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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 | Newsroom | 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.




The Life and Times of Ann Moore Ridgely

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 22, 2015

On Saturday, October 3 at 10:30 a.m., Dr. Susanne Fox will present a program at the Delaware Public Archives about Ann Moore Ridgely, a prominent and active Dover resident from 1775 until 1810.




In Order to Form a More Perfect Union: John Dickinson, James Madison and the United States Constitution

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Monday, August 31, 2015

As an early celebration of Constitution Day on September 17, the Delaware Public Archives will present a special program about the United States Constitution on Saturday, September 5, 10:30 a.m. at the Archives. Presented by Henry J. Foresman, Jr. this program will explore how both James Madison and John Dickinson, in their own way, helped […]







  Category: Delaware Public Archives

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 | Newsroom | 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.




The Life and Times of Ann Moore Ridgely

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 22, 2015

On Saturday, October 3 at 10:30 a.m., Dr. Susanne Fox will present a program at the Delaware Public Archives about Ann Moore Ridgely, a prominent and active Dover resident from 1775 until 1810.




In Order to Form a More Perfect Union: John Dickinson, James Madison and the United States Constitution

Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Monday, August 31, 2015

As an early celebration of Constitution Day on September 17, the Delaware Public Archives will present a special program about the United States Constitution on Saturday, September 5, 10:30 a.m. at the Archives. Presented by Henry J. Foresman, Jr. this program will explore how both James Madison and John Dickinson, in their own way, helped […]