DGS Newsletter, Volume 31, Number 9, October 2006 Page: 170
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GENERAL DGS NEWS
ancestor or family surname. If you give a name
to one of the librarians, the staff will search
the collection of folders.
GRC is the acronym for "Genealogical Records
Committee Reports." This collection consists
of approximately 19,000 typed volumes. They
are mostly unpublished collections of Bible,
cemetery, family, county, town, land, church,
and military records. The information in the
volumes is gathered and submitted by DAR
members. The GRC National Index has over
20,000,000 names.
The caveat? The records are typed in an
established form by DAR members and the
library has them bound. They are then filed
under the state of the member sending the
information. For instance, if the member is
from Virginia but is sending records collected
from Maryland, they will be found in the
Virginia section.
There is a GRC National Index at the DAR
website. Before you leave home, access the
site and learn which volumes you want to read.
Since we don't always do our homework before
going on a research trip, there is also a card
index to many of the GRC records at the
library.
The Library houses over 40,000 volumes of
published and unpublished family histories.
The Seimes Microfilm Center is on the lower
level in room 104. The film collection has been
cataloged and can be accessed in the film
center. There is no separate film catalog
online. However, when you use the DAR
website and enter a search, the result also
includes microfilm.
When you go to their website www.dar.org and
click on "Genealogy," you will see the following
links: Online Catalogue, GRC National Index, On
Site Databases, Special Collections, Search
Services, and Information for Beginners.
There is a new edition of the must have book
American Genealogical Research at the DAR by
Eric G. Grundset, Director of the Library, and
Steven B. Rhodes, Assistant Director.
According to the website, you can order it for
$25.00 + shipping by calling the DAR
Bookstore, 1-888-673-2732. I have neverread a more helpful or concise book about the
holdings of any library.
Now when you get hungry, there is a large
lunchroom on the lower level. You can take
your own sandwich, get a drink and chips from
the vending machines, or you can get a lunch
item from a machine and heat it in the
microwave.
If you need a break and want to get out of the
building for a bit, there is a cafeteria in the
Department of the Interior building across 18th
Street. It has been open to DAR researchers in
the past, and I assume still is (you now need a
picture ID to enter it). There are other places
to eat if you walk back toward the Metro.
Speaking of the Metro, there are two stops
you can use for the Library: Farragut West,
Blue and Orange Lines; or Farragut North, the
Red Line. Both are a six or seven block walk to
the Library. When you leave the Metro station,
walk down 17th Street toward the Mall and
Washington Monument and you can't miss it.
The entrance is 1 776 D Street, N.W.
Before you leave the library, take time to visit
the Museum and Period Rooms. There is a
wonderful gift shop filled with many small
treasures and over thirty "Period Rooms" to be
viewed. Each room was furnished by a different
state, and the d6cor of each reflects the
history and flavor of that state.
Continental Hall has many claims to fame, not
only its beaux-arts architecture and elegant
gatherings but also its being the location for
numerous films and television programs,
including "The West Wing." It can claim all
that, and be one of the world's significant
genealogical libraries, too.
Did you know........
Compiled by Bill Deal
Naval history records that "the first sub-
marine to sink an enemy warship" was the
Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley on 17
February 1864, which sank with its crew of
nine after blowing a hole in the Union
blockade ship Housatonic. Recently
recovered, its crew "will be buried with
military honors."
Source: The Dallas Morning News" (9 August 2000)Dallas - Socie October 2006 Volume 31/ Number 170
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