Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library

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Contact Information
Address:


 * National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
 * 1776 D Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-5303

Telephone: 202-628-1776  Hours:  Monday-Friday 8:30 to 4:00, Saturday 9:00 to 5:00

Internet sites and databases:


 * DAR Library Internet Site at http://www.dar.org/
 * DAR Library Catalog Online at http://www.dar.org/library/onlinlib.cfm
 * The DAR Genealogical Research System at http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm
 * "Daughters of the American Revolution," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughters_of_the_American_Revolution.

Collection Description
The DAR Library houses one of the largest genealogical collections in the United States. Its book collection includes more than 150,000 volumes concerning people and places throughout the nation. The collection focuses primarily on the generation of the American Revolution, but also includes substantial resources for studying people from the colonial period and the nineteenth century. "Through the efforts of local DAR members and chapters nationwide approximately 15,000 volumes of Genealogical Records Committee Reports have entered the Library and constitute a unique source for family histories, cemetery record transcriptions, and Bible records."

Tips
Visitors who are not members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Sons of the Revolution, or the Children of the American Revolution pay a small entrance fee. The Library's rules are listed on the page "Info for Beginners."

Guide

 * Eric G. Grundset, and Steven B. Rhodes, American Genealogical Research at the DAR Washington, DC, 2nd ed. (Washington, D.C. : National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2004) [FHL Book 973 A37g].

Substitute Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a record at the DAR Library, a similar record may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * Sons of the American Revolution Library, Louisville, Kentucky

Similar Collections


 * Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, Mormon records.
 * Allen County Public Library (Indiana) has a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians.
 * United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada

Neighboring Collections


 * Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
 * National Archives I
 * National Archives II Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and Treasury all after 1900.
 * MD State Archives
 * VA State Library