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*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:&nbsp;''''' ''Virginia:&nbsp;'' [[Clarke County, Virginia|Clarke]], [[Shenandoah County, Virginia|Shenandoah]], [[Warren County, Virginia|Warren]]; ''West&nbsp;Virginia:&nbsp;'' [[Berkeley County, Virginia|Berkeley]], [[Hampshire County, West Virginia|Hampshire]], [[Hardy County, West Virginia|Hardy]], [[Jefferson County, West Virginia|Jefferson]], and [[Morgan County, West Virginia|Morgan]].
 
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Revision as of 03:31, 4 January 2014

United States Gotoarrow.png Virginia Gotoarrow.png Archives and Libraries Gotoarrow.png Handley Regional Library

Handley Regional Library
Handley Library Winchester Virginia.jpg

Contact Information

E-mail:[1]  hlref@handleyregional.org

Address:[1]

100 West Piccadilly Street
Winchester, VA 22601

Telephone:[1]  540-662-9041
Fax:  540-722-4769

Hours and holidays:[1]

Library:  Monday/Wednesday 10am-8pm, Tuesday/Friday 10am-5pm, Thursday 10am-1pm, Sunday closed.
Archives:  Monday/Tuesday 1am-5pm, Wednesday 1pm-8pm, Thursday 10am-1pm, Friday/Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday closed.

Map, directions, and public transportation:[1]

  • 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.[2]

Internet sites and databases:

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,[3] 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.[4]

Tips

Use computers for free. Users must have a current Handley Regional Library card to use the Internet.[5]

Guides

  • Pathfinders biblographies for Civil War Manuscript Collection; Civil War Manuscripts - Diaries and Letters; Death Records Sources; Fairfax Land Grants.
  • Manuscript inventories Scope, content, and historical background for hundreds of collections.

Alternate Repositories

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

Similar Collections

  • Roanoke County Public Library
  • Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown, Santa Cruz, California,

Neighboring Collections

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hours and Locations in Handley Regional Library (3 January 2014).
  2. Bus Stop Locations in Winchester, Virginia (accessed 3 January 2014).
  3. William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 97. At various libraries (WorldCat). FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
  4. Family and Local History in Handley Regional Library (accessed 28 December 2013).
  5. Handley Regional Library Internet Safety Policy in Handley Regional Library (accessed 3 January 2014).
  6. Family History at the National Archives in Philadelphia in National Archives (accessed 20 December 2013).
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