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Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers And Obituaries
Periodicals
Probate Records
Taxation
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
NEWSPAPERS The first major newspaper in the area, the Daily National Intelligencer, began publication in 1800. The Family History Library has microfilm copies from 1800 to 1852 (FHL films 176483-564). A history of the paper is available, and the marriage and death notices found in it have been abstracted and published for 1806-1858 (FHL film 441391).
The Reference Division of the District of Columbia Public Library has The National Intelligencer from 1800 to 1869, The Evening Star from 1852 to the present, and The Washington Post from 1877 to the present.
No periodicals with detailed genealogical information specifically about families from the District of Columbia are presently being published.
Probate records
Wills after 1888, and administrations after 1878, are also at the:
Another index is Dorothy S. Provine Index to District of Columbia Wills [1801-1920]. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1992. (FHL book 975.3 P22p.)
Tax assessments for the years 1790 to 1805 are at the Maryland State Archives. The 1798 Direct Tax of Maryland (including the District of Columbia) is at the Family History Library (FHL film 499897).
Alexandria City tax assessments from 1796 to 1869 are at the:
The National Archives has microfilmed the following:
The Family History Library has the following microfilm copies from the National Archives:
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and OBITUARIES
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PERIODICALS
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PROBATE RECORDS
prior to 1800 were kept by the appropriate courts of Virginia and Maryland. The National Archives has a series of will transcripts from 1801 to 1888. A second series of transcripts from 1801 to 1919 and the original wills from 1801 to the present are available at:
Register of Wills and Clerk of the Probate Court
The National Archives has probate administrations (1801-36 and 1854-78) and guardianship
U.S. Courthouse
500 Indiana Ave., N.W., Rm. 5000
Washington, D.C. 20001
Telephone: 202-879-1499
papers (1801-78). They also have an index to administration dockets, guardian dockets, and case files.
U.S. District Court
The Family History Library does not have District of Columbia probate records or microfilms. Abstracts
3rd and Constitution Ave. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Telephone: 202-273-0555
of many early wills are in Mrs. Alexander H. Bell, Abstracts of Wills in the District of Columbia, 1776-1815, 2 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Bell, 1946; FHL book 975.3 S2b; vol. 2 on film 207695; vols. 1-2 on fiche 6051443-4).
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TAXATION
The Library of Virginia
The Washingtoniana Division of the District of Columbia Public Library has the following:
11th Street at Capitol Square
Richmond, VA 23219-3491
Telephone: 804-786-8929
Fax: 804-786-5855
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