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The following gazetteers will help you locate places within the District of Columbia:

1835: Martin, Joseph. A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Charlottesville: J. Martin, 1835. FamilySearch Digital Library,

(FHL 975 E5m; FHL 897469.)

1942: Truett, Randall Bond. Washington, DC: A Guide to the Nation's Capital. Original edition 1942. New York, New York: Hastings House, 1968. (FHL 975.3 E6t.)

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Anacostia · Georgetown · Washington, D.C.

District of Columbia, United States Genealogy Major Repositories

Bureau of Land Management Eastern States Office · City of Fairfax Regional Library (VA) · Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library · District of Columbia Archives · District of Columbia Marriage Bureau · District of Columbia Public Library · District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds · District of Columbia Register of Wills · District of Columbia Vital Records · Family History Library (Salt Lake City, UT) · Gallaudet University Library · Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit · Historical Society of Washington, D.C. · Library of Congress · Library of Virginia (Richmond, VA) · Maryland State Archives (Annapolis, MD) · National Archives I · National Archives II (College Park, MD) · National Genealogical Society (Arlington, VA) · National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) (St. Louis, MO) · New York Public Library (NY) · Prince George's County Genealogical Society (Bowie, MD) · Washington National Records Center (Suitland, MD)

v • d • e District of Columbia, United States Genealogy Migration Routes

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal · Cumberland Road · Fall Line Road (or Southern Road) · King's Highway · National Road · Potomac River