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{{nowrap|[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]] {{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]] {{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[National Archives at College Park, Maryland|National Archives II]] {{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[National Archives at College Park, Maryland|National Archives II]] (College Park, MD) {{·}}}}
Wasington National Records Center {{·}}
Wasington National Records Center (Suitland, MD) {{·}}
{{nowrap|[[National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)]] (St. Louis, MO){{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)]] (St. Louis, MO){{·}}}}
Bureau of Land Management Eastern States Office {{·}}
Bureau of Land Management Eastern States Office {{·}}
City of Fairfax Regional Library {{·}}
City of Fairfax Regional Library (VA) {{·}}
{{nowrap|[[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library]]{{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library]]{{·}}}}
District of Columbia Archives {{·}}
District of Columbia Archives {{·}}
District of Columbia Marriage Bureau {{·}}
District of Columbia Marriage Bureau {{·}}
District of Columbia Public Library {{·}}
District of Columbia Public Library {{·}}
District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds {{·}}
District of Columbia Register of Wills {{·}}
District of Columbia Vital Records {{·}}
District of Columbia Vital Records {{·}}
Gallaudet University Library {{·}}
Gallaudet University Library {{·}}
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{{nowrap|[[Library of Congress]]{{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[Library of Congress]]{{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[National Genealogical Society]] (Arlington, VA){{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[National Genealogical Society]] (Arlington, VA){{·}}}}
Prince George's County Genealogical Society {{·}}
Prince George's County Genealogical Society (Bowie, MD) {{·}}
Recorder of Deeds {{·}}
Register of Wills {{·}}
{{nowrap|[[Family History Library]] (Salt Lake City, UT){{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[Family History Library]] (Salt Lake City, UT){{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[Library of Virginia]] (Richmond, VA){{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[Library of Virginia]] (Richmond, VA){{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[Maryland State Archives]] (Annapolis, MD){{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[Maryland State Archives]] (Annapolis, MD){{·}}}}
{{nowrap|[[New York Public Library]] NY}}
{{nowrap|[[New York Public Library]] (NY)}}


== Online Records  ==
== Online Records  ==
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[[File:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Martin Luther King Jr.  D.C. Public Library]]Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library<br>901 "G" Street, N.W.<br>Washington, DC 20001-4599<br>Telephone: 202-727-0321<br>E-mail: [http://www.dclibrary.org/contact Contact Us] form <br>Internet: [http://www.dclibrary.org/node/3293 Genealogy Resources]
[[File:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Martin Luther King Jr.  D.C. Public Library]]Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library<br>901 "G" Street, N.W.<br>Washington, DC 20001-4599<br>Telephone: 202-727-0321<br>E-mail: [http://www.dclibrary.org/contact Contact Us] form <br>Internet: [http://www.dclibrary.org/node/3293 Genealogy Resources]
:City directories, marriages and deaths in MD DC and VA, obituaries, DC area newspapers, church and cemetery record indexes, censuses, naturalizations, emancipations, free Negros, runaways, fugitive slave cases, guardianship index, indentures and apprenticeship, and biographies.<ref>[http://www.dclibrary.org/node/3293 Genealogy Resources] in ''DC Public Library'' (accessed 7 January 2017).</ref> The library's [http://dclibrary.org/research/collections Special Collections] include Washingtoniana, The Peabody Room (Georgetown historical resources), and the Black Studies Center.
:City directories, marriages and deaths in MD DC and VA, obituaries, DC area newspapers, church and cemetery record indexes, censuses, naturalizations, emancipations, free Negros, runaways, fugitive slave cases, guardianship index, indentures and apprenticeship, and biographies.<ref>[http://www.dclibrary.org/node/3293 Genealogy Resources] in ''DC Public Library'' (accessed 7 January 2017).</ref> The library's [http://dclibrary.org/research/collections Special Collections] include Washingtoniana, The Peabody Room (Georgetown historical resources), and the Black Studies Center.
=== District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds ===
District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds<br>1101 4th Street, SW, 5th Floor<br>Washington, DC 20024<br>Telephone: 202-727-5374<br>Fax: 202-442-6890<br>Internet: [http://otr.cfo.dc.gov/service/otr-recorder-deeds OTC Recorder of Deeds]
:Resources for locating property owners including buyers of the first DC land auction sales.<ref name="DB29" />  &nbsp;'''See also: [[District_of_Columbia_Archives_and_Libraries#District_of_Columbia_Archives|District of Columbia Archives]]'''.
=== District of Columbia Register of Wills ===
Attention: Probate Systems Office<br>Probate Division<br>515 5th Street, NW<br>Washington, DC 20001<br>DC Courts telephone: 202-879-1010<br>Internet: [http://www.dccourts.gov/internet/public/aud_probate/recordsearch.jsf Request Record Searches and Copies]
:Closed cases more than ten years old are sent to storage either at the WNRC Suitland Records Center, or at the D.C. Archives. To retrieve a will that is in storage, complete section 1 of the [http://www.dccourts.gov/internet/documents/CaseInformationArchiveCaseRequestForm.pdf Case Information - Archive Case Request Form]. Mail in the completed form. The register's office will contact you when the document has been retrieved and is available for viewing for about two weeks.<ref>[http://www.dccourts.gov/internet/public/aud_probate/recordsearch.jsf Request Record Searches and Copies] in ''District of Columbia Courts'' (accessed 7 January 2017).</ref>  &nbsp;'''See also: [[District_of_Columbia_Archives_and_Libraries#District_of_Columbia_Archives|District of Columbia Archives]]'''.


=== District of Columbia Vital Records ===
=== District of Columbia Vital Records ===
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12219 Tulip Grove Drive<br>Bowie, MD<br>Telephone: 301-262-2063<br>E-mail: [mailto:pgcgs@juno.com pgcgs@juno.com]<br>Internet: [http://pgcgs.org/Library.php Library information]
12219 Tulip Grove Drive<br>Bowie, MD<br>Telephone: 301-262-2063<br>E-mail: [mailto:pgcgs@juno.com pgcgs@juno.com]<br>Internet: [http://pgcgs.org/Library.php Library information]
: 5,500 volumes, surname files, family group sheets, Bible records and microfilms. Focused primarily on Prince George's County, Maryland, and the eastern states.<ref>[http://pgcgs.org/Library.php Library information] in ''Prince George's County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 7 January 2017).</ref>
: 5,500 volumes, surname files, family group sheets, Bible records and microfilms. Focused primarily on Prince George's County, Maryland, and the eastern states.<ref>[http://pgcgs.org/Library.php Library information] in ''Prince George's County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 7 January 2017).</ref>
=== Recorder of Deeds ===
District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds<br>1101 4th Street, SW, 5th Floor<br>Washington, DC 20024<br>Telephone: 202-727-5374<br>Fax: 202-442-6890<br>Internet: [http://otr.cfo.dc.gov/service/otr-recorder-deeds OTC Recorder of Deeds]
:Resources for locating property owners including buyers of the first DC land auction sales.<ref name="DB29" />  &nbsp;'''See also: [[District_of_Columbia_Archives_and_Libraries#District_of_Columbia_Archives|District of Columbia Archives]]'''.
=== Register of Wills ===
Attention: Probate Systems Office<br>Probate Division<br>515 5th Street, NW<br>Washington, DC 20001<br>DC Courts telephone: 202-879-1010<br>Internet: [http://www.dccourts.gov/internet/public/aud_probate/recordsearch.jsf Request Record Searches and Copies]
:Closed cases more than ten years old are sent to storage either at the WNRC Suitland Records Center, or at the D.C. Archives. To retrieve a will that is in storage, complete section 1 of the [http://www.dccourts.gov/internet/documents/CaseInformationArchiveCaseRequestForm.pdf Case Information - Archive Case Request Form]. Mail in the completed form. The register's office will contact you when the document has been retrieved and is available for viewing for about two weeks.<ref>[http://www.dccourts.gov/internet/public/aud_probate/recordsearch.jsf Request Record Searches and Copies] in ''District of Columbia Courts'' (accessed 7 January 2017).</ref>  &nbsp;'''See also: [[District_of_Columbia_Archives_and_Libraries#District_of_Columbia_Archives|District of Columbia Archives]]'''.


== Repositories Outside the District of Columbia Area ==
== Repositories Outside the District of Columbia Area ==
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