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This blog is part of a special behind the scenes series for Archives Month. Tom Summers, Outreach Manager   Recently, processing and reference archivist Margaret Dunham uncovered a document in the Kent County Orphans Court Case Files Collection that measured almost 26 feet in length. The file, from the year 1822, focuses on a section of property in […]

This blog is part of a special behind the scenes series for Archives Month. Kit Carson, Government Services Manager If you’ve ever been to the research room, you’re probably familiar with members of our public services and record services staff. These are the people that prepare and service the records from our holdings for the public to use. […]

This blog is part of a special behind the scenes series for Archives Month. Richard Hays, reference archivist In order to keep up with the demand for more ways to obtain digital records, the Delaware Public Archives has recently acquired a pair of new microfilm reader-scanners. These microfilm readers provide image quality that greatly surpasses what has previously […]

To recognize Electronic Records Day, we’re sharing a list of ten reasons why everyone should be thinking about electronic records.

Delaware records on Ancestry.com have been expanded to include land records.

October is Archives Month 2014 and throughout the month we are offering a behind-the-scenes look at the Delaware Public Archives on our blog. We will highlight things you might not know about or see on a regular visit to our research room. During Archives Month we’re also going to share the discoveries of our researchers. […]

Planning a research trip to the Delaware Public Archives this summer? Here are our Top 10 Tips for Researching at DPA.

The Delaware Public Archives preserves and exhibits many of Delaware’s most vibrant historical documents. Our rich Delaware history can be viewed by visiting the research room, browsing our Collection Gateway online, or by visiting our wonderful exhibit galleries. In addition to the public pieces of Delaware history, we are a secure repository to a myriad of […]

A guy stopped by the other day to see the 1957 William C. Jason yearbook we tweeted about.  Yup, you heard that right, we tweeted.  The Archives has now entered the exciting world of Twitter.  We post events, the photo of the day, and just really cool stuff about the archives.  Go behind the scenes […]

The Delaware Public Archives (DPA) is reaching out to native Spanish speakers to let them know what resources and services DPA provides.  To that end, DPA has produced a new Spanish-language video, as part of its Inside the Delaware Public Archives series. It can be viewed on DPA’s YouTube channel at http://de.gov/2wo.  Between 1990 and […]