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=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Delaware ===
=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Delaware ===


[[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>
[[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{{·}} 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]]{{·}} [[Talbot County Free Library]]<br>


=== Online Records of Delaware ===
=== Online Records of Delaware ===
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: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:  
: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>
:*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>
==== 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>
:Many Delaware and Eastern Shore historical sources.<ref name="DB27" /><br><br>


==== University of Delaware Morris Library  ====
==== University of Delaware Morris Library  ====
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: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>
: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>
==== 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>
:Many Delaware and Eastern Shore historical sources.<ref name="DB27" /><br><br>


=== Guidebooks  ===
=== Guidebooks  ===
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