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United States Virginia Archives and Libraries Handley Regional Library

Handley Regional Library

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:

Handley Regional Library services, calendar, beyond books, about us, favorite sites, hot titles, online resources, news.
Library catalog search by keywords, title, author, subject, notes, publisher, series, or ISBN, and in WorldCat.
Family and Local History photos, finding aids, free blacks, censuses, Internet databases, high school seniors 1921-1974, library's genealogical holdings.
Obituary index 1896-1913 (pdf).

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 brief 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

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.^[6]
Library of Virginia, Richmond, large genealogy collection including births and deaths 1853-1896, marriages before 1936, histories, biographies, newspapers, Bibles, and huge manuscript collection (about half online), military and Civil War records, deeds, wills and other court records.^[7] ^[8]
Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, county records, militia lists, bounty lands, tax lists, poll lists, genealogies, newspapers, Bibles, and a huge index to Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky settlers.^[7]

Similar Collections

Bristol Public Library a relatively small family folder collection, but an important resource for settlers coming from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and northern Virginia along the Great Valley Road into Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina.^[9]
Roanoke County Public Library, very good for southwest Virginia, including family folders, books, genealogies, and indexes.^[7]
Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown, Santa Cruz, Calif., the SCGS's Tina Brayton Collection is equivalent to the Draper Collection but larger and with a better index, and many compiled genealogies of Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia families.^[7] ^[10]

Neighboring Collections

Office of Vital Records, Richmond, marriage, divorce and death after 50 years, birth after 100 years.^[8]
Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society, Winchester, promotes sound genealogical practices, especially for Augusta, Berkeley (now WV), Clarke, Jefferson (now WV), Frederick, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Page, and Warren counties.^[11]
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society operates the archives at Hendley Regional Library.^[12]
Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center history of the Brethren and Mennonites in settling the Shenandoah Valley, during the Civil War, and early 1900s.^[13]
City of Winchester, County of Frederick Circuit Court marriages and probate records.^[14]
Repositories in surrounding counties: Virginia: Clarke, Shenandoah, Warren; West Virginia: Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, and Morgan.
Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, books, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources.^[15]
National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.^[16]
New York Public Library international genealogy, heraldry, personal and family names (in Roman alphabets), family papers, Dorot Jewish collection, maps, periodicals, American history at national, state, and local levels.^[17]

Sources[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Hours and Locations in Handley Regional Library (3 January 2014).
↑ Bus Stop Locations in Winchester, Virginia (accessed 3 January 2014).
↑ 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.
↑ Family and Local History in Handley Regional Library (accessed 28 December 2013).
↑ Handley Regional Library Internet Safety Policy in Handley Regional Library (accessed 3 January 2014).
↑ Family History at the National Archives in Philadelphia in National Archives (accessed 20 December 2013).
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Genealogy in Virginia Department of Health (accessed 4 January 2014).
↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.
↑ The Tina Brayton Collection in Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County (accessed 3 January 2014).
↑ Home in Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society (accessed 4 January 2014).
↑ About Us in Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society (accessed 4 January 2012).
↑ The Heritage Center Program in Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center (4 January 2014).
↑ Clerk of the Circuit Court's Home Page in The Judicial Center (accessed 4 January 2014).
↑ The Collections in Local History and Genealogy Reading Room in Library of Congress (accessed 31 December 2013).
↑ Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC in National Archives (accessed 31 December 2013).
↑ Genealogical Research at The New York Public Library in New York Public Library (accessed 3 January 2014).

[hl-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).

[DB97-3] 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).

[DB113-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.

[VDH-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Genealogy in Virginia Department of Health (accessed 4 January 2014).

[DB105-9] Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.

[10] The Tina Brayton Collection in Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County (accessed 3 January 2014).

[11] Home in Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society (accessed 4 January 2014).

[12] About Us in Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society (accessed 4 January 2012).

[13] The Heritage Center Program in Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center (4 January 2014).

[14] Clerk of the Circuit Court's Home Page in The Judicial Center (accessed 4 January 2014).

[15] The Collections in Local History and Genealogy Reading Room in Library of Congress (accessed 31 December 2013).

[16] Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC in National Archives (accessed 31 December 2013).

[17] Genealogical Research at The New York Public Library in New York Public Library (accessed 3 January 2014).

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 '''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
-*[[Bristol Public Library]] a relatively small family folder collection, but an important resource for settlers coming from '''''Pennsylvania, Maryland''''', and northern '''''Virginia''''' &nbsp;along the [[Great Valley Road]] into '''''Tennessee, Kentucky''''', and '''''North Carolina'''''.<ref name="DB105">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 105. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>
+*[[Bristol Public Library]] a relatively small family folder collection, but an important resource for settlers coming from '''''Pennsylvania, Maryland''''', and northern '''''Virginia''''' &nbsp;along the [[Great Valley Road]] into '''''Tennessee, Kentucky''''', and '''''North Carolina'''''.<ref name="DB105">Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.</ref>
 *[http://www.roanokeva.gov/WebMgmt/ywbase61b.nsf/DocName/$virginiaroom Roanoke County Public Library], very good for southwest Virginia, including family folders, books, genealogies, and indexes.<ref name="DB113" /><br>
 *[[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]], Santa Cruz, Calif., the SCGS's '''''[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ Tina Brayton Collection]''''' is equivalent to the ''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/military/draper/ Draper Collection]'' but larger and with a better index, and many compiled genealogies of '''''Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee''''', and '''''West Virginia&nbsp;''''' 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>