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Research Guides

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Research Guides

Part of the Burke Historical Society’s mission is to educate the public to perform their own historical research (local or otherwise).  Below are some guides to excellent historical resources.  We’ll continue to add more, so stay tuned!

Most of these guides came from our ongoing research-education series presented at Burke Centre Library.  Check our Events page for future classes!

Searching Newspaper Archives

Searching Intellectual Property Records (Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights)

Using Historic Maps & Aerial Photographs

Researching Local (Northern Virginia) History

Burke Materials in the Virginia Room (City of Fairfax Regional Library)

Using FamilySearch (the free genealogical website)

Using the National Archives (online & in-person)

Civil War Sources (prepared by the Fairfax County Cemetery Preservation Association)

Cemetery Finding Aid (prepared by the Virginia Room, City of Fairfax Regional Library)

Genealogy 101—Census Records

Expand your Research Using ILL, Digitized Books, and Periodicals

External links:

Resources in the Virginia Room, City of Fairfax Regional Library

Finding Aids for the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Room

More to come!

Upcoming Events
  1. In-Person Meeting: Escaping Detection: Women in the Civil War

    May 29 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  2. The Old Capitol Prison

    June 1 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  3. Hybrid Meeting: Mulberry Hill

    June 26 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  4. Virtual Meeting: 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry: Private Lives, Public Records

    July 31 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  5. Hybrid Meeting: P.O. Box 1142, WWII Intelligence Camp

    August 28 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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