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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.

  • Resource Guides - Genealogy & Family History

• Do Research

  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.

  • District of Columbia

• Gallaudet University Library Deaf Collections and Archives

  Washington, DC

  • Genealogy Resources

    Includes: Alumni Cards 1866-1961, Columbia Institution Statistics 1857-1897, Columbia Institution Statistics 1898-1950, Faculty/Staff Cards 1910-1944, Fay Marriage Index Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Applications 1824-1938, Vital Records.

    • Alumni Cards 1866-1961

    • Columbia Institution Statistics 1857-1897

      The Statistics of Pupils who attended the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (Gallaudet University) from 1857-1897 was compiled by the Registrar's Office.

    • Columbia Institution Statistics 1898-1950

      The Statistics of Pupils who attended the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (Gallaudet University) from 1898-1950 was compiled by the Registrar's Office.

    • Faculty/Staff 1910-1944

    • Fay Index

      Dr. Edward Allen Fay, an editor of the American Annals of the Deaf produced a 528-page report titled "Marriages of the Deaf"

    • Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Applications 1824-1938

      A residential school for the deaf in Philadelphia.

    • Vital Records

      The Archives has created 19 indexes of birth, marriage, and death records derived from various Deaf publications.

• 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

  • Request and Order Reproductions

  • Resources for Genealogists

  • Washington, DC, Area Locations

• 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

  • DAR Library

    A searchable catalog for the library of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington D.C.

  • Library Search by Mail

• 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.

  • Registry Of Jewish Holocaust Survivors

  • Voyage of the St. Louis

    Documents the attempts of Jewish refugees to flee pre-war Germany.

    • Passenger List

    • The Search

      Provides scanned images of documents relating to four of the passengers on the St. Louis. Interactive learning site which allows a visitor to use the scanned original records to learn the ultimate fate of the four passengers

• 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.

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