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Date Posted: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

There’s a new tool now available for online patrons to search the records of the Delaware Public Archives. Known as the Collection Gateway, this new feature searches the databases of nineteen different collections in the Archives. The Collection Gateway will open a treasure trove of information for historians, genealogists, and all citizens who have an […]


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Date Posted: Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Thanks to the financial generosity of the Friends of the Delaware Archives, we have attained two important Delaware related items.  The first item is a picture of Governor William Cannon who served as Governor of the First State during the Civil War from 1863 to 1865. The second item is a booklet entitled “A Brief […]


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Date Posted: Monday, November 1st, 2010

The last of Nancy Lyons’ series of genealogical workshops, entitled “Analyzing Wills and Other Probate Records” will be held this Saturday, November 6, 10:30 a.m., at the Delaware Public Archives.  This free workshop will provide plenty of valuable genealogical tips for researchers so mark this date on your calendar.  There will be handouts for those who attend […]


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Date Posted: Friday, June 4th, 2010

The latest Inside the DPA video has been published to YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAin4U4VblQ.  This newest installment, number 10 in the series, focuses on the United States Census and the valuable genealogical information one can gleam from this source.  This video was the first one that featured an off-site shoot.  We’d like to thank the Dunham family […]


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Date Posted: Monday, November 16th, 2009

Murals by Stanley Arthurs are on display at the Delaware Public Archives! We posted the latest clip on YouTube from our series Inside the Delaware Public Archives. See the YouTube video here. This week we show and discuss several murals at the DPA by Arthurs, who was a student of Howard Pyle. Here you can see […]


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