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'''Public transportation, maps, and directions:''' <br> | '''Public transportation, maps, and directions:''' <br> | ||
*one block north of the Metro [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/images/metrorailmap.html Orange or Blue Line] '''''Capitol South''''' subway statiion<br> | *one block north, then one block east of the Metro [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/images/metrorailmap.html Orange or Blue Line] '''''Capitol South''''' subway statiion<br> | ||
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=101+Independence+Avenue+Southwest,+Washington,+DC&sll=38.887692,-77.006049&sspn=0.008618,0.013797&g=101+Independence+Avenue+Southwest,+Washington,+DC&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=101+Independence+Ave+SW,+Washington,+District+of+Columbia,+20024&ll=38.887692,-77.006049&spn=0.017237,0.027595&z=14&output=embed map] of the location in the city | *[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=101+Independence+Avenue+Southwest,+Washington,+DC&sll=38.887692,-77.006049&sspn=0.008618,0.013797&g=101+Independence+Avenue+Southwest,+Washington,+DC&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=101+Independence+Ave+SW,+Washington,+District+of+Columbia,+20024&ll=38.887692,-77.006049&spn=0.017237,0.027595&z=14&output=embed map] of the location in the city | ||
*[http://www.loc.gov/loc/maps/images/g-jeffsn.jpg map] of the Thomas Jefferson building | *[http://www.loc.gov/loc/maps/images/g-jeffsn.jpg map] of the Thomas Jefferson building | ||
*Local History | *Local History & Genealogy Reading Room is in southeast corner, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Bldg. | ||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
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Established in 1800, the original small library was destroy during the British invasion of 1814. A month later Thomas Jefferson offered his own personal library of 6,487 books as a replacement. Since becoming the U.S. copyright repository it has grown to the largest library in the world. It serves both houses of Congress, and is open to the public.<ref>"History" in The Library of Congress [Internet site] at http://www.loc.gov/about/history.html (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref> | Established in 1800, the original small library was destroy during the British invasion of 1814. A month later Thomas Jefferson offered his own personal library of 6,487 books as a replacement. Since becoming the U.S. copyright repository it has grown to the largest library in the world. It serves both houses of Congress, and is open to the public.<ref>"History" in The Library of Congress [Internet site] at http://www.loc.gov/about/history.html (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref> | ||
[[ | [[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Local History and Genealogy Reading Room] is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, rich in collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources<br> | ||
The [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Local History and Genealogy Reading Room] has one of the world's premier collections of U.S. and foreign genealogical and local historical publications.<ref name="LHGRR" /> | The [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Local History and Genealogy Reading Room] has one of the world's premier collections of U.S. and foreign genealogical and local historical publications.<ref name="LHGRR" /> | ||
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=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
*Before | *Before s visit to the Reading Room, be sure to read [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/begin.html Before You Begin] about obtaining a Reader I.D. Card. | ||
=== Guides === | === Guides === | ||
*James C. Neagles, and Mark C. Neagles, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20826473 The Library of Congress : a guide to genealogical and historical research]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Pub., c1990) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=519596&disp=The+Library+of+Congress%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL Book 973 D23ne]]. | |||
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