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Advantage Digital Newspaper Archive

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Provides searchable digitized copies of newspapers published in Winchester and the surrounding area between 1786 and 1925.  The website may be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection.

Please note: Issues of the Winchester Star are available via the Newspaper Archive database.

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Ancestry

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Search millions of genealogical records, including birth, death, census, and military records. Access is only available on public computers in Handley Regional Library branches

 

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FamilySearch

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Handley Regional Library  is a FamilySearch Affiliate, allowing patrons expanded access to millions of genealogical records. Affiliate access is only available on public computers in Handley Regional Library branches. Users must have, or sign up for, a free FamilySearch account to use this resource.

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Fold3

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Provides access to US military records, including the stories, photos and personal documents of the men and women who served. Remote access available with a Handley Regional Library Card.

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Heritage Quest

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Provides access to US military records, including the stories, photos and personal documents of the men and women who served. Remote access available with a Handley Regional Library Card.

 

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Newspaper Archive

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Access digitized newspapers from Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Browse by keyword, place or date of publication, and title. This database includes the Winchester Star.

Access is available with a Handley library card number. Click on the View Resource link. You will be prompted to enter your card number and then to create a Newspaper Archive account.

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Past Perfect

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Browse photographs and images from the collections of the Stewart Bell Jr. Archives.  The website may be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection.

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