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District of Columbia Genealogy Resources

  • Babbel, June Andrew,  compiler. Lest We Forget: A Guide to Genealogical Research in the Nation's Capital. Annandale, Virginia: Annandale, Virginia and Oakton, Virginia Stakes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1976.

  • District of Columbia Births and Christenings, 1830-1955 – Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the District of Columbia – 121,224 records after 27 Apr 2010. FamilySearch.

  • District of Columbia Death and Burials, 1840-1964 – Name index to death and burial records from the District of Columbia. FamilySearch.

  • District of Columbia Deaths 1874-1959 - Name index and images of death records from the District of Columbia. FamilySearch.

  • District of Columbia Marriages 1830-1921 - Name index to marriage records from the District of Columbia - 242,760 records after 27 April, 2010. FamilySearch.org.

  • District of Columbia Marriages 1811-1950 - Digital Images - Name index and images of marriage records in the District of Columbia. FamilySearch.org.

  • Pippenger, Wesley. The 1853 Washington and Georgetown Directory. Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004.
     
  • Rogers, Helen Hoban. Freedom & Slavery Documents in the District of Columbia, Recorder of Deeds Office: Bills of Sale, Certificates of Freedom, Certificates of Slavery, Emancipations, Manumissions, Vol. I, 1792-1806. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 2007. This is the first in a planned three-volume set of freedom and slavery documents from the District of Columbia.