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) Obits of people from Media area late 1800s-present VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY Library Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA The London Times (micro film) starts 1785 Irish Newspapers (micro film) Passenger Ship List (books) UPPER DARBY SELLERS LIBRARY 76 S.State Street Upper Darby, PA 19082 Genealogical collection (books & maps) DELAWARE COUNTY DAILY TIMES (610) 622-8821 Library 500 Mildred Avenue Primos, PA (Not open to the public) Chester Times (now the Daily Times) 1876-present CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (610) 692-4800 225 N High Street West Chester, PA 19380 Note: In 1789 Chester County split, & Delaware County, PA, was established. Helen M. (Webber) Imburgia 396 Derry Drive Aston, PA 19014 (610) 359-1102 HMWEBBER@aol.com