Mount Vernon Virginia FamilySearch Center

This article describes the services and resources available at a FamilySearch Center, a branch facility of the FamilySearch Library.

The Mount Vernon Virginia Family Center is located in the Franconia area of Alexandria, Virginia and in the Mount Vernon Virginia Stake Center. We are available to help you get started with family history research and can help you to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog

Center Contacts and Hours

Address:

• 6219 Villa St Alexandria VA 22310-1725 United States (entrance on the south side of the building)

Location Map:

• Location Map

Phone:

• 1-703-313-7918

E-mail:

• VA_MountVernon@ldsmail.net

Open Hours: see monthly calendar

• Tuesday: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• Wednesday: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

• Thursday: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm (please call first to confirm); 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm **new beginning 1 Sep**

• Friday: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Saturday: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm **now open every Sat morning starting September**
• Sunday: 2:00pm-5:00pm (Spanish language assistance available 2pm-3pm; Asistencia en español 14:00-15:00)

Holiday Schedule and Closings:

Closed all major holidays

**Center will be closed on Tuesday, 8 November for Election Day.

**Center will be closed from Wednesday, 23 November through Saturday, 26 November for Thanksgiving.

The center is closed when the Fairfax County Schools are closed for inclement weather.

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Center Resources

Collections

• FamilySearch Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog.

Databases and Software

• 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. This includes Ancestry.com, FindMyPast, MyHeritage, Fold3, 19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive, Alexander Street Press (Civil War databases), Proquest Obituaries, Kinpoint Premium, and Puzzilla.org.

Hardware and Equipment

• The center has several microfilm readers, one of which is connected to a computer that will allow you to scan the records and save them to a flash drive. There are six computers with internet access that you can use to do research.

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Resources in the Local Area

• National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC www.archives.gov
• Library of Congress, Washington, DC www.loc.gov/index.html
• DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution)  www.dar.org
• Martin Luther King Public Library, Washington DC Special Collections  www.dclibrary.org/research/collections
• Maryland Archives  www.msa.md.gov
• Maryland Genealogical Society www.mdgensoc.org

• Virginia Room of the Fairfax County Virginia Library  www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr

• Mt. Vernon Genealogy Society  www.mvgenealogy.org

• Virginia Genealogical Society  www.vgs.org
• Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society (AAHGS) www.aahgs.org

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Links

Other Family History Centers in the area:

• Annandale 3900 Howard St, Annandale VA 22003
• McLean 2034 Great Falls St, Falls Church VA 22043
• Washington DC 10000 Stoneybrook Dr Kensington MD 20895
• Woodbridge 3000 Dale Boulevard, Dale City VA 22193

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Volunteer at the Center

If you are interested in volunteering at the center, please contact the center director at VA_MountVernon@ldsmail.net.