Capital Collections

Capital Collections

It’s a Capital publication………..

Announcing the publication of the newly updated and expanded fourth edition of “Capital Collections: Resources for Jewish Genealogical Research in the Washington, DC Area,” published by The Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington.

If you plan a trip to the nation’s capitol or you are a resident of the area, you will find this 103-page guide to be indispensable. Resources, phone numbers, websites and security information has been updated. Newly identified sites have been added. There is also a new section on public transportation, including a map of the DC Metro system.

    The contents include:

  • Getting around the DC Metro area. NEW!
  • National Archives and Records Administration
  • NARA Archives II at College Park, Maryland
  • The Library Of Congress
  • The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • National Museum of American Jewish Military History
  • Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library
  • Family History Centers
  • National Library of Medicine
  • House of the Temple Library and Museum NEW!
  • Washington, DC
  • Maryland (inclding special sections On Baltimore and Anapolis)
  • Virginia (including Northern Va and Richmond)
  • Synagogues in the Washington Area
  • Cemeteries in the Washington Area and the synagogues & burial societies using them.
  • Cemeteries in the Baltimore Area and the synagogues & burial societies using them.

The book is bound and lies flat for ease of use. It is certainly a MUST for genealogy libraries.

Pricing:

$18 per copy + $5 S&H in U.S.
$12 + $5 S&H for single-copies for JGS libraries
$12 for JGSGW members - pick-up
$12 + $3 S&H for JGSGW members - mailing in U.S.

Check must accompany order. Send order to:

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington, Inc.
P.O. Box 31122
Bethesda, MD 20824
Att: Capital Collections