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Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

More than 2,500 artifacts available to search online. After the Civil War, tens of thousands of men were missing. Clara Barton and her small staff received over 63,000 requests for help. They were able to locate over 22,000 men, some of whom were still alive. Located in Washington, D.C.

District of Columbia Public Library - Martin Luther King Memorial Library - Washingtoniana Division & the Washington Star Collection Overview

Resources to be found at the Washingtoniana Division, which was established in 1905 with the mission to collect and make available material related to the District of Columbia. Covering a wide variety of subjects and consisting of various formats it is the largest comprehensive collection of material on the District of Columbia, current and historical. The collection supports all levels of research from high school papers to scholarly research.

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The collections of The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

Family History Center - Washington D.C. Temple

FamilySearch Catalog

From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfilm loans can be ordered and then sent to your local Family History Center.

Gallaudet University Library Deaf Collections and Archives

Washington, DC

LIBCAT: US-District of Columbia

A directory of library resources on the Internet.

LibDex - The Library Index - District of Columbia

A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

Library of Congress - Search results for District of Columbia

Library of Congress - Search results for Washington D.C.

National Archives and Records Administration

National Museum of African American History & Culture - Smithsonian

Washington, D.C. Devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture.

National Museum of American Jewish Military History

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Genealogical Research Library

PublicLibraries.com - District of Columbia

Smith's Master Index to Maritime Museum Websites - District of Columbia (Wayback Machine)

The Black Fashion Museum

The Black Fashion Museum in Washington DC acknowledges the achievements and contributions of people from the African Diaspora to the apparel industry.

United Methodist Church - Annual Conference Commissions on Archives and History

List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Washington, Dc.

WorldCat: The World's Largest Library Catalog

WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. You can search for books, music CDs, videos, and many new kinds of digital content such as downloadable audiobooks. You may also find article citations with links to their full text; authoritative research materials, such as documents and photos of local or historic significance; and digital versions of rare items that aren't available to the public. Special features include the ability for you to create lists of library items and build biblilographies.