Washington Area Research

Resource Repositories for the both the Washington DC Jewish Community and the general Washington DC Area

Washington, D.C.         

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION - ARCHIVES I
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20408
Customer Service Center: 202-357-5400
Web: http://www.archives.gov/
E-mail: inquire@nara.gov

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
101 Independence Avenue
Washington, DC 20540
Main Number: 202-707-5000
Web: http://www.loc.gov/index.html

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024
202-488-0400 Museum
202-479-9717 Library
202-488-6113 Archives
202-488-6130 Survivors Registry
Web: http://www.ushmm.gov

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH MILITARY HISTORY
Jewish War Veterans Headquarters
1811 R Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202-265-6280
Web: http://www.nmajmh.org/
E-mail: nmajmh@nmajmh.org

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (DAR) LIBRARY
1776 D Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
202-879-3229
Web: http://www.dar.org/library
E-mail: library@dar.org

HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
1733 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202-232-3579
Web: http://www.scottishrite.org/what/educ/library.html

U. S. NAVY MEMORIAL AND HERITAGE CENTER
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
General Information: 202-737-2300
Web: http://www.navymemorial.org

U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE (USCIS)
US Department of Homeland Security
425 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20536
202-514-3636
Web: http://www.uscis.gov
E-mail: Genealogy.USCIS@dhs.gov

THE NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 Kidder Breese SE
in the Washington Naval Yard
6th and M Streets, SE
Washington, DC 20374-5060
General Information: 202-433-2210
Library Phone: 202-433-4132
Web: http://www.history.navy.mil/index.html

JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER WASHINGTON
701 4th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-789-0900
E-mail: info@jhsgw.org

VITAL RECORDS DIVISION
of the DC Health Department
825 N. Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202-671-5000

MARRIAGE BUREAU
H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse
500 Indiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-879-4840 and 202-879-1010
Web: http://www.dccourts.gov/dccourts/superior/family/marriage.jsp

REGISTER OF WILLS
500 Indiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-879-4800

RECORDER OF DEEDS
DC Office of Tax and Revenue
515 D Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-727-0421 or 202-727-5374

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
Phone 202-273-5400
Web: http://www.cem.va.gov

U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
333 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-354-3000
Naturalization information: 202-354-3107

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
333 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Office of the Clerk
Phone: 202-216-7000

U.S. COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
Room 103
717 Madison Place, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-312-5500

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, DC
801 Mount Vernon Place, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-383-1850
Web: http://www.historydc.org

MARTIN LUTHER KING LIBRARY
Washingtoniana Division
901 G Street NW
Room 307
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-727-1213
Web: http://www.dclibrary.org/node/3293


Maryland

NARA ARCHIVES II AT COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND - ARCHIVES II
8601 Ade1phi Road
College Park, MD 20740
Main: 301-837-2000
Customer Service Center: 1-866-272-6272
Web: http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/index.html
E-mail: inquire@arch2.nara.gov

THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL RECORDS CENTER (WNRC)
Suitland Federal Complex
4205 Suitland Road
Suitland, MD 20746-8001
Main Phone: 301-778-1600
Research Room: 301-778-1505
References Services Branch: 301-778-1510
Request Section: 301-778-1557
Web: http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/suitland/
E-mail: inquire@nara.gov

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES
350 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: MD toll free 800- 235-4045 or 410-260-6400
Web: http://www.mdsa.net
E-mail: archives@mdarchives.state.md.us

MARYLAND STATE LAW LIBRARY
Courts of Appeal Building
361 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 410-260-1430
Web: http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/
E-mail: mdlaw.library@courts.state.md.us

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
National Institutes of Health
Building 38
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
Phone: 301-402-8878
Web: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/
E-mail: hmdref@nlm.nih.gov

Baltimore Hebrew University/
Jacob Meyerhoff Library
Towson, MD
The University has been merged into Towson University, part of the state public higher education system. The academic program has not been announced, and the Library is expected to reopen in the Fall of 2010.
http://www.towson.edu