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United States Delaware  Archives and Libraries

These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Delaware.

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

Delaware Historical Society Library
Historical Society of Delaware Library 505 N. Market St. Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: 302-655-7161 E-mail: [mailto:deinfo@dehistory.org deinfo@dehistory.org] Website: Delaware Historical Society


 * This an important facility for finding early Delaware sources: colonial records, newspapers, church records, state records, Revolutionary War, Civil War, Delaware histories and genealogies.

Delaware Public Archives
Delaware Public Archives 121 Duke of York St. Dover, DE 19901 Phone: (302) 744-5000 Fax: (302) 739-6710 E-mail: Contact form Website: Delaware Public Archives Facebook: Delaware Public Archives


 * They have good coverage of the colonial sources for each "hundred" and each county. 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). ; . This source briefly describes jurisdiction, record type, number of volumes, and dates covered.

Delaware State University Jason Library
Delaware State University Jason Library 


 * They have a very good historical collection for Delaware.

Dover Public Library
Dover Public Library


 * Collection covers Delawareana, the Delmarva Peninsula, local histories and genealogies.

Hagley Museum and Library
Hagley Museum and Library P.O. Box 3630 Wilmington, DE 19807-0630 Phone: (302) 658-2400 Fax: (302) 658-0545

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:
 * Riggs, John Beverley. A Guide to Manuscripts in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library. . . Greenville, Delaware: First Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, 1970. This guide lists records acquired through 1965. The supplement lists records acquired through 1975.

University of Delaware Library
University of Delaware Library


 * This is virtually a second state archives.

Wilmington Public Library
Wilmington Public Library


 * Delawareana, genealogies, and histories.

American Swedish Historical Museum
American Swedish Historical Museum 1900 Pattison Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19145 Telephone: 215-389-1776 E-mail: [mailto:info@americanswedish.org info@americanswedish.org] Internet: http://www.americanswedish.org/


 * New Sweden colony, and Swedish heritage in the Delaware Valley (northern Delaware, southern New Jersey, and southeast Pennsylvania).

Dorchester County Central Public Library
Dorchester County Central Public Library 303 Gay St. Cambridge, MD 21613 Telephone: 410-228-7331 Internet: Dorchester County Public Library


 * Their collection includes many Maryland Eastern Shore, and Delaware historical sources.

Free Library of Philadelphia
Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-1157 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) Telephone: 215-686-5322 E-mail: E-mail a Librarian form Internet: http://libwww.freelibrary.org/branches/branch.cfm?loc=cen


 * There are many historic Delaware manuscripts, books, Quaker and early settlement sources.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA 19107-5699 Telephone: 215-732-6200 Fax: 215-732-2680 E-mail: [mailto:ReadyReference@hsp.org ReadyReference@hsp.org] Internet: http://hsp.org/


 * 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, 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.

Maryland Historical Society
Maryland Historical Society 201 West Monument St. Baltimore, Maryland 21201-4674 Telephone: 410-685-3750 E-mail: [mailto:reference@mdhs.org reference@mdhs.org] Internet: Maryland Historical Society Library Overview


 * This facility has a large genealogical book collection for Delaware, and family Bibles, newspapers, and biographies.

Maryland State Archives
Maryland State Archives Hall of Records Building 350 Rowe Boulevard Annapolis, MD 21401 Telephone: 410-260-6400 Fax: 410-974-2525 E-mail: [mailto:ref@mdsa.net ref@mdsa.net] Internet: Maryland State Archives


 * A good resource for finding early Delaware ancestors. The Maryland State Archives 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. 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.) This is a county-by-county list of indexes and years covered.

Pennsylvania State Archives
Pennsylvania State Archives 300 North Street     (mail to:  350 North Street) Harrisburg, PA 17120 Telephone: 717-783-3281 E-mail: [mailto:ra-statearchives@pa.gov ra-statearchives@pa.gov] Internet: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission


 * Colonial references to Delaware settlements. This huge collection has indexes and original sources associated with the series, such as vital, military, prison, naturalization, land records, census, ships lists, railroads, mines, and 1.5 million online records including online genealogy guides.

Guidebooks

 * 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. . Briefly lists address, phone, hours, collection, and use of interlibrary loan.


 * Inventory of the County Archives of Delaware. Number 1. New Castle County. Dover, Delaware: The Public Archives Commission, 1941. Detailed description of each record type including years covered, number of volumes, and contents.