I've been to the National Archives several times with no problems whatsoever. I guess I didn't know that it was "in a bad part of town!" I always stay in the downtown area, either at the Sheraton that's close to the Convention Center or at the Willard and I've never had one problem. I'm there next week, my third trip out this year, I'm returning in June and again in November. I like to stay in the downtown area because that's where my ancestors, the Burnes's, lived. My grgrgrgr Uncle David Burnes, sold all of his land to the government to form the Federal City in 1791. David inherited the land from his father, James, which included land that James inherited from his father, David. It's just amazing to me walk around there and know that they all lived there! Barb Price Burnes/Hardy/Fleming/Orme/Loker..... -----Original Message----- From: washingtondc-request@rootsweb.com To: washingtondc@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:04 AM Subject: WASHINGTONDC Digest, Vol 2, Issue 41 Today's Topics: 1. Re: DC Research (Baclem5656@aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:16:54 EST From: Baclem5656@aol.com Subject: Re: [WashDC] DC Research To: washingtondc@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <bff.1223055b.332336d6@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I too am one of those rare persons who have lived in the Washington, DC, Metro area all my life and worked there as a younger woman. I was born in DC, moved to Prince George's County, MD, when I was 6 mos old, and lived in Prince George's County, until I moved to Charles County, MD, in 2004. I worked in DC for the USAF in the temporary buildings on the mall (long gone now) for several years. My dad worked for what is now Metro through it's changes from Washington Railway Cars (I might have this name wrong), to Capitol Transit, then DC Transit, and finally Metro when he retired at age 62. We always went into DC to shop, to the movies at Lowes Capitol, my orthodontist, the hospital, and on and on. Now, in later years when I've become interested in genealogy, I'm hesitant to venture into downtown DC. I'd love to visit the DC Archives, but it's in a "bad" section of town. Also Glenwood Cemetery and Mt. Olivet where some of my maternal ancestors are interred, but again I don't like to venture there alone. The National Archives is probably much safer as it is near the National Mall, near the museums and other tourist attractions. Someone mentioned Washington National Cemetery in Suitland, MD. My mother's family and my parents are buried there, and the folks in the office were very helpful with information when I asked. I went there in person but I'm sure they'd be as helpful in response to a letter or a phone call. Barbara Clements <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ To contact the WASHINGTONDC list administrator, send an email to WASHINGTONDC-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the WASHINGTONDC mailing list, send an email to WASHINGTONDC@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WASHINGTONDC-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of WASHINGTONDC Digest, Vol 2, Issue 41 ******************************************* ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

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