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

Baltimore Hebrew University/Jacob Meyerhoff Library
5800 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-578-6936
Web: www.bhu.edu/joseph.html
Closed Saturday

DAR Library
1776 D Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-5303
202-879-3229
Web: www.dar.org
Closed Sunday
User fee

DCJCC Library
1529 16th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-518-9400
Web: www.washingtondcjcc.org

Jack Klein Memorial Library of Jewish Genealogy and History
Beth El Hebrew Congregation
3830 Seminary Rd.
Alexandria, VA
Web: www.bethelhebrew.org
703-370-9400

JCC of Greater Washington
6125 Montrose Road
Rockville, MD 20852
301-881-0100
Web: www.jccgw.org
Closed Saturday

JCC of Northern Virginia
8900 Little River Turnpike
Fairfax, VA
703-323-0880
Web: www.jccnv.org

Jewish Information Service
Answers questions about local, national and international Jewish concerns. “Just ask!”
6101 Montrose Road
Rockville, MD 20852
301-770-4848
703-978-3910
Email:
jirs@shalomdc.org

Jewish Historical Society of Washington
600 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-789-0900
Fax: 202-789-0485
Email: info@jhsgw.org
Closed Saturday

Jewish Museum of Maryland
15 Lloyd Street
Baltimore, MD
410-732-6400
Web: www.jhsm.org
(By appointment only - with genealogist)
Open Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 12 pm to 4 pm.
Admission free for members, discounts for students

Jewish War Veterans Headquarters
1811 R Street, NW
Washington, DC
202-265-6280
METRO: Dupont Circle
Web:www.jwv.org
Closed Saturday

Kavod v'Nichum and the Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington
8112 Sea Water Path
Columbia, MD 21045
410-733-3700
Web:www.jewish-funerals.org
Email:
info@jewish-funerals.org

Library of Congress
Independence Avenue at First Street, SE
Closed Sundays
METRO: Capitol South
Web: lcweb.loc.gov
Reference assistance: 202-707-5522, including:
     Local History of Genealogy, LJG42
     Main Reading Room, LJ100
     Microform (city directories) LJ139B
     European Reading Room, LJ 2nd floor 202-707-4515
     Hebraic Section, LJ220, 202-707-5422
     Geography & Map Reading Room, LMB01, 202-707-6277
     Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room, LM133, 202-707-5690

Martin Luther King Library - Main DC Public Library
Washingtoniana Division, 3rd floor
901 G Street, NW
Washington, DC
METRO: Metro Center
Web: dcpl.dc.gov/dcpl/cwp/view.asp?a=1264&q=566688
202-727-1213

Maryland Historical Society
201 West Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-685-3750
Web: www.mdhs.org
Satellite Museums:
     Baltimore Civil War Museum
     Fells Point Maritime Museum

Maryland Immigration Digital Library
College of Library and Information Services (virtual)
University of Maryland
Web:
www.oriole.umd.edu/~mddlmddl/791

Maryland State Archives/Hall of Records
350 Rowe Blvd.
Annapolis, MD 21401
800-235-4045 or 410-974-3914
Web: www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/homepage/html/homepage.html
Closed on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, the first Saturday of every month
and the Saturday of holiday weekends

Mormon Family History Centers - Genealogical Libraries
1875 Ritchie Highway, Annapolis, MD 410-757-4173
4100 St. Johns Lane, Ellicott City, MD 410-465-1642
199 N. Place, Frederick, MD 301-698-0406
18900 Kings View Road, Germantown, MD 301-972-5897
10000 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington, MD 301-587-0042
5300 Auth Way, Suitland, MD 301-423-8294


3900 Howard Street, Annandale, VA 703-256-5518
14150 Upper Ridge, Centreville, VA 703-830-5343
3000 Dale Blvd., Dale City, VA 703-670-5977
2034 Great Falls Street, McLean, VA 703-532-9019
2000 Mt. Vernon Mem. Hgwy, Mt. Vernon, VA 703-799-3071
2719 Hunter Mill Rd., Oakton, VA 703-281-1836

National Archives
Web: www.archives.gov/genealogy
Closed Sunday

  ARCHIVES I:
Pennsylvania Avenue entrance between 7th & 9th Sts., NW
METRO: Archives
General Information: 202-501-5400
Genealogical Reference: 202-501-5412
  ARCHIVES II
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD
301-713-6800

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Research Institute
100 Rauol Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC
METRO: Smithsonian
Museum: 202-488-0400
Institute: 202-479-9717
MUSEUM: www.ushmm.gov
LIBRARY: library.ushmm.org


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Last updated: March 24, 2009