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  Category: Delaware Public Archives


The Freedmen’s Bureau: Records and Research During Reconstruction

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2016

(Dover, DE) On Saturday, February 6 at 10:30 a.m., Certified Genealogist Michael Hait will present a program at the Delaware Public Archives focusing on one of the lesser known federal agencies, the Freedman’s Bureau.  The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands operated from the end of the Civil War until 1872 under the U.S. […]




First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries to close on Saturday and Sunday

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Friday, January 22, 2016

(Dover, DE) Due to the winter storm prediction for the weekend, the First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries will be closed on Saturday, January 23, and Sunday, January 24. Weather permitting; the Welcome Center will reopen on Monday, January 25, at 8:00 a.m.  The First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries is […]




Beginning Italian Genealogy Workshop – CANCELLED

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016

Due to the winter storm prediction for this coming weekend, the Beginning Italian Genealogy workshop at Delaware Public Archives on Saturday, January 23 has been cancelled.  The program will be rescheduled for a date later this year.  If you have any questions, please contact Tom Summers, (302) 744-5047, thomas.summers@delaware.gov.




Family Tree Magazine Honors Delaware Public Archives’ Website

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Dover – Family Tree Magazine recently named the Delaware Public Archives’ website (archives.delaware.gov) as one of the 75 best state websites for genealogy in 2015.  This designation was made in the December 2015 edition of the magazine and online at:  http://www.familytreemagazine.com/article/2015-best-state-genealogy-websites. As stated in the announcement by the magazine: The increasing digitization of state records has […]




Delaware Veterans Parade & Gulf War Dedication: Nov. 7th

Delaware Public Archives | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Office of Veterans Services | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2015

On November 7, the State of Delaware and the Downtown Dover Partnership will hold a Veterans Parade and dedication of a new monument honoring Delawareans who served in the Wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan.







  Category: Delaware Public Archives

The Freedmen’s Bureau: Records and Research During Reconstruction

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2016

(Dover, DE) On Saturday, February 6 at 10:30 a.m., Certified Genealogist Michael Hait will present a program at the Delaware Public Archives focusing on one of the lesser known federal agencies, the Freedman’s Bureau.  The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands operated from the end of the Civil War until 1872 under the U.S. […]




First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries to close on Saturday and Sunday

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Friday, January 22, 2016

(Dover, DE) Due to the winter storm prediction for the weekend, the First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries will be closed on Saturday, January 23, and Sunday, January 24. Weather permitting; the Welcome Center will reopen on Monday, January 25, at 8:00 a.m.  The First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries is […]




Beginning Italian Genealogy Workshop – CANCELLED

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2016

Due to the winter storm prediction for this coming weekend, the Beginning Italian Genealogy workshop at Delaware Public Archives on Saturday, January 23 has been cancelled.  The program will be rescheduled for a date later this year.  If you have any questions, please contact Tom Summers, (302) 744-5047, thomas.summers@delaware.gov.




Family Tree Magazine Honors Delaware Public Archives’ Website

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Dover – Family Tree Magazine recently named the Delaware Public Archives’ website (archives.delaware.gov) as one of the 75 best state websites for genealogy in 2015.  This designation was made in the December 2015 edition of the magazine and online at:  http://www.familytreemagazine.com/article/2015-best-state-genealogy-websites. As stated in the announcement by the magazine: The increasing digitization of state records has […]




Delaware Veterans Parade & Gulf War Dedication: Nov. 7th

Delaware Public Archives | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Office of Veterans Services | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2015

On November 7, the State of Delaware and the Downtown Dover Partnership will hold a Veterans Parade and dedication of a new monument honoring Delawareans who served in the Wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan.