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 {{DE-sidebar}}''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware_Archives_and_Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]''
-{{Adoption DEGenWeb}}These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Delaware.<br><br>
+{{TOC left}}{{Adoption DEGenWeb}}These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Delaware.<br><br>
 === Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Delaware ===
-[[Delaware Public Archives]]{{·}} [[Historical Society of Delaware]]{{·}} [[Delaware Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[National Archives Mid Atlantic Region (Philadelphia)]]{{·}} [[Allen County Public Library]]
+[[Library of Congress]]{{·}} [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]{{·}} [[National Archives at Philadelphia]]{{·}} [[Delaware Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Delaware Historical Society Library]]{{·}} [[Delaware Public Archives]]{{·}} Delaware State University Jason Library{{·}} Dover Public Library{{·}} Hagley Museum and Library{{·}} Talbot County Free Library{{·}} University of Delaware Morris Library{{·}} Wilmington Public Library{{·}} [[Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} American Swedish Historical Museum{{·}} [[Dorchester County Central Public Library]]{{·}} Free Library of Philadelphia{{·}} [[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]]{{·}} [[Maryland Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Maryland State Archives]]{{·}} [[Pennsylvania State Archives]]<br>
 === Online Records of Delaware ===
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+| {{Click|Image:DE_ORP.png|Delaware Online Genealogy Records|left}}{{DCfollowup}}<br><br>
+=== National Repositories  ===
+==== Library of Congress  ====
+'''[[Library of Congress]]'''[[Image:Library of Congress Jefferson Building.jpg|right|450px|Library of Congress Jefferson Building.jpg]]<br> 101 Independence Ave. SE <br> Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ G4 <br> Washington, D.C. 20540-4660 <br> Telephone:<ref name="ContInfo" /> &nbsp;Reading Room: 202-707-5537<br> Fax:<ref name="ContInfo" /> &nbsp;202-707-1957 <br> E-mail: &nbsp;[http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-genealogy.html Ask a Librarian]<ref name="ContInfo">[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/address.html Contact Information] in ''The Library of Congress'' (accessed 12 May 2010).</ref> <br>Internet: http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ <br><br>
+|}
+:The LC "Local History and Genealogy Reading Room" has moved to the main reading room, but services are unchanged. They are part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/lhgcoll.html The Collections] in ''Local History and Genealogy Reading Room'' in ''The Library of Congress'' (accessed 8 January 2014).</ref> '''Delaware''' family history is well represented.<br><br>
+==== National Archives I  ====
+{| style="width: 72%;"
+| [[Image:National Archives and Records Administration.jpg|right|280px|National Archives and Records Administration.jpg]]
+'''[[National Archives and Records Administration]]''' (Archives I)<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br> Washington DC<br> Telephone: &nbsp;1-866-272-6272<br> Fax: &nbsp;301-837-0483<br> E-mail: [http://www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html National Archives and Records Administration]<br> Internet: http://archives.gov/ <br><br>
+:'''Archives I''' has nationwide censuses, pre-WWI military service and pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees. The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives I), houses textual and microfilm records relating to genealogy, American Indians, pre-World War II military and naval-maritime matters, the New Deal, the District of Columbia, the Federal courts, and Congress.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref> Their collection includes many people who settled in '''Delaware'''.<br><br>
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+==== National Archives at Philadelphia  ====
+[[Image:National Archives at Philadelphia sign.jpg|right|195px|National Archives at Philadelphia sign.jpg]]
+'''[[National Archives at Philadelphia]]''' <br>14700 Townsend Road<br>Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096<br>Telephone: 215-305-2044<br>Fax: 215-305-2052<br>E-mail: [mailto:Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov]<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/ <br>
+:This archives branch has federal agency and court records for '''Delaware''', Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. All U.S. federal censuses 1790-1940, and indexes. Also have passenger arrivals in Philadelphia 1800-1945 and Baltimore, pension and bounty land warrant applications, naturalizations 1790-1990, early federal history, diplomacy, military history, World War II homefront, National Park Service, merchant marine, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, and federal tax evasion and smuggling cases.<ref name="DB12627">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 126-27. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>
+=== Statewide Repositories  ===
+[[File:Delaware Historical Society Library.JPG|right|180px]]
+==== Delaware Genealogical Society  ====
+'''[[Delaware Genealogical Society]]'''<br>505 N. Market Street<br>Wilmington, Delaware 19801-3091<br>Email: [mailto:president@delgensoc.org president@delgensoc.org]<br>Website: [http://delgensoc.org/index.php Delaware Genealogical Society]<br><br>
+:This Society focuses on Delaware and surrounding states. They provide education and research assistance via their website, monthly seminars, newsletter, twice-yearly journal, DGS blog, queries, projects, free help, and fee-based help.<ref>[http://delgensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=19 Research] in ''Delaware Genealogical Society'' (accesed 24 April 2016).</ref><br>
+[[File:Delaware Historical Society Library.JPG|right|180px]]
+==== Delaware Historical Society Library  ====
+'''[[Delaware Historical Society Library]]'''<br>505 N. Market Street<br>Wilmington, DE 19801<br>Telephone: 302-655-7161<br>E-mail: [mailto:deinfo@dehistory.org deinfo@dehistory.org]<br>Website: [http://www.dehistory.org/ Delaware Historical Society]<br><br>
+:This an important facility for finding early Delaware sources: colonial records, newspapers, church records, state records, Revolutionary War, Civil War, Delaware histories and genealogies.<ref name="DB27" /><br><br>
+==== Delaware Public Archives  ====
+[[File:Delaware Public Archives Bldg.jpg|right|280px]]'''[[Delaware Public Archives]]'''<br>121 Duke of York St.<br>Dover, DE 19901<br>Phone: (302) 744-5000<br>Fax: (302) 739-6710<br>E-mail: [http://archives.delaware.gov/contact_form.shtml Contact form]<br>Website: [http://www.archives.delaware.gov/default.shtml Delaware Public Archives]<br>Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/DelawarePublicArchives/?fref=ts Delaware Public Archives]<br><br>
-=== Archives ===
+:They have good coverage of the colonial sources for each "hundred" and each county.<ref name="DB27" /> Also, they provide finding aids and digitized records online. For a guide see:
+:*Joanne Mattern, and Harold B. Hancock, comps. ''A Preliminary Inventory of the Older Records in the Delaware Archives''. (Dover, Delaware: Delaware Public Archives, 1978). {{WorldCat|866708643}}; {{FHL|74387|item|disp=FHL fiche 6331225}}. This source briefly describes jurisdiction, record type, number of volumes, and dates covered.<br><br>
-'''[http://www.archives.delaware.gov/default.shtml Delaware Public Archive]<br>'''121 Duke of York St&nbsp;<br>Dover, DE 19901<br>Phone: (302) 744-5000<br>Fax: (302) 739-6710<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
+=== Regional Repositories  ===
-The Delaware Public Archives has a number of finding Aids and digitized records online.&nbsp;The Archives is also on Facebook.<br>There is an online guide to the collection that was begun in 1978. It&nbsp;comprises approximately 3,600 separate word processing files, each of which represents portions of records groups within the collection.
+==== Delaware State University Jason Library  ====
+'''Delaware State University Jason Library '''<br>William C. Jason Library<br>1200 N. DuPont Highway<br>Dover, DE 19901-2277<br>Telephone 302-857-6191<br>Fax: 302-857-6177<br>E-mail: [http://desu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=115160&sid=995310 List of contacts]<br>Website: [http://www.desu.edu/library/library Library]<br><br>
-A guide to some of the records of the [[Delaware Public Archives|Delaware Public archives]] is:
+:They have a very good historical collection for Delaware.<ref name="DB27" /><br><br>
-*Mattern, Joanne, and Harold B. Hancock, comps. ''A Preliminary Inventory of the Older Records in the Delaware Archives''. Dover, Delaware: Delaware Public Archives, 1978. {{FHL|74387|item|disp=FHL fiche 6331225}}. This source briefly describes jurisdiction, record type, number of volumes, and dates covered.
+==== Dover Public Library  ====
+'''Dover Public Library'''<br>35 Loockerman Plaza<br>Dover, DE 19901<br>Telephone: 302-736-7030<br>E-mail: [http://answers.delawarelibraries.org/ Ask a Delaware Librarian] form<br>Website: [http://www.cityofdover.com/Home-Library/ Dover Public Library]<br><br>
-'''National Archives at Philadelphia<br>'''14700 Townsend Road<br>Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096<br>Phone: (215) 305-2044<br>Fax: (215) 305-2052<br>'''[http://www.archives.gov/midatlantic/]'''
+:Collection covers Delawareana, the Delmarva Peninsula sources, local histories and genealogies.<ref name="DB27" /><br><br>
-'''[http://www.archives.gov/midatlantic/ National Archives—Mid-Atlantic Region (Northeast Philadelphia)]'''<br>14700 Townsend Road<br>Philadelphia, PA 19154-1025<br>Phone: (215) 305-2000<br>Fax: (215) 305-2038
+==== Hagley Museum and Library  ====
+[[File:Hagley mill race.jpg|right|280px]]'''Hagley Museum and Library'''<br>298 Buck Road (P.O. Box 3630)<br>Wilmington, DE 19807-3630<br>Telephone: 302-658-2400<br>Fax: 302-658-0545<br>E-mail: [mailto:research@hagley.org research@hagley.org]<br>Website: [http://www.hagley.org/library Hagley Research]<br><br>
-'''[http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/ Hagley Museum and Library]<br>'''P.O. Box 3630<br>Wilmington, DE 19807-0630<br>Phone: (302) 658-2400<br>Fax: (302) 658-0545 <br>
+:This is in effect a second state public archives. They have early Delaware records, diaries, plat maps, and colonial records which cannot be found in the Delaware Public Archives.<ref name="DB27" /> They also have records and publications of more than 1,000 businesses, and some families, especially the DuPont and related families. A guide to their records is:
+:*John Beverley Riggs, ''A Guide to Manuscripts in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library'' (Greenville, Delaware: First Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 1970). 1970 ed. {{WorldCat|104052}}, and 1978 supplement {{WorldCat|5382284}}. This guide lists records acquired through 1965. The supplement lists records acquired through 1975.<br><br>
-The records and publications of more than 1,000 businesses, and some families, especially the DuPont and related families, are at the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Library. A guide to their records is:
+==== Talbot County Free Library  ====
+'''Talbot County Free Library'''<br>The Maryland Room<br>100 W. Dover St.<br>Easton, Maryland 21601<br>Telephone: 410-822-1626<br>Fax: 410-820-8217<br>E-mail: [http://www.tcfl.org/library/ask.html Ask a Question] form<br>Website: [http://www.tcfl.org/mdroom/ Maryland Room: Local History and Genealogy Special Collections]<br><br>
-Riggs, John Beverley. ''A Guide to Manuscripts in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library''. . . Greenville, Delaware: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=A+Guide+to+Manuscripts+in+the+Eleutherian+Mills+Historical+Library.&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= First Eleutherian Mills Historical Library], 1970. This guide lists records acquired through 1965. The supplement lists records acquired through 1975.
+:Many Delaware and Eastern Shore historical sources.<ref name="DB27" /><br><br>
-For more information about Delaware repositories see:
+==== University of Delaware Morris Library  ====
+[[File:UDel - Morris library.jpg|right|280px]]'''University of Delaware Morris Library'''<br>181 South College Avenue<br>Newark, DE 19717-5267 USA<br>Telephone: 302-831-2965<br>E-mail: [http://library.udel.edu/contact/ Ask the Library e-mail form]<br>Website: [http://library.udel.edu/ University of Delaware Library]<br><br>
-Holley, Barbara Ann, ed. ''Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia Area'' ''(''Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware'')''. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Special Libraries Association, Philadelphia Chapter, 1977. {{FHL|290605|item|disp=FHL film 1036557 item 9}} . Briefly lists address, phone, hours, collection, and use of interlibrary loan.
+:This is virtually a second state archives.<ref name="DB27" /><br><br>
-''Inventory of the County Archives of Delaware. Number 1. New Castle County''. Dover, Delaware: The Public Archives Commission, 1941. {{FHL|217674|item|disp=FHL fiche 6051279}} Detailed description of each record type including years covered, number of volumes, and contents.
+==== Wilmington Public Library  ====
-<div style="float: left; width: 100%">
+[[File:Wilmington Public Library, Wilmington, Del (62235).jpg|right|284px]]'''Wilmington Public Library'''<br>10 E 10th Street<br>Wilmington, DE 19801 USA<br>Telephone: 302-571-7400<br>E-mail: [mailto:wilmref@lib.de.us wilmref@lib.de.us]<br>Website: [http://wilmington.lib.de.us/finding-information/local-historical-research/ The Wilmington Library]<br><br>
-=== Delaware Online Records  ===
-{{Click|Image:DE_ORP.png|Delaware Online Genealogy Records|left}}{{DCfollowup}}<br><br>
+:Delawareana, genealogies, and histories,<ref name="DB27" /> ''Delaware Index'' of newspapers, city directories, maps, censuses 1810-1930, obituary searches for a fee, and digitized collections.<ref>[http://wilmington.lib.de.us/finding-information/local-historical-research/ Local History Research] in ''The Wilmington Library'' (accessed 24 April 2016).</ref><br><br>
-=== Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards  ===
+=== Outside of Delaware Repositories  ===
-Computers with modems are important tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:
+==== Allen County Public Library  ====
+'''[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]'''[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|right|165px|Allen County Public Library.jpg]] <br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Internet: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL] <br><br>
-*Locate other researchers
+:This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great eastern seaboard and '''Delaware''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> <br><br>
-*Post queries
-*Send and receive E-mail
-*Search large databases
-*Search computer libraries
-*Join in computer chat and lecture sessions
-You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Delaware in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.
+==== American Swedish Historical Museum  ====
+[[Image:American Swedish Historical Museum.JPG|right|370px|American Swedish Historical Museum.JPG]]'''American Swedish Historical Museum''' <br>1900 Pattison Avenue <br>Philadelphia, PA 19145 <br>Telephone: 215-389-1776 <br>E-mail: [mailto:info@americanswedish.org info@americanswedish.org]<br>Internet: http://www.americanswedish.org/ <br><br>
-Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of June 2007, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:
+:[[New Sweden|New Sweden]] colony, and Swedish heritage in the Delaware Valley (northern '''Delaware''', southern '''''New Jersey''''', and southeast '''''Pennsylvania''''').<ref>[http://www.americanswedish.org/frames.htm About the Museum] in ''American Swedish Historical Museum'' (accessed 24 December 2013).</ref><br><br>
-=== [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project]]<br>  ===
+==== Dorchester County Central Public Library  ====
+'''[[Dorchester County Central Public Library]]'''<br>303 Gay St.<br>Cambridge, MD 21613<br>Telephone: 410-228-7331<br>Internet: [http://www.dorchesterlibrary.org/ Dorchester County Public Library]
-A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.
+:Their collection includes many Maryland Eastern Shore, and '''Delaware''' historical sources.<ref name="DB27">Dollarhide and Bremer, 27.</ref><br><br>
-'''Cyndi's List - United States - Delaware'''
+==== Free Library of Philadelphia  ====
+[[Image:Free Library of Philadelphia Parkway Central.jpg|right|280px|Free Library of Philadelphia Parkway Central.jpg]]'''Free Library of Philadelphia'''<br>1901 Vine Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19103-1157<br>(between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway)<br>Telephone: 215-686-5322<br>E-mail: [http://libwww.freelibrary.org/faq/eref.cfm E-mail a Librarian] form<br>Internet: http://libwww.freelibrary.org/branches/branch.cfm?loc=cen <br><br>
-[http://www.cyndislist.com/us/de/ http://www.cyndislist.com/us/de/]
+:There are many historic '''Delaware''' manuscripts, books, Quaker and early settlement sources.<ref name="DB2795" /> <ref>[http://libwww.freelibrary.org/explore/shell.cfm?topicTitle=Genealogy{{amp}}template=genealogyhand.cfm Genealogy 101] in ''Free Library of Philadelphia (accessed 28 December 2013).</ref><br><br>
-=== Roots-L  ===
+==== Historical Society of Pennsylvania  ====
+[[Image:Historical Society of Pennsylvania.jpg|right|280px|Historical Society of Pennsylvania.jpg]]'''[[Historical Society of Pennsylvania]]''' <br>1300 Locust Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699<br>Telephone: 215-732-6200<br>Fax: 215-732-2680<br>E-mail: [mailto:ReadyReference@hsp.org ReadyReference@hsp.org]<br>Internet: http://hsp.org/ <br><br>
-[http://www.rootsweb.com/ http://www.rootsweb.com]
+:More information here about early '''Delaware''' than in Delaware. Has early Quakers, Germans, Scots-Irish, and other settlers in William Penn's colonies of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Records which have been published are normally well-indexed. This society also has 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century manuscripts (letters, diaries, account books, deeds, minutes, and scrapbooks), passenger arrival lists and indexes, <ref name="DB2795">Dollarhide and Bremer, 27 and 95.</ref> local and regional history, ethnic and immigrant studies materials, 600,000 books, 20 million manuscripts, over 300,000 graphics items, and 300 years of newspapers.<ref>[http://hsp.org/collections/about-our-collections About Our Collections] in ''Historical Society of Pennsylvania'' (accessed 27 December 2013).</ref> <br><br>
-A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly-updated research coordination list.
+==== Maryland Historical Society  ====
+'''[[Maryland Historical Society]]'''<br>201 West Monument St.<br>Baltimore, Maryland 21201-4674<br>Telephone: 410-685-3750<br>E-mail: [mailto:reference@mdhs.org reference@mdhs.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.mdhs.org/library/library-overview Maryland Historical Society Library Overview]
-Internet sites specifically about Delaware family history include:
+:This facility has a large genealogical book collection for '''Delaware''', and family Bibles, newspapers, and biographies.<ref name="DB27" /><br><br>
-[http://delgensoc.org/delfam/index.htm '''Delaware Families Project''']<br>
+==== Maryland State Archives  ====
+'''[[Maryland State Archives]]'''<br>Hall of Records Building <br>350 Rowe Boulevard <br>Annapolis, MD 21401 <br>Telephone: 410-260-6400 <br>Fax: 410-974-2525<br>E-mail: [mailto:ref@mdsa.net ref@mdsa.net]<br>Internet: [http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives]
-Documents all families living in Delaware between 1787 and 1800.
+:A good resource for finding early '''Delaware''' ancestors. The Maryland State Archives [http://aomol.net/html/index.html online] has nearly all available public records from 1634 to 1789. This is the most complete collection of any of the 13 colonies. It can take up the three days just to check the indexes.<ref name="DB2755">Dollarhide and Bremer, 27 and 55.</ref> For more information about the state archives, see the following references.
+:*Maryland. Hall of Records. ''A Guide to the Index Holdings at the Hall of Records''. Rev., Bulletin, [Maryland. Hall of Records] No. 17. (Annapolis, Maryland: Hall of Records, 1972.) {{FHL|118379|item|disp=FHL book 975.2 A1 no. 56.}} This is a county-by-county list of indexes and years covered.<br><br>
-[http://delgensoc.org/main_frame.htm '''Delaware Genealogical Society''']
+==== Pennsylvania State Archives  ====
+[[Image:Pennsylvania State Archive building.jpg|right|150px|Pennsylvania State Archive building.jpg]]'''[[Pennsylvania State Archives]]''' <br>300 North Street&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(''mail to:&nbsp;'' 350 North Street)<br>Harrisburg, PA 17120<br>Telephone: 717-783-3281<br>E-mail: [mailto:ra-statearchives@pa.gov ra-statearchives@pa.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&mode=2&objID=2887 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]<br><br>
-Lists key repositories and publications.
+:Colonial references to '''Delaware''' settlements. This huge collection has indexes and original sources associated with the {{FHL|221762|item|disp=''Pennsylvania Archives''}} series, such as vital, military, prison, naturalization, land records, census, ships lists, railroads, mines, and 1.5 million online records<ref name="DB2797">Dollarhide and Bremer, 27 and 97.</ref> <ref>[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/research_topics/3162 Research Topics at the Pennsylvania State Archives] in ''Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission'' (accessed 23 December 2013).</ref> including [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/archival_research_topics/3162 online genealogy guides].<br><br>
-[http://www.everton.com/reference/usa/de.php '''Sources of Genealogical Information in Delaware''']
+=== Guidebooks  ===
-Lists counties, when created, and their resources.
+*Holley, Barbara Ann, ed. ''Directory of Libraries and Information Sources in the Philadelphia Area'' ''(''Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware'')''. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Special Libraries Association, Philadelphia Chapter, 1977. {{FHL|290605|item|disp=FHL film 1036557 item 9}} . Briefly lists address, phone, hours, collection, and use of interlibrary loan.
-For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline, Second Edition, "[[United States Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" section.
+*''Inventory of the County Archives of Delaware. Number 1. New Castle County''. Dover, Delaware: The Public Archives Commission, 1941. {{FHL|217674|item|disp=FHL fiche 6051279}} Detailed description of each record type including years covered, number of volumes, and contents.
-=== FamilySearch™  ===
+=== References  ===
-[https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch]&nbsp; is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.
+{{reflist}}
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