Archived Blog Posts: April 2010
This Saturday will be the 77th annual Old Dover Days Festival. There will be the traditional Maypole dance, parade, house tours, and many other events. Did you know that Mabel Lloyd Ridgely was one of the founders of Dover Days? Did you know that the research room was named in honor of her? Mrs. Ridgely had […]
If you were born, married, or attended public school in Delaware, eventually the Delaware Public Archives will have a record of you. This “behind the scenes” tour of the Delaware Public Archives offers the public the opportunity to learn more about the role of the Archives, and see how the Archives preserves and protects the […]
I saw in the newspaper the other day that they are predicting that the mosquitos are going to be really bad this year because of all the water still laying around. Did you know that we have records of the Civilian Conservation Corps and Mosquito Control? We have scrapbooks, diaries, ditch drawings, and photographs. Subjects […]
So I was watching TV the other night and happened to catch the new NBC show entitled “Who Do You Think You Are?”. It’s about 7 celebraties who are researching their genealogy. You never know what you may uncover or who you may be related to. Did you know that you can find out more about […]