Bristol Public Library

United States Virginia  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:bplref@yahoo.com bplref@yahoo.com]

Address:


 * 701 Goode Street
 * Bristol, VA 24201-4199

Telephone: 540-645-8780 Fax:  276-669-5593

Hours: Mon-Thurs 9am - 8pm; Fri and Sat 9am - 5pm; Sun 2pm - 5pm.

Map, directions, and public transportation:


 * Google Map and Directions for Bristol Public Library.
 * City Buses: All Bristol City Transit buses stop within two to four blocks of the library.

Internet sites and databases:


 * Bristol Public Library Avoca Branch Library, children, teens, learning lab, library foundation, resources, about us, and special events.
 * Catalog online of four libraries including Bristol Public: search by keyword, author, title, subject, call number, and ISBN.

Collection Description
They have a relatively small family folder collection. Nevertheless, it is an important resource for settlers coming from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and northern Virginia along the Great Valley Road into Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina. Their collections includes a file for local cemeteries, and local history file, regional history books, county courthouse records, family histories, Civil War records, censuses and census indexes. Emphasis is primarily on Tennessee and Virgina, and to a lesser degree on Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

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Alternate Repositories
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Overlapping Collections


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 * such as: NARA I
 * NARA II
 * National Archives at _____
 * State Archives
 * State Library
 * State Library

Similar Collections


 * National Personnel Records Center
 * LC
 * FHL
 * LC
 * FHL

Neighboring Collections


 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * U.S. District Court
 * County and local historical societies
 * County and local genealogical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
 * State Vital Records Office
 * State Historical Society
 * State Genealogical Society
 * University Libraries
 * Church archives
 * Repositories in other surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]
 * Repositories in other surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]