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{{FHCpage|location=Washington D.C.}}The Washington DC Family History Center welcomes you, and we look forward to assisting you with your genealogical research. We provide access to digitized and microfilm records, books, and genealogical websites. Our all-volunteer staff is ready to answer questions about the resources available in the FHC and give limited research guidance.There is no charge for using the facility, and only nominal charges for copies, forms, and rental of microfilms or microfiche.[[Image:Washingtondc.jpg|center|600px|Washingtondc.jpg]]  

'''Location Map:'''  

 

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*Language:English

*'''1-301-587-0042'''

'''E-mail:'''  

'''Open Hours:'''  

* '''Sunday: '''Closed

'''Website:'''[http://www.wdcfhc.org/ http://www.wdcfhc.org]

<br>'''Mailing Address: PO Box 49, Kensington, MD 20895 '''

:No materials can leave the FHC, including books, microfilm, microfiche or CD-ROMs. Smoking, alcohol and illegal drugs are not permitted anywhere on the premises. No food or drink (except for water) is permitted. <br>

 

Classes are held at the Washington DC Family History Center, monthly on the 3rd Saturday at 9:30 a.m.<br>10000 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington, MD 20895   

For registration and further information: &nbsp;[mailto:Info@wdcfhc.org Info@wdcfhc.org]&nbsp;&nbsp;phone: 301-587-0042<br>

=== Center Resources ===

==== &nbsp;Newsletter  ====

==== Oral History Room  ====

:A unique feature of our FHC is our Oral History Room, which is equipped with professional audio and digital video technology. This is an easy way to capture and preserve the living history of a family member or loved one. For further information or to schedule the room,call Linda Christensen at 301-587-0042; email: info@wdcfhc.org.

:*[https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog:'''] This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.

:*'''Books''' - Shelved by Locality, Subject, or Family Name. Books for each state in the U.S. are arranged alphabetically; each state has a binder containing a Research Outline and other materials. There are books on immigration, church records, census, military, and foreign countries; maps and atlases. &nbsp;

:#'''Family Group Records Archives (FGRA)''' - This is the only FHC east of the Mississippi River to have a full set of these microfilms which represent the largest part of the Family History Library’s collection of over 8 million Family Group Sheets. There are roughly 1991 films, arranged alphabetically by the husband’s surname.  

:#'''Other Finding Aids''' - research guides, handwriting guides, letter writing guides for foreign countries, magazines. <br>

:*'''[[FHC Portal]]''' This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions&nbsp;:&nbsp;Ancestry.com FHC Institution version, World Vital Records; Fold3.com, NewspaperArchive.com, MyHeritage, FamilyLink, Genline, FindMyPast.uk, FamilyHistoryLink, Alexander Street Press (Civil War), The Genealogist, Historic Map Works, 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive.  

:*Additional software programs include: Adobe Photoshop Elements, a software editing program for photos, slides and negatives; and ABBY Reader, which converts digitized documents into text documents. <br>&nbsp;

:*Twelve computers  

:*Six printers (one color)  

:*Two microfilm reader-printers (Canon and ScanPro)  

:*Two flatbed Epson scanners (to scan and edit photographs, slides, photo negatives and documents, and save them to a removable drive or CD)  

:*Ten microfilm readers  

:*Three microfiche readers<br>

 

Staff specialists are available to assist patrons in a variety of areas of research within the U.S. and many countries. We also have several staff members who are members of APG (Association of Professional Genealogists). If you have a specific research need, please view the specialists on our website ([http://wdcfhc.org/consultants.php wdcfhc.org/consultants.php]) or&nbsp;contact us to determine how we can be of help.  

=== Resources in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area<br>  ===

National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC&nbsp;[http://www.archives.gov/ www.archives.gov/]  

Library of Congress, Washington, DC&nbsp;[http://www.loc.gov/index.html www.loc.gov/index.html]  

DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) &nbsp;[http://www.dar.org/ www.dar.org/]  

Martin Luther King Public Library, Washington DC Special Collections &nbsp;[http://www.dclibrary.org/research/collections www.dclibrary.org/research/collections]  

Maryland Archives &nbsp;[http://www.msa.md.gov/ www.msa.md.gov/]<br>

Maryland Genealogical Society &nbsp;[http://www.mdgensoc.org/ www.mdgensoc.org/]  

Virginia Room of the Fairfax County Virginia Library &nbsp;[http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/ www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/]  

Genealogy Events (sponsored by the Mt. Vernon Genealogy Society) &nbsp;[http://www.mvgenealogy.org/PDFs/Upcoming_Genealogy_Events.pdf www.mvgenealogy.org/PDFs/Upcoming_Genealogy_Events.pdf]  

 

Virginia Genealogical Society &nbsp;[http://www.vgs.org/ www.vgs.org/]

 

Afro-American Historical &amp; Genealogical Society (AAHGS)&nbsp;[http://www.aahgs.org/ www.aahgs.org/]