Local Research Locations
For additional local research locations, make note of the following resources. Or, for other D.C. related sites, check Neighborhood Links or more general History Links.
Department of Human Services
Vital Records Division
825 N. Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 442-9303
http://www.dchealth.com
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Birth and death records and indexes, 1874-present
D.C. Archives
1300 Naylor Court (off O Street between 9th and 10th Streets, NW)
Washington, D.C. 20001-4225
(202) 671-1107 (archivist)
(202) 671-1111 (records manager)
http://os.dc.gov/info/pubrec/pubrec.shtm#archives
Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (Call ahead to make an appointment.)
D.C. Historic Preservation Division
Office of Planning
801 N. Capitol Street, N.E.
Third Floor
Washington, D.C. 20002
(202) 442-8818
http://www.planning.dc.gov/preservation/index2.shtm
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
D.C. Marriage Bureau
500 Indiana Avenue
Room 5006
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 879-4840
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
D.C. Register of Wills
Probate Division
Room 5008
500 Indiana Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 879-1599, 1620, 7811, 1623
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
D.C. Public Library
Washingtoniana Division (3rd floor)
901 G Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 727-1213
http://www.dclibrary.org
Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Fri., Sat., 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Sun., 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
D.C. Recorder of Deeds
Room 300
515 D Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 727-5374
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Fairfax County Regional Library
Virginia Room
3915 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 246-2123
http://www.co.fairfax.va.us/library
Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Mon.-Thurs.
10 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri.
10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat.
12 noon-6 p.m., Sun.
George Washington University
Gelman Library, Special Collections
Room 207
2130 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
(202) 994-7549
http://gwu.edu/~gelman
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9a.m.-4 p.m.
Tues. (school terms) 9a.m.-8 p.m.
Georgetown Regional Library
Peabody Room
Wisconsin Avenue & R Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 282-0214
Hours: Call ahead; opening hours vary.
Library of Congress
1st Street and Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20540
http://lcweb.loc.gov
Reader's cards: Madison Bldg; LM140
Prints and Photographs
Madison Building, Room 351
(202) 707-6394
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Geography and Maps
Madison Building, Room BO1
(202) 707-6277
Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Local History and Genealogy
Jefferson Building, Room G42
(202) 707-5537
Hours:Tues., Thurs., Fri., 8:45 a.m.-9 p.m.
Sat., 8:45 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
LDS Family History Center
Washington, D.C. Temple
10000 Stoneybrook Drive
Kensington, MD 20895
(301) 587-0042
http://www.lds.org (LDS website)
Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tues.-Thurs., 7-10 p.m.
Maryland Historical Society Library
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(301) 685-3750
http://www.mdhs.org
Hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Maryland State Archives
Hall of Records
350 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401
(800) 235-4045
(410) 974-3914
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us
Hours: Mon.-Sat., 8:30-4:30 p.m.
Montgomery County Historical Society
103 West. Montgomery Ave.
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 340-2974 (Research Library)
Hours: Please call ahead to confirm.
Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
Founders Library
Howard University
Washington, DC 20059
(202) 806-7480
http://www.founders.howard.edu/moorland-spingarn
Hours:
Library: Mon.-Thurs., 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.;
Fri., 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Manuscripts: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,
2 -4:45 p.m.
National Archives
Pennsylvania Avenue at 8th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20408
(202) 501-5400
http://www.nara.gov
Hours: Mon., Wed., 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tues., Thurs., Fri., 8:45-9 p.m.
Sat., 8:45-4:45 p.m.
Civil Reference, Rm.410; 501-5395 x341
Military Reference, Rm.410; 501-5395 x329
Materials for these branches are pulled at 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, and 3:30 and made available in Central Reference, Room 203
Microfilm, room 400
National Archives II
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
(301) 713-6800
Hours: See National Archives listing above
Cartographics (third floor) The division also maintains an index to its cartographic holdings on specific Washington, D.C. properties; copy at HSW.
Still Picture Branch, room 5360
National Genealogical Society Library
Glebe House
4527 17th Street North
Arlington, VA 22207
(703) 525-0050
Hours: Mon. and Wed., 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Fri. and Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution Library
1776 D Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-5303
(202) 879-3229/8
http://www.dar.org/library
The DAR Library is also an LDS Family History Center
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sun., 1-5 p.m.
Prince George's County
Genealogical Society Library
12219 Tulip Grove Drive
Bowie, MD 20715
(301) 262-2063
Hours: Please call ahead to confirm.
Smithsonian Institution
(Washingtoniana photographs and architectural drawings)
Archives, Room 2135
Arts and Industries Building
(202) 786-2735
Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sumner School Museum and Archives
1201 Seventeenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 442-6060
Hours: Please call ahead for appointment
Student records from 1900 are maintained on microfiche at the Logan Administration Building, 215 G Street, NW, Room 105A (202-724-7751); access is restricted.