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=== Statewide Repositories === | === Statewide Repositories === | ||
[[File:Delaware Historical Society Library.JPG|right|180px]] | [[File:Delaware Historical Society Library.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Delaware Historical Society Library in Wilmington]] | ||
==== Delaware Genealogical Society ==== | ==== Delaware Genealogical Society ==== | ||
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: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> | :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]] | [[File:Delaware Historical Society Library.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Delaware Historical Society in Wilmington]] | ||
==== Delaware Historical Society Library ==== | ==== 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> | '''[[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> | ||
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==== Delaware Public Archives ==== | ==== 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> | [[File:Delaware Public Archives Bldg.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Delaware Public Archives in Dover]]'''[[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> | ||
: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: | :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: | ||
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==== Hagley Museum and Library ==== | ==== 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> | [[File:Hagley mill race.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Hagley Museum mill race in Wilmington]]'''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> | ||
: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: | ||
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==== University of Delaware Morris Library ==== | ==== 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> | [[File:UDel - Morris library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|UDel Morris Library in Newark, Delaware]]'''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> | ||
:This is virtually a second state archives.<ref name="DB27" /><br><br> | :This is virtually a second state archives.<ref name="DB27" /><br><br> | ||
==== Wilmington Public Library ==== | ==== Wilmington Public Library ==== | ||
[[File:Wilmington Public Library, Wilmington, Del (62235).jpg|right| | [[File:Wilmington Public Library, Wilmington, Del (62235).jpg|thumb|right|280px|Wilmington Public Library]]'''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> | ||
: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> | :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> | ||