Handley Regional Library

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ABOUT

The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, located at the Handley Library in Winchester, Virginia, is a local history and genealogy center focused on the history of the City of Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia, and to a lesser extent, surrounding counties. Its collections include a variety of genealogical sources such as deeds and other property and land records; birth, death, and marriage records; published genealogies; tax lists; immigration, census, and court records; and other sources such a maps, manuscript collections, newspapers, and photographs. The collections include materials from the 1730s to the present. Researchers in the Reading Room may also access Ancestry, Fold 3 and Heritage Quest databases.

The Reading Room has two public computers for searching the catalog and other sources such as databases, indexes, and pathfinders. Two microfilm readers and a copier/scanner are available for researchers to use. Fees apply for paper copies. Researchers are encouraged to bring a flash drive if they wish to save copies of materials.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Address : 100 W. Piccadilly St., Winchester, VA 22601

Email : archives@handleyregional.org

Website : http://www.handleyregional.org/archives

Telephone : 540 662-9041, ext. 17

READING ROOM HOURS OF OPERATION

Please note, the Reading Room will close for lunch daily from 12:30 PM to 1:15 PM.

Monday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Tuesday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Wednesday: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM

Thursday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Friday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Saturday: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

SPECIAL NOTICE The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives will be closed for renovation of its storage area and installation of moveable shelving beginning Monday October 31st until Saturday, December 3rd, 2022. During this period, the Reading Room will be closed to researchers and staff will be unable to undertake any research or reproduction requests. Normal operations are expected to resume Monday, December 5th.

USEFUL LINKS Plan Your Visit to the Stewart Bell Jr. Archives : https://www.handleyregional.org/archives/visit-the-archives Manuscript Collections : https://www.handleyregional.org/services/departments/archives/manuscripts Handley Regional Library Online Catalog : https://catalog.handleyregional.org/ Photographs : https://handley.pastperfectonline.com/ Historic Newspapers Online : http://handleyregionallibrary.advantage-preservation.com/ City of Winchester Maps and Parking : https://oldtownwinchesterva.com/about-old-town/maps-parking/ Winchester & Frederick County Visitors Center : https://visitwinchesterva.com/

NEIGHBORING REPOSITORIES: COURT HOUSE, LIBRARIES AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES Clarke County Historical Association, Clarke County, Virginia : https://www.clarkehistory.org/ Truban Archive at the Shenandoah County Library, Shenandoah County, Virginia : https://countylib.org/truban-archivesz Warren Heritage Society, Warren County, Virginia : https://warrenheritagesociety.org/our-people/ Berkeley County Historical Society, Berkeley County, West Virginia : http://www.bchs.org/about.html Jefferson County Historical Society, Jefferson County, West Virginia : http://www.jeffersonhistoricalwv.org/index.html Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia : https://www.leesburgva.gov/departments/thomas-balch-library Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society : https://winchesterhistory.org/ Winchester and Frederick County Court :  http://www.winfredclerk.com/default.htm

STATE REPOSITORIES Office of Vital Records, Virginia : https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/vital-records/ Virginia Museum of History & Culture (formerly Virginia Historical Society) : https://virginiahistory.org/ Library of Virginia : https://www.lva.virginia.gov/

CREDIT This FamilySearch Affiliate wikipage for the Stewart Bell Jr. Archives at the Handley Library in Winchester, Virginia is maintained by Archives staff. Please contact us at archives@handleyregional.org with questions about collections and services. Last updated: July 28, 2022.