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<h3><strong>ABOUT&nbsp;</strong></h3>
<p>The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, located at the Handley Library in Winchester, Virginia, is a local history and genealogy center focused on the history of the City of Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia, and to a lesser extent, surrounding counties. Its collections include a variety of genealogical sources such as deeds and other property and land records; birth, death, and marriage records; published genealogies; immigration, census, and court records; and other sources such a maps, manuscript collections, newspapers, and photographs. The collections include materials from the 1730s to the present. Researchers in the Reading Room may also access Ancestry, Fold 3 and Heritage Quest databases.</p>
<p>The Reading Room has two public computers for searching the catalog and other sources such as databases, indexes, and pathfinders. Two microfilm readers and a copier/scanner are available for researchers to use. Fees apply for paper copies. Researchers are encouraged to bring a flash drive if they wish to save copies of materials.</p>


<h3><strong>CONTACT INFORMATION&nbsp;</strong></h3>
<h3><strong>CONTACT INFORMATION&nbsp;</strong></h3>
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<h3><strong>SPECIAL NOTICE&nbsp;</strong></h3>
<h3><strong>SPECIAL NOTICE&nbsp;</strong></h3>
<p>The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives will be closed for renovation of its storage area and installation of moveable shelving beginning Monday October 31st until Saturday, December 3rd, 2022. During this period, the Reading Room will be closed to researchers and staff will be unable to undertake any research or reproduction requests. Normal operations are expected to resume Monday, December 5th.</p>
<p>The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives will be closed for renovation of its storage area and installation of moveable shelving beginning Monday October 31st until Saturday, December 3rd, 2022. During this period, the Reading Room will be closed to researchers and staff will be unable to undertake any research or reproduction requests. Normal operations are expected to resume Monday, December 5th.</p>
<h3><strong>USEFUL LINKS&nbsp;</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Plan Your Visit</strong>:https://www.handleyregional.org/archives/visit-the-archives<br>
<p><strong>Manuscript Collections</strong>: https://www.handleyregional.org/services/departments/archives/manuscripts<br>
<p><strong>Photographs</strong>https://handley.pastperfectonline.com/<br>
<p><strong>Historic Newspapers Online</strong>http://handleyregionallibrary.advantage-preservation.com/
<p><strong>City of Winchester Maps and Parking</strong>




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:*All [http://www.winchesterva.gov/transit/schedule-bus-stop-locations city buses] stop within three blocks of the library. The '''''Northside/Salvation Army&nbsp;''''' and the '''''Northside/Westminster Canterbury&nbsp;''''' southbound buses stop next to the library.<ref>[http://www.winchesterva.gov/transit/schedule-bus-stop-locations Bus Stop Locations] in ''Winchester, Virginia'' (accessed 3 January 2014).</ref><br>
:*All [http://www.winchesterva.gov/transit/schedule-bus-stop-locations city buses] stop within three blocks of the library. The '''''Northside/Salvation Army&nbsp;''''' and the '''''Northside/Westminster Canterbury&nbsp;''''' southbound buses stop next to the library.<ref>[http://www.winchesterva.gov/transit/schedule-bus-stop-locations Bus Stop Locations] in ''Winchester, Virginia'' (accessed 3 January 2014).</ref><br>


'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
*[https://www.handleyregional.org/ Handley Regional Library] services, calendar, beyond books, about us, favorite sites, hot titles, online resources, news. <br>
*[https://catalog.handleyregional.org/#section=home Library catalog]{{WC}} search by keywords, title, author, subject, notes, publisher, series, or ISBN, and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat]. <br>
*[https://www.handleyregional.org/services/departments/archives/contact-archives Family and Local History] photos, finding aids, free blacks, censuses, Internet databases, high school seniors 1921-1974, library's genealogical holdings. <br>
*[https://www.handleyregional.org/services/departments/archives/indexesandpathfinders Obituary index 1896-1913] (pdf).<br>
=== Collection Description  ===
Very large collection about Germans and Scots-Irish who traveled the [[Great Valley Road]] from '''''Pennsylvania''''' to '''''Virginia''''', including manuscripts, newspapers, biographies, and histories,<ref name="DB97">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 97. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</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>[http://www.handleyregional.org/handley/services.asp?loc=5 Family and Local History] in ''Handley Regional Library'' (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref>


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Revision as of 09:21, 28 July 2022

Handley Regional Library
Handley Library Winchester Virginia.jpg

ABOUT 

The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, located at the Handley Library in Winchester, Virginia, is a local history and genealogy center focused on the history of the City of Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia, and to a lesser extent, surrounding counties. Its collections include a variety of genealogical sources such as deeds and other property and land records; birth, death, and marriage records; published genealogies; immigration, census, and court records; and other sources such a maps, manuscript collections, newspapers, and photographs. The collections include materials from the 1730s to the present. Researchers in the Reading Room may also access Ancestry, Fold 3 and Heritage Quest databases.

The Reading Room has two public computers for searching the catalog and other sources such as databases, indexes, and pathfinders. Two microfilm readers and a copier/scanner are available for researchers to use. Fees apply for paper copies. Researchers are encouraged to bring a flash drive if they wish to save copies of materials.

CONTACT INFORMATION 

Address: 100 W. Piccadilly St., Winchester, VA 22601

Email: <a href="mailto:archives@handleyregional.org">archives@handleyregional.org</a>

Website:<a href="https://www.handleyregional.org/archives">www.handleyregional.org/archives</a>

Telephone: 540 662-9041, ext. 17

READING ROOM HOURS OF OPERATION 

Please note, the Reading Room will close for lunch daily from 12:30 PM to 1:15 PM.

Monday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

SPECIAL NOTICE 

The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives will be closed for renovation of its storage area and installation of moveable shelving beginning Monday October 31st until Saturday, December 3rd, 2022. During this period, the Reading Room will be closed to researchers and staff will be unable to undertake any research or reproduction requests. Normal operations are expected to resume Monday, December 5th.

USEFUL LINKS 

Plan Your Visit:https://www.handleyregional.org/archives/visit-the-archives

Manuscript Collections: https://www.handleyregional.org/services/departments/archives/manuscripts

Photographshttps://handley.pastperfectonline.com/

Historic Newspapers Onlinehttp://handleyregionallibrary.advantage-preservation.com/

City of Winchester Maps and Parking

  • 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.[1]

Tips[edit | edit source]

Use computers for free. Users must have a current Handley Regional Library card to use the Internet.[2]

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.[3]
  • 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.[4] [5]
  • 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.[4]

Similar Collections

Neighboring Collections

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Bus Stop Locations in Winchester, Virginia (accessed 3 January 2014).
  2. ↑ Handley Regional Library Internet Safety Policy in Handley Regional Library (accessed 3 January 2014).
  3. ↑ Family History at the National Archives in Philadelphia in National Archives (accessed 20 December 2013).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Genealogy in Virginia Department of Health (accessed 4 January 2014).
  6. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.
  7. ↑ The Tina Brayton Collection in Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County (accessed 3 January 2014).
  8. ↑ Home in Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society (accessed 4 January 2014).
  9. ↑ About Us in Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society (accessed 4 January 2012).
  10. ↑ The Heritage Center Program in Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center (4 January 2014).
  11. ↑ Clerk of the Circuit Court's Home Page in The Judicial Center (accessed 4 January 2014).
  12. ↑ The Collections in Local History and Genealogy Reading Room in Library of Congress (accessed 31 December 2013).
  13. ↑ Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC in National Archives (accessed 31 December 2013).
  14. ↑ Genealogical Research at The New York Public Library in New York Public Library (accessed 3 January 2014).
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