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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware|Delaware ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]'' | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware|Delaware ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]'' | ||
'''[http://www.archives.delaware.gov/default.shtml Delaware Public Archive]<br>'''121 Duke of York St <br>Dover, DE 19901<br>Telephone: 302-744-5000<br>Fax: 302-739-6710<br>Website: http://archives.delaware.gov/<br>Mabel Lloyd Ridgely Research Room <br>All times 8:00am - 4:15pm except as noted:<br>Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:15pm <br>1st Saturday - 9:00 am - 4:15 pm <br>Sunday - Closed <br>State Holidays - Closed <br>A guide to some of the records of the Delaware Public archives is: | '''[http://www.archives.delaware.gov/default.shtml Delaware Public Archive]<br>'''121 Duke of York St <br>Dover, DE 19901<br>Telephone: 302-744-5000<br>Fax: 302-739-6710<br>Website: http://archives.delaware.gov/<br>Mabel Lloyd Ridgely Research Room <br>All times 8:00am - 4:15pm except as noted:<br>Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:15pm <br>1st Saturday - 9:00 am - 4:15 pm <br>Sunday - Closed <br>State Holidays - Closed | ||
The Delaware Public Archives has a number of finding Aids and digitized records online. The Archives is also on Facebook.<br>There is an online guide to the collection that was begun in 1978. It comprises approximately 3,600 separate word processing files, each of which represents portions of records groups within the collection. | |||
A guide to some of the records of the Delaware Public archives is: | |||
*Mattern, Joanne, and Harold B. Hancock, comps. ''A Preliminary Inventory of the Older Records in the Delaware Archives''. Dover, Delaware: Delaware Public Archives, 1978. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=74387&disp=A+preliminary+inventory+of+the+older+rec++ fiche 6331225].) This source briefly describes jurisdiction, record type, number of volumes, and dates covered. | *Mattern, Joanne, and Harold B. Hancock, comps. ''A Preliminary Inventory of the Older Records in the Delaware Archives''. Dover, Delaware: Delaware Public Archives, 1978. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=74387&disp=A+preliminary+inventory+of+the+older+rec++ fiche 6331225].) This source briefly describes jurisdiction, record type, number of volumes, and dates covered. | ||
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[http://delgensoc.org/ '''The Delaware Genealogical Society''']<br>505 Market Street<br>Wilmington, DE 19801-3091 <br>Website: http://delgensoc.org/ | [http://delgensoc.org/ '''The Delaware Genealogical Society''']<br>505 Market Street<br>Wilmington, DE 19801-3091 <br>Website: http://delgensoc.org/ | ||
The Delaware Genealogical Society hold their meetings at the Delaware Historical Society on the third Tuesday of most months. Among their publications is The Delaware Genealogical Society Journal published semi-annually and the Delaware Genealogical Society Newsletter published five times a year. A Table of Contents for all volumes to the through April 2010 and a master index for mos volumes is available at the website. | |||
A DGS committee is working to create a genealogical data for the families that lived in Delaware during its founding as a state 1787-1800. | |||
'''[http://www.dehistory.org/ Delaware Historical Society]<br>'''505 Market Street Mall<br>Wilmington, DE 19801-3091<br>Telephone: 302-655-7161<br>Fax: 302-655-7844<br>E-mail: [mailto:hsd@hsd.org <u>hsd@hsd.org </u>]<br>Website: http://www.dehistory.org/ | '''[http://www.dehistory.org/ Delaware Historical Society]<br>'''505 Market Street Mall<br>Wilmington, DE 19801-3091<br>Telephone: 302-655-7161<br>Fax: 302-655-7844<br>E-mail: [mailto:hsd@hsd.org <u>hsd@hsd.org </u>]<br>Website: http://www.dehistory.org/ | ||
Research Library Telephone: 302-655-7061 | |||
Research Library Hours: Mondays: 1:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 .m. - 1:00 p.m., Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Closed Wednedays and for major holidays.<br>The Society has collections of books, ephemera, newspapers, serials, maps, manuscripts and photographs relating to the history of Delaware and its people collected over 135 years. Their catalog is online. | |||
'''The Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Library<br>'''1300 Locust Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699<br>Telephone: 215-732-6200<br>Fax: 215-732-2680<br>Website: http://www.hsp.org/ <br><br>'''The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania<br>'''215 South Broad Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19107-5325<br>Telephone: 215-545-0391<br>Fax: 215-545-0936<br>Website: http://www.genpa.org/ | '''The Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Library<br>'''1300 Locust Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699<br>Telephone: 215-732-6200<br>Fax: 215-732-2680<br>Website: http://www.hsp.org/ <br><br>'''The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania<br>'''215 South Broad Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19107-5325<br>Telephone: 215-545-0391<br>Fax: 215-545-0936<br>Website: http://www.genpa.org/ | ||