Archived Blog Posts: May 2010
This weekend we pause to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. I would like to take a few minutes to tell you that we have lots of records relating to not only Delaware’s involvement in wars, but the individuals who served. We have records from the Revolutionary War up through […]
The Delaware Public Archives will sponsor a workshop entitled Using Heritage Quest to Find Your Family Roots on Saturday, June 5, 10:30 a.m. HeritageQuest Online is a unique resource for both genealogical and historical researchers. With coverage dating back to the late 1700s, researchers can use HeritageQuest to find their ancestors, trace their paths across […]
This past weekend was the spring race for NASCAR at Dover International Speedway. One might say “What would the archives possibly have on a NASCAR event?” For starters, we have lots of photographs. We have great aerial views of Dover Downs from the 1970’s to the 1990’s. It is incredible to see how the seating […]
We had a group of students come in the other day that was studying early Delaware. Their assignment was to find interesting tidbits about Delaware. We sent them to the early court records for each of the counties. They were surprised at what they found. For example, there is a list and description of livestock […]