Hey, thanks. You know where this would do the most good, is on the Delaware County genweb site. YYou should contact its owner. Dora --- HMWEBBER@aol.com wrote: > RESEARCH FACILITIES IN DELAWARE COUNTY > > I put the following outline together for a > lecture I did a few years back for > the > Pennsylvania Genealogical Society's Seminar at > Neumann College. > > DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (DCHS) (610) > 359-1148 > c/o Delaware. Co. Community College Annex > $3.00 > Malin & James Roads hours: Tues. 1 > PM - 8 PM > Broomall, PA 19008 Wed. 9 AM > - 5 PM > > Delaware. Co. Census 1790-1920 > (micro film) > Delaware. Co. Directories > Church Records > Cemetery Records > Newspapers, (Chester Times, now > Daily Times 1876 - 1970) > Deeds > Maps > Books: PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES > (Revolutionary War) > BATES (PA in the Civil War) > ASHMEAD (War of 1812) > Record of Pennsylvania > Volunteers in the SPANISH- > > AMERICAN WAR > Family Genealogies > Chester County Records > > > DELAWARE COUNTY COURT HOUSE > Front & Orange Streets > Media, PA > > Register of Wills: Births 1893-1906 > (610) 891-4405 > Deaths 1893-1906 > Marriages 1885-present > > Wills & Letters of > Administration (610) 891-4400 > 1798 to present > > Probate Records > > Orphans Court: Adoption Records > (610) 891-4419 > 1789-1865 Docket > * 1865-1921 Docket > (missing, maybe in Chester) > 1921-present > > Recorder of Deeds: Deeds 1789-present > (610) 891-4155 > > Judicial Court Records: * Murder Docket > (missing March 2000) > c1940-present > > FAIR ACRES (610) > 891-5983 > Lima, PA Storage for Delaware County > Court Records > (best place to look at old > marriage records) > > > MORMON LIBRARY free > (610) 356-8507 > 721 Paxon Hollow Road hours: Tues. 11 AM > - 4 PM > Broomall, PA 19008 7 PM > - 10 PM > Wed. & Thurs. 9:30 > AM - 2:30 PM > 7 PM > - 10 PM > Sat. 9:30 > AM - 2:30 PM > Social Security Records (SSDI) > International Genealogical Index (IGI) > Ancestral Files (AF) > Family Histories > Family Registry > Military > > > SWARTHMORE COLLEGE (610) > 328-8496 > The Friends Historical Library > Swarthmore, PA > > Quaker Records of Delaware Co., PA > c1690-present > Hicksites Records > Quaker Records from across the U.S.A. > > WIDENER UNIVERSITY (610) > 499-4066 > Wolfgram Library > 14th & Chestnut Streets > Chester, PA 19013 > > New York Times Obit. Index Vol. I > 1858-1968 > Vol. II > 1969-1978 > > Newspapers New York Times > 1851-present > (micro film) Philadelphia > Inquirer 1979-present > Washington Post > Los Angels Times & > others > > Books Delaware Co. History > Pennsylvania History > Surnames & Given Names > Pennsylvania Gazette > early 1700s-present > > Maps > > NEUMANN COLLEGE (610) > 558-5545 > Library > Concord Road > Aston, PA 19014 > > Archives: hours M-F 9 AM-11:30 AM > > Tax Records of Delaware Co., PA > 1791-1903 > > Some Indexes, such as: > Delaware Co. Wills > Chester Co. > Courts > Chester Co. > Orphans Court > > Family Genealogies (only a few) > > Old Atlases (numerous) > > Reference Section: regular library > hours > > Chester Co. Deed Books > 1688 until 1789 > Chester Co. Grantor Index to > Deeds 1688-1922 > Chester Co. Tax Transcripts > 1715-1753 > U.S. Direct Tax > 1798-1866 > Delaware Co. Wills > 1789-1892 > Census of Delaware Co. > 1790-1910 > (all the above on micro film) > > > DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (DCCC) (610) > 359-5146 > Library > Media, PA > > New York Times (micro film) > starts 1850 > German & Pennsylvania Genealogy (book) > Passenger Ship List (book) > > > MEDIA BOROUGH HISTORICAL ARCHIVES COMMISSION > > Media Library > (610) 566-1918 > Front & Jackson Streets > Media, PA > > Genealogies of prominent families of > Delaware Co., PA (20 books) > > Obit�s of people from Media area > late 1800s-present > > VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY > Library > Lancaster Avenue > Villanova, PA > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/