhgcoll.html The Collections] in ''Local History and Genealogy Reading Room'' in ''The Library of Congress'' (accessed 8 January 2014).</ref>}} | ||
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===National Archives I=== | |||
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|[[Image:National Archives and Records Administration.jpg|280px|National Archives I in Washington, D.C.]]<br>'''[[National Archives and Records Administration]] (Archives I)'''<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br>Washington DC<br>Telephone: 1-866-272-6272<br>Fax: 301-837-0483<br>Email: [http://www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html National Archives and Records Administration inquiry form]<br>Website: [http://archives.gov/ NARA] | |||
{{Block indent|Nationwide (including '''Virginia''') censuses, pre-WWI military service and pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees. The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives I), houses textual and microfilm records relating to genealogy, American Indians, pre-World War II military and naval-maritime matters, the New Deal, the District of Columbia, the Federal courts, and Congress.<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> <br>}} | |||
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===National Archives II=== | |||
[[Image:US National Archives II.jpg|thumb|right|280px|National Archives II in College Park, MD]]'''[[National Archives at College Park, Maryland]] (Archives II)'''<br>8601 Adelphi Road<br>College Park, MD 20740-6001<br>Telephone: 866-272-6272<br>Fax: 301-837-0483<br>Email: [http://www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html#part-b I have a question] form<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/ National Archives at College Park, Maryland] | |||
{{Block indent|1='''Archives II''' houses documents created after 1900 at the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and Treasury, modern military records, passport applications, and District of Columbia records. Many residents of '''Virginia''' are found among their records.<ref name="DB2">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 2. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | |||
: | ===[[National Archives at Philadelphia]]=== | ||
[[Image:National Archives at Philadelphia sign.jpg|thumb|230px|National Archives at Philadelphia sign]]14700 Townsend Road<br>Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096<br>Telephone: 215-305-2044<br>Fax: 215-305-2052<br>Email: [mailto:Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/ National Archives Philadelphia] | |||
= | {{Block indent|1=This branch has federal agency and court records for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, '''Virginia''', and West Virginia. All U.S. federal censuses 1790-1940, and indexes. Also has passenger arrivals in Philadelphia 1800-1945 and Baltimore, pension and bounty land warrant applications, naturalizations 1790-1990, early federal history, diplomacy, military history, Chinese-Americans, World War II homefront, National Park Service, merchant marine, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, federal tax evasion and smuggling cases.<ref name="DB12627">Dollarhide and Bremer, 126-27.</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | ||
===[[National Genealogical Society]]=== | |||
3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300<br>Arlington, Virginia 22204-4370 USA<br>Telephone: 703-525-0050 or 800-473-0060<br>Fax 703-525-0052<br>Email: [mailto:ngs@ngsgenealogy.org ngs@ngsgenealogy.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ National Genealogical Society] | |||
{{Block indent|The [[National Genealogical Society]] (NGS) aims to serve and grow the genealogical community by providing education and training, fostering increased quality and standards, and promoting access to and preservation of genealogical records.<ref>[http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/mission NGS Mission] in ''National Genealogical Society'' (accessed 14 January 2017).</ref> It is the ''premier'' American national society for everyone from the beginner to the most advanced family historian. In conjunction with a sponsoring local genealogical society, it stages an annual '''[http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/conference_info NGS Conference]'''. They also provide genealogical education courses, publications and videos.<ref>[http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ Home] in ''National Genealogical Society'' (accessed 7 January 2017).</ref> Their [[National Genealogical Society Book Loan Collection|NGS Book Loan Collection]] is now housed at the [[St. Louis County Library]] in Missouri. Their online collections include ''The National Intelligencer'' (Washington, DC) newspaper index 1800-1850, indexed Bible records and family groups from NGS members.<ref>[http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/individual_member_benefits Individual Member Benefits] in ''National Genealogical Society'' (accessed 14 January 2017).</ref><br><br>}} | |||
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: | [[File:Washington National Records Center Stack Area with Employee Servicing Records.jpg|thumb|right|246px|WNRC stack area in Suitland, MD]] | ||
===Washington National Records Center=== | |||
WNRC<br>4205 Suitland Road<br>Suitland, MD 20746-8001<br>NARA telephone: 866-272-6272<br>NARA Email: [https://www.archives.gov/contact Contact Us] form<br>Internet: [https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/suitland/public Services for the Public] | |||
= | {{Block indent|1=Older than 15-years federal criminal court, federal civil court, and federal bankruptcy court records, and the federal agency records from the District of Columbia, Maryland, '''Virginia''', and West Virginia.<ref name="DB29">Dollarhide and Bremer, 29.</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | ||
==State Repositories== | |||
=== | ===[[Library of Virginia]]=== | ||
[[Image:Library of Virginia.jpg|thumb|280px|Library of Virginia in Richmond]]800 East Broad Street <br>Richmond, VA 23219-8000<br>Telephone: 804-692-3500 <br>Fax: 804-692-3556<br>Email: [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/contact.asp Contact Us] Select department to open dialog box<br>Website: [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Library of Virginia] | |||
= | {{Block indent|1=The '''Library of Virginia''' Archives Division has Virginia '''births''' and '''deaths''' 1853-1896, and '''marriages''' before 1936 (including marriage bonds before 1853).<ref name="Gen">[http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/vital-records/genealogy/ Genealogy] in ''Virginia Department of Health'' in Virginia.gov (accessed 15 May 2017).</ref> Their large genealogical collection also has family Bibles, divorces, histories, biographies, and newspapers. Many of their manuscripts are now online. The '''''General Library''''' contains printed materials, while the '''''Research and Information Services Division''''' consists of government records and other historical documents. Many collections are available '''''online''''', such as Confederate pensions, veterans and widows, an index to wills and administrations, Revolutionary War bounty land, and Virginia Land Office patents and grants.<ref name="DB97" /> <ref>[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp#_guides Using the Collections] in ''Library of Virginia'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | ||
===Virginia Department of Health=== | |||
VDH, Office of Vital Records<br>2001 Maywill Street ('''street address''')<br>P.O. Box 1000 ('''mailing address''')<br>Richmond, Virginia 23218-1000<br>Telephone: 804-662-6200<br>Email: [mailto:VitalRec.Questions@vdh.virginia.gov VitalRec.Questions@vdh.virginia.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/vital-records/ Division of Vital Records] | |||
: | {{Block indent|1=The '''VDH Office of Vital Records''' has:<ref name="Gen" /> |2=1}} | ||
{{Block indent|*Virginia '''births''' 1853-1895, and 1912-present. (Births were not registered 1896-June 1912.)}} | |||
{{Block indent|*Virginia '''marriages''' 1853-present.}} | |||
{{Block indent|*Virginia '''deaths''' 1853-1895, and 1912-present. (Deaths were not registered 1896-June 1912.)}} | |||
{{Block indent|*Virginia '''divorces''' 1918-present.}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=In Virginia, death, marriage and divorce data become “public” information 25 years after the event; birth data are “public” after 100 years. Certificates are available to immediate family members only (mother, father, husband, wife, child, brother, sister and grandparents) with valid ID.<ref name="Divi">[http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/vital-records/ Division of Vital Records] in ''Virginia Department of Health'' in Virginia.gov (accessed 13 May 2017).</ref>|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|'''Online index.''' Virginia '''birth''' and '''death''' records from 1912-2014; '''divorce''' records 1918-2014; and '''marriage''' records 1936-2014 are now available in a free '''[http://collections.ancestry.com/search/VA/DOH online index]'''.}} | |||
{{Block indent|1='''Genealogical copies.''' The best place to find Virginia vital records for genealogical research is the '''[[Library of Virginia]]''' Archives Division. Their library has Virginia '''births''' and '''deaths''' 1853-1896, and '''marriages''' before 1936 (including marriage bonds before 1853).<ref name="Gen" />|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1='''Certified copies.''' Close relatives can obtain certified copies of BMD, and divorce records from the VDH Office of Vital Records in these ways:<ref name="Divi" />|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''By Mail''' for about 1-2 week service.}} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''Walk-in''' at the VDH Office of Vital Records for same-day service.}} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''Express delivery using a private company.''' For an additional fee, you can can receive express delivery by placing your order on the Internet or by telephone for official certified copies of Virginia birth, death, marriage, or divorce records from the private company '''[https://www.vitalchek.com/vital-records/virginia/virginia-department-of-health VitalChek Virginia]'''.}} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.''' Certified copies of BMD, and divorce records are available for purchase to walk-ins at all full service Virginia DMV locations including service centers and 2Go mobile offices.<br><br>}} | |||
=== | ===[[Virginia Historical Society]]=== | ||
[[Image:Virginia | [[Image:Virginia Historical Society.jpg|thumb|280px|Virginia Historical Society in Richmond]]428 North Blvd<br> Richmond, VA 23221-0311<br>Telephone: 804-358-4901<br>Email: [https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections/how-we-can-help-your-research/ask-question-about-our-collections Ask a Librarian form] <br>Website: [https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections Virginia Historical Society, Collections and Resources] | ||
{{Block indent|1=County records such as marriages, county court records, wills, censuses, land, militia lists, bounty lands, passenger lists, tax lists, poll lists, genealogies, newspapers, family Bibles, and African American genealogy. They have a card index to 10 million documents of the Old Dominion, that is '''''Virginia, West Virginia''''', and '''''Kentucky'''''. <ref name="DB97">Dollarhide and Bremer, 97.</ref> <ref>[https://www.virginiahistory.org/collections/how-we-can-help-your-research How We Can Help] in ''Virginia Historical Society'' (accessed 9 April 2021).</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | |||
=== | ===Virginia Theological Seminary=== | ||
[[Image:Virginia Theological Seminary.jpg|thumb|280px|Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria]]Archives of the Bishop Payne Library<br>3737 Seminary Road<br>Alexandria, VA 22304<br>Telephone: 703-461-1731<br>Email: [mailto:AskArchives@vts.edu AskArchives@vts.edu]<br>Website: [http://www.vts.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=118926 Virginia Theological Seminary Archives] | |||
= | {{Block indent|1=Houses many of the original Church of England (now Episcopalian Church) parish registers, vestry books, and manuscripts of colonial Virginia, as well as photos, and the African American Episcopal Historical Collection.<ref>[http://www.vts.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=118926 Archives] in ''Virginia Theological Seminary'' (accessed 5 January 2014).</ref> Formerly known as the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia.|2=1}} | ||
: | ==Regional Repositories== | ||
[[File:Bristol library.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Bristol Public Library in Virginia]] | |||
===[[Bristol Public Library]]=== | |||
701 Goode Street <br>Bristol, VA 24201-4199 <br>Telephone: 540-645-8780 <br>Fax: 276-669-5593 <br>Email: [mailto:bplref@yahoo.com bplref@yahoo.com]<br>Website: [http://www.bristol-library.org/ Bristol Public Library]<br> | |||
{{Block indent|They have a relatively small family folder collection. Nevertheless, it is an important resource for settlers coming from '''''Pennsylvania, Maryland''''', and northern '''''Virginia''''' along the [[Great Valley Road]] into '''''Tennessee, Kentucky''''', and '''''North Carolina'''''.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.</ref><br><br>}} | |||
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===[[Germanna Foundation Library]]=== | |||
[[File:Germanna Visitor Center.JPG|thumb|right|280px|Germanna Center & Library near Locust Grove]]on Virginia Route #3 (2062 Germanna Highway)<br>P.O. Box 279<br>Locust Grove, VA 22508-0279<br>Telephone: 540-423-1700<br>Fax: 540-423-1747<br>Email: [http://germanna.org/contact/ Email contact form]<br>Website: [http://germanna.org/ Germanna Foundation] | |||
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{{Block indent|German immigrants to Virginia in 1714-1717 descendants' database, list of original settlers, genealogies, articles, links, and DNA project.<ref>[http://germanna.org/resources/genealogy/ Genealogy] in ''Germanna Foundation'' (accessed 25 April 2016).</ref><br><br>}} | |||
[[Image:Handley Library Winchester Virginia.jpg|thumb|220px|Handley Regional Libr., Winchester]] | |||
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: | ===[[Handley Regional Library]]=== | ||
100 W. Piccadilly Street<br>PO Box 58 <br>Winchester, VA 22604<br>Telephone: 540-662-9041<br>Fax: 540-722-4769<br>Email: [mailto:archives@handleyregional.org archives@handleyregional.org]<br>Website: [https://www.handleyregional.org/ Handley Regional Library] | |||
= | {{Block indent|1=Very large collection on Germans and Scots-Irish who traveled the [[Great Valley Road]] from '''''Pennsylvania ''''' through '''''Maryland''''' to '''''Virginia''''', including manuscripts, newspapers, biographies, and histories,<ref name="DB97">Dollarhide and Bremer, 97.</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>[https://www.handleyregional.org/resources?field_db_type_target_id%5B180%5D=180 Genealogy and History] in ''Handley Regional Library'' (accessed 9 April 2021).</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | ||
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: | ===John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library=== | ||
[[Image:John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library.jpg|thumb|280px|John D. Rockefeller Jr Library, Cl. Williamsburg]]'''[[John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg]]'''<br>PO Box 1776<br>313 First Street<br>Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776<br>Telephone: 757-565-8542<br>Fax: 757-565-8548<br>Email: [mailto:libref@cwf.org libref@cwf.org] <br>Website: [http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary.cfm John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library] | |||
{{Block indent|Emphasis is on the history of colonial British America, the American Revolution, and the early United States with books, manuscripts, images, Civil War materials, family Bibles, and databases for research in the political and economic life of the thirteen colonies, the new republic, and African American studies.<ref>[http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary.cfm John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library] in ''Colonial Williamsburg'' (accessed 7 January 2014].</ref><br><br>}} | |||
: | ===[[Jones Memorial Library]]=== | ||
[[Image:Jones Library Lynchburg VA.JPG|thumb|280px|Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg]]2311 Memorial Avenue <br>Lynchburg, VA 24501 <br>Telephone: 434-846-0501 <br>Fax: 434-846-1572<br>Email: [mailto:refdesk@jmlibrary.org refdesk@jmlibrary.org]<br>Website: [http://www.jmlibrary.org/ Jones Memorial Library] | |||
== | {{Block indent|1=Really good historical materials, family folders, and genealogies of people migrating from the tidelands over the Blue Ridge Mountains into Virginia's Great Valley, many via Lynchburg. Covers Virginia and surrounding states, including county histories and court records, family histories and genealogies, the Civil War, county taxes, and census records.<ref name="DB113">Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.</ref> <ref>[http://www.jmlibrary.org/index.php Home] in ''Jones Memorial Library'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | ||
: | ===Mary Ball Washington Museum Library=== | ||
[[Image:Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library.jpg|thumb|280px|Mary Ball Washington Museum in Lancaster]]'''[[Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library]]'''<br>8346 Mary Ball Road<br> Lancaster, Virginia 22503<br> Telehone: 804-462-7280<br> Fax: 804-462-6107<br> Email: [mailto:nfo@mbwm.org nfo@mbwm.org]<br>Website: [http://www.mbwm.org/genealogy.asp Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library] | |||
= | {{Block indent|1=A small library with a good name index to nearly every history book published in '''''Virginia ''''' or '''''Kentucky''''', including court records from 1651, indexes and abstracts, Virginia vital records, census records, county histories, biographies, church and cemetery records, family histories, newspapers, obituaries, vertical files, militia records, and fraternal organizations.<ref name="DB113" /> <ref>[http://www.mbwm.org/genealogy.asp Genealogy and History Library] in ''Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | ||
===[[Portsmouth Public Library]]=== | |||
601 Court Street<br>Portsmouth, VA 23704<br>Telephone: 757-393-8501<br>Email: [https://www.portsmouthpubliclibrary.org/FormCenter/Ask-a-Librarian-4/Ask-a-Librarian-43 Ask a Librarian form]<br>Website: [http://www.portsmouth-va-public-library.com/ Portsmouth Public Library] | |||
= | {{Block indent|1=A good solid genealogical collection. Materials about Portsmouth and Norfolk counties and surrounding areas of southeastern Virginia, including births, marriages, deaths, cemeteries, genealogies, memoirs, scrapbooks and notebooks of Portsmouth families and organizations, photos, Civil War, Jeffrey T Wilson – 1924 "Colored Notes" index and articles from Portsmouth Star newspaper; Bertha Edward - Notes on Portsmouth Black History; African American Historical Association of Portsmouth records, and high school yearbooks.<ref name="DB113" /> <ref>[https://www.portsmouthpubliclibrary.org/162/Collection Collections] in ''Portsmouth Public Library'' (accessed 9 April 2021).</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | ||
===[[Roanoke County Public Library]]=== | |||
: | 706 S. Jefferson Street<br>Roanoke, VA 24016<br>Telephone: 540-853-2073<br>Email: [mailto:virginiaroom@gmail.com virginiaroom@gmail.com] <br>Website: [http://www.virginiaroom.org/ Virginia Room] | ||
= | {{Block indent|1=Wonderful southwest Virginia collection of family folders, books, genealogies, and indexes.<ref name="DB113" /> Open by appointment, the Virginia Room comprehensively collects materials for the Roanoke Valley, for Virginia, and for closely associated states, including surname files, photos, vertical files and oral histories. The [[Great Valley Road]] forked here toward Knoxville, Tennessee, and toward Augusta, Georgia. Some families stayed-over in the area before moving on to Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia.<ref>[http://www.virginiaroom.org/ Virginia Room] in ''Roanoke, Virginia'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | ||
=== | ===[[University of Virginia Library]]=== | ||
[[ | [[Image:Univ of Virginia Library.png|thumb|305px|University of Virginia Library in Charlottesville]]PO Box 400113<br>Charlottesville VA 22904-4113<br>Telephone: 434-924-3021<br>Fax: 434-924-1431<br>Email: [mailto:library@virginia.edu library@virginia.edu]<br>Website: [http://www.library.virginia.edu/ University of Virginia Library] | ||
{{Block indent|1=Virtually a second state archives with a large genealogical collection, colonial records, federal, private, and state manuscripts, vital records, censuses, maps, military records, newspapers, periodicals, African American genealogy, and computer databases.<ref name="DB113" /> <ref>[http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/content.php?pid=81921&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;sid=608081 Genealogy] in ''University of Virginia Library'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br> |2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*University of Virginia Library, ''Virginia Genealogy: A Guide to Resources in the University of Virginia Library'' (Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1983). {{WorldCat|8494964|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|76157|item|disp=FS Catalog book 975.5 D23u}}.<br><br>|2=1}} | |||
===[[William and Mary College Swem Library]]=== | |||
[[Image:EG Swem Library.jpg|thumb|280px|William & Mary Coll. Swem Libr., Williamsburg]]P.O. Box 8794<br>Landrum Drive <br>College of William and Mary<br>Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794<br>Telephone: 757-221-3050<br>Fax: 757-221-2635<br>Email: [mailto:sweref@wm.edu sweref@wm.edu]<br>Website: [http://guides.swem.wm.edu/genealogy EG Swem Library, Genealogy] | |||
{{Block indent|1=Features the famous "Swem Index" of Virginia settlers. This library also has the original papers from Jamestown, the Virginia Company, manuscripts, and journals, including numerous genealogical references. This is the place for researching the earliest Virginia colonists. They also have censuses, ship's passenger lists, vital records, wills and probate records, local history, church records, funeral homes, cemeteries, newspapers, periodicals and indeses.<ref name="DB113" /> <ref>[http://guides.swem.wm.edu/genealogy Genealogy Resources at Swem] in ''Swem Library'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | |||
=== | ==Out of State Repositories== | ||
[[File:Historical Society of Pennsylvania.jpg|right|thumb|280px|Historical Soc. of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia]] | |||
===[[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]]=== | |||
1300 Locust Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699<br>Telephone: 215-732-6200<br>Fax: 215-732-2680<br>Email: [mailto:ReadyReference@hsp.org ReadyReference@hsp.org]<br>Internet: [http://hsp.org/ Historical Society of Pennsylvania] | |||
{{Block indent|1=Has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish, and other settlers in William Penn's colonies of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. This is also an excellent place to learn about early settlers who migrated to Maryland and '''Virginia'''.<ref name="DB55" /> Records which have been published are normally well-indexed. This society also has 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century manuscripts (letters, diaries, account books, deeds, minutes, and scrapbooks), passenger arrival lists and indexes, <ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 95.</ref> local and regional history, ethnic and immigrant studies materials, 600,000 books, 20 million manuscripts, over 300,000 graphics items, and 300 years of newspapers.<ref>[http://hsp.org/collections/about-our-collections About Our Collections] in ''Historical Society of Pennsylvania'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref> <br><br>|2=1}} | |||
=== | ===Historical Society of Washington, D.C.=== | ||
[[File:DC-CityMuseumCarnegieLibrary.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Historical Society of Washington, D.C. is on the 2nd floor of the Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Sq.]]Kiplinger Research Library<br>Carnegie Library 2nd floor<br>801 K St NW<br>Washington, DC 20001<br>Telephone: 202-249-3955<br>Email: [mailto:info@dchistory.org info@dchistory.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.dchistory.org/ Historical Society of Washington, D.C.] | |||
{{ | {{Block indent|1=Think of this as the state archives for the District of Columbia because of the 200 years of local history documents for genealogists.<ref name="DB29" /> This includes families and notable individuals, organizations, businesses, neighborhoods, religious institutions, local houses of worship, funeral homes, diaries and personal papers, and early 18th century land records for the DC area of Maryland and '''Virginia'''.<ref>[http://www.dchistory.org/research/about-library-collections/ About the Library and Collections] in ''Historical Society of Washington, D.C.'' (accessed 7 January 2017).</ref> Researchers are welcomed in the Kiplinger Research Library by prior appointment only Tuesday through Friday. Access to the library and collections is free of charge.<ref>[http://www.dchistory.org/research/ Research] in ''Historical Society of Washington, D.C.'' (accessed 7 January 2017).</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | ||
[[Category:Virginia_Repositories]] [[Category:United_States_Repositories]] | ===[[Maryland State Archives]]=== | ||
Hall of Records Building <br>350 Rowe Boulevard <br>Annapolis, MD 21401 <br>Telephone: 410-260-6400 <br>Fax: 410-974-2525<br>Email: [mailto:ref@mdsa.net ref@mdsa.net]<br>Internet: [http://msa.maryland.gov/ Maryland State Archives] | |||
{{Block indent|1=This is the premier facility for locating Maryland ancestors who migrated into '''Virginia'''. The Maryland State Archives [http://msa.maryland.gov/ online] has nearly all available public records from 1634 to 1789; most original state and county records through the mid-twentieth century; microfilm copies of land, probate, and vital records to the present; and over 130 major card indexes to Maryland land records and early settlers, newspapers, county records, church records, family, and business records. This is the most complete collection of any of the 13 colonies. It can take up the three days just to check the indexes.<ref name="DB55">Dollarhide and Bremer, 55.</ref> For more information about the state archives, see the following references.|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*Maryland. Hall of Records. ''A Guide to the Index Holdings at the Hall of Records''. Rev., Bulletin, [Maryland. Hall of Records] No. 17. (Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records, 1972.) {{FSC|118379|item|disp=FS Catalog book 975.2 A1 no. 56.}} This is a county-by-county list of indexes and years covered.|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*Papenfuse, Edward C., et al. ''A Guide to Government Records at the Maryland State Archives: A Comprehensive List by Agency and Record Series''. (Annapolis, Maryland: Maryland State Archives, 1992.) {{FSC|646205|item|disp=FS Catalog book 975.2 A3g.}} This guide lists record types, years covered, and series number.|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*Papenfuse, Edward C., et. al. ''A Guide to the Maryland Hall of Records: Local, Judicial and Administrative Records on Microfilm''. Volume 1. (Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records Commission, 1978.) {{FSC|498131|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6049468; book 975.2 A3pa v. 1.}} Volume one is a detailed list of many records on microfilm for Allegany County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City, Maryland. These include court, probate, and land records. The archives has additional computer printout lists for all counties. You can write to them for information about records of specific localities and time periods.|2=1}} | |||
{{Block indent|1=*Radoff, Morris Leon, et al. ''The County Courthouses and Records of Maryland, Part Two: The Records''. (Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records Commission, 1963.) {{FSC|146470|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6054101 (fiches 4 and 5), 6054105; book 975.2 B4ma no. 13}} This is a county-by-county list of record types, years covered, and series number.<br><br>|2=1}} | |||
===[[New York Public Library]]=== | |||
[[Image:New York Public Library exterior.jpg|thumb|280px|New York Public Library in New York City, NY]]U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy Division<br>Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, Room 315S<br>New York, NY 10018-2788<br>Telephone: 212-930-0829<br>Email: [http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/126488 Ask a Librarian form] <br>Website: [http://www.nypl.org/ New York Public Library] | |||
{{Block indent|1=This is one of the largest research libraries in the world, including excellent genealogical resources for '''Virginia'''. The library has city and telephone directories, vital records indexes, local histories, genealogies, federal and state censuses, passenger lists, genealogical collections (including DAR transcripts), and church records.<ref name="DB81">Dollarhide and Bremer, 81.</ref> For maps, try the Map Division at the same address.[[File:Pennsylvania State Archive building.jpg|thumb|right|142px|Pennsylvania State Archives in Harrisburg]]<br><br>|2=1}} | |||
===[[Pennsylvania State Archives]]=== | |||
300 North Street (''mail to: '' 350 North Street)<br>Harrisburg, PA 17120<br>Telephone: 717-783-3281<br>Email: [mailto:ra-statearchives@pa.gov ra-statearchives@pa.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission] | |||
{{Block indent|1=Their colonial records include many references to people who migrated to '''Virginia'''.<ref name="DB55" /> This huge collection has indexes and original sources associated with the {{FSC|221762|item|disp=''Pennsylvania Archives''}} series, such as vital, military, prison, naturalization, land records, census, ships lists, railroads, mines, and 1.5 million online records<ref name="DB97">Dollarhide and Bremer, 97.</ref> <ref>[http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Research-Guides.aspx Research Topics at the Pennsylvania State Archives] in ''Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission'' (accessed 23 December 2013).</ref> including [http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Research-Guides.aspx online genealogy guides].<br><br>|2=1}} | |||
===Salisbury Univ Nabb Research Center=== | |||
'''Salisbury University Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture'''<br>Guerrieri Academic Commons ('''street address''')<br>(4th Floor, Room 430)<br>1101 Camden Ave ('''mailing address''')<br>Salisbury, MD 21801<br>Telephone: 410-543-6312<br>Fax: 410-677-5067<br>Email: [mailto:nabbcenter@salisbury.edu nabbcenter@salisbury.edu]<br>Internet: [http://www.salisbury.edu/nabb/ Nabb Research Center] | |||
{{Block indent|This repository has family files, family histories, local histories, photos, and artifacts from the Delmarva Penninsula (Delaware, Maryland, and '''Virginia''') also called the "Eastern Shore." Includes correspondence, manuscripts, ledgers, diaries, local business and organizational records, maps, newspapers, land surveys, and oral histories. Microfilm collections hold governmental and church records of Somerset, Worcester, Dorchester and Wicomico counties in Maryland; Accomack and Northampton counties in '''Virginia'''; and Sussex County in Delaware.<ref>[http://www.salisbury.edu/nabb/ Nabb Research Center] in ''Salisbury University'' (accessed 25 April 2017).</ref><br><br>}} | |||
===[[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]]=== | |||
224 Church Street<br>Santa Cruz, California 95060 <br>Telephone: 831-427-7707 ext. 5794<br>Email: [http://www.santacruzpl.org/contact/askscpl/ Email reference service form]<br>Website: [http://www.santacruzpl.org/branches/14/ Santa Cruz Public Library] | |||
{{Block indent|1=Holds the Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County's library, including the '''''[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ Tina Brayton Collection]''''' which is equivalent to the ''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]] '' but larger and with a better index, and many compiled genealogies of '''Virginia''', Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia families.<ref name="DB113" /> <ref>[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ The Tina Brayton Collection] in ''Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County'' (accessed 3 January 2014).</ref><br><br>|2=1}} | |||
==FamilySearch Centers== | |||
Some of the above collections are partially duplicated at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] and its branch '''[https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers]''' around the world. Most centers can help you by: [[File:Williamsburg VA FHC Entrance.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Williamsburg VA FSC entrance]] | |||
*Giving you limited, personal, one-on-one research suggestions (but they do not do research for you) | |||
*Providing access to genealogical records through the premium online Internet '''[[FamilySearch Center Portal|FamilySearch Center Portal]]'''. | |||
*Offering free how-to classes (varies by location) | |||
*Fostering contact between genealogical enthusiasts | |||
There are several [[:Category:Virginia FamilySearch Centers|centers located in Virginia]], ''for example:'' | |||
{{Block indent|[[Williamsburg Virginia FamilySearch Center]]<br>2017 Newman Road<br>Williamsburg, VA 23188 USA<br>Telephone: 757-220-0266 or 757-232-1417|2}} | |||
{{Block indent|Each center is staffed by volunteers and has varying hours and services. Telephone in advance to verify their hours.|3}} | |||
To locate one of these 4,500 centers in your own neighborhood, see [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ Find a FamilySearch Center].<br><br> | |||
==Guidebooks== | |||
*Ellen Garrison, ''Archives in Appalachia: A Directory '' (Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985). {{WorldCat|12712710|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|497048|item|disp=FS Library Book 975 A3a}}. For Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, arranged alphabetically, each entry shows the archive, address, phone, inclusive dates of the collection, the records of the collection, subjects, and size of the collection. Indexed by record type, and by subject.<br><br> | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} {{Virginia|Virginia}} {{U.S. Archives and Libraries}} | |||
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These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Virginia.
Remember: West Virginia was part of Virginia until 1863. See also West Virginia Archives and Libraries.
Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for Virginia[edit | edit source]
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
Online Records of Virginia[edit | edit source]
Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records. National Repositories[edit | edit source]Library of Congress[edit | edit source]101 Independence Ave. SE |
National Archives I[edit | edit source]
![]() National Archives and Records Administration (Archives I) 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington DC Telephone: 1-866-272-6272 Fax: 301-837-0483 Email: National Archives and Records Administration inquiry form Website: NARA |
National Archives II[edit | edit source]
National Archives at College Park, Maryland (Archives II)
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Telephone: 866-272-6272
Fax: 301-837-0483
Email: I have a question form
Internet: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
National Archives at Philadelphia[edit | edit source]
14700 Townsend Road
Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096
Telephone: 215-305-2044
Fax: 215-305-2052
Email: Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov
Website: National Archives Philadelphia
National Genealogical Society[edit | edit source]
3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300
Arlington, Virginia 22204-4370 USA
Telephone: 703-525-0050 or 800-473-0060
Fax 703-525-0052
Email: ngs@ngsgenealogy.org
Internet: National Genealogical Society
Washington National Records Center[edit | edit source]
WNRC
4205 Suitland Road
Suitland, MD 20746-8001
NARA telephone: 866-272-6272
NARA Email: Contact Us form
Internet: Services for the Public
State Repositories[edit | edit source]
Library of Virginia[edit | edit source]
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219-8000
Telephone: 804-692-3500
Fax: 804-692-3556
Email: Contact Us Select department to open dialog box
Website: Library of Virginia
Virginia Department of Health[edit | edit source]
VDH, Office of Vital Records
2001 Maywill Street (street address)
P.O. Box 1000 (mailing address)
Richmond, Virginia 23218-1000
Telephone: 804-662-6200
Email: VitalRec.Questions@vdh.virginia.gov
Website: Division of Vital Records
Virginia Historical Society[edit | edit source]
428 North Blvd
Richmond, VA 23221-0311
Telephone: 804-358-4901
Email: Ask a Librarian form
Website: Virginia Historical Society, Collections and Resources
Virginia Theological Seminary[edit | edit source]
Archives of the Bishop Payne Library
3737 Seminary Road
Alexandria, VA 22304
Telephone: 703-461-1731
Email: AskArchives@vts.edu
Website: Virginia Theological Seminary Archives
Regional Repositories[edit | edit source]
Bristol Public Library[edit | edit source]
701 Goode Street
Bristol, VA 24201-4199
Telephone: 540-645-8780
Fax: 276-669-5593
Email: bplref@yahoo.com
Website: Bristol Public Library
Germanna Foundation Library[edit | edit source]
on Virginia Route #3 (2062 Germanna Highway)
P.O. Box 279
Locust Grove, VA 22508-0279
Telephone: 540-423-1700
Fax: 540-423-1747
Email: Email contact form
Website: Germanna Foundation
Handley Regional Library[edit | edit source]
100 W. Piccadilly Street
PO Box 58
Winchester, VA 22604
Telephone: 540-662-9041
Fax: 540-722-4769
Email: archives@handleyregional.org
Website: Handley Regional Library
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library[edit | edit source]
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg
PO Box 1776
313 First Street
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
Telephone: 757-565-8542
Fax: 757-565-8548
Email: libref@cwf.org
Website: John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library
Jones Memorial Library[edit | edit source]
2311 Memorial Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24501
Telephone: 434-846-0501
Fax: 434-846-1572
Email: refdesk@jmlibrary.org
Website: Jones Memorial Library
Mary Ball Washington Museum Library[edit | edit source]
Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library
8346 Mary Ball Road
Lancaster, Virginia 22503
Telehone: 804-462-7280
Fax: 804-462-6107
Email: nfo@mbwm.org
Website: Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library
Portsmouth Public Library[edit | edit source]
601 Court Street
Portsmouth, VA 23704
Telephone: 757-393-8501
Email: Ask a Librarian form
Website: Portsmouth Public Library
Roanoke County Public Library[edit | edit source]
706 S. Jefferson Street
Roanoke, VA 24016
Telephone: 540-853-2073
Email: virginiaroom@gmail.com
Website: Virginia Room
University of Virginia Library[edit | edit source]
PO Box 400113
Charlottesville VA 22904-4113
Telephone: 434-924-3021
Fax: 434-924-1431
Email: library@virginia.edu
Website: University of Virginia Library
William and Mary College Swem Library[edit | edit source]
P.O. Box 8794
Landrum Drive
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794
Telephone: 757-221-3050
Fax: 757-221-2635
Email: sweref@wm.edu
Website: EG Swem Library, Genealogy
Out of State Repositories[edit | edit source]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania[edit | edit source]
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699
Telephone: 215-732-6200
Fax: 215-732-2680
Email: ReadyReference@hsp.org
Internet: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Historical Society of Washington, D.C.[edit | edit source]
Kiplinger Research Library
Carnegie Library 2nd floor
801 K St NW
Washington, DC 20001
Telephone: 202-249-3955
Email: info@dchistory.org
Internet: Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Maryland State Archives[edit | edit source]
Hall of Records Building
350 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401
Telephone: 410-260-6400
Fax: 410-974-2525
Email: ref@mdsa.net
Internet: Maryland State Archives
New York Public Library[edit | edit source]
U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy Division
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, Room 315S
New York, NY 10018-2788
Telephone: 212-930-0829
Email: Ask a Librarian form
Website: New York Public Library
Pennsylvania State Archives[edit | edit source]
300 North Street (mail to: 350 North Street)
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Telephone: 717-783-3281
Email: ra-statearchives@pa.gov
Internet: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Salisbury Univ Nabb Research Center[edit | edit source]
Salisbury University Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture
Guerrieri Academic Commons (street address)
(4th Floor, Room 430)
1101 Camden Ave (mailing address)
Salisbury, MD 21801
Telephone: 410-543-6312
Fax: 410-677-5067
Email: nabbcenter@salisbury.edu
Internet: Nabb Research Center
Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown[edit | edit source]
224 Church Street
Santa Cruz, California 95060
Telephone: 831-427-7707 ext. 5794
Email: Email reference service form
Website: Santa Cruz Public Library
FamilySearch Centers[edit | edit source]
Some of the above collections are partially duplicated at the FamilySearch Library and its branch FamilySearch Centers around the world. Most centers can help you by:
- Giving you limited, personal, one-on-one research suggestions (but they do not do research for you)
- Providing access to genealogical records through the premium online Internet FamilySearch Center Portal.
- Offering free how-to classes (varies by location)
- Fostering contact between genealogical enthusiasts
There are several centers located in Virginia, for example:
To locate one of these 4,500 centers in your own neighborhood, see Find a FamilySearch Center.
Guidebooks[edit | edit source]
- Ellen Garrison, Archives in Appalachia: A Directory (Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985). At various libraries (WorldCat). FS Library Book 975 A3a. For Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, arranged alphabetically, each entry shows the archive, address, phone, inclusive dates of the collection, the records of the collection, subjects, and size of the collection. Indexed by record type, and by subject.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Collections in Local History and Genealogy Reading Room in The Library of Congress (accessed 8 January 2014).
- ↑ Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC in National Archives (accessed 31 December 2013).
- ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 2. WorldCat 39493985; FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d.
- ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 126-27.
- ↑ NGS Mission in National Genealogical Society (accessed 14 January 2017).
- ↑ Home in National Genealogical Society (accessed 7 January 2017).
- ↑ Individual Member Benefits in National Genealogical Society (accessed 14 January 2017).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dollarhide and Bremer, 29.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Genealogy in Virginia Department of Health in Virginia.gov (accessed 15 May 2017).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Dollarhide and Bremer, 97.
- ↑ Using the Collections in Library of Virginia (accessed 7 January 2014).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Division of Vital Records in Virginia Department of Health in Virginia.gov (accessed 13 May 2017).
- ↑ How We Can Help in Virginia Historical Society (accessed 9 April 2021).
- ↑ Archives in Virginia Theological Seminary (accessed 5 January 2014).
- ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.
- ↑ Genealogy in Germanna Foundation (accessed 25 April 2016).
- ↑ Genealogy and History in Handley Regional Library (accessed 9 April 2021).
- ↑ John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library in Colonial Williamsburg (accessed 7 January 2014].
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.
- ↑ Home in Jones Memorial Library (accessed 7 January 2014).
- ↑ Genealogy and History Library in Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library (accessed 7 January 2014).
- ↑ Collections in Portsmouth Public Library (accessed 9 April 2021).
- ↑ Virginia Room in Roanoke, Virginia (accessed 7 January 2014).
- ↑ Genealogy in University of Virginia Library (accessed 7 January 2014).
- ↑ Genealogy Resources at Swem in Swem Library (accessed 7 January 2014).
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Dollarhide and Bremer, 55.
- ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 95.
- ↑ About Our Collections in Historical Society of Pennsylvania (accessed 27 December 2013).
- ↑ About the Library and Collections in Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (accessed 7 January 2017).
- ↑ Research in Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (accessed 7 January 2017).
- ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 81.
- ↑ Research Topics at the Pennsylvania State Archives in Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (accessed 23 December 2013).
- ↑ Nabb Research Center in Salisbury University (accessed 25 April 2017).
- ↑ The Tina Brayton Collection in Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County (accessed 3 January 2014).
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