Delaware County Libraries E-Resources
The Delaware County Library system has an excellent collection of electronic resources to help you.
Research Aids
Index to Maryland Historical Magazine Articles
A large number of the early issues of the Maryland Historical Magazine are freely available online but the website would be much lmore helpful if it included an index to the volumes, especially since many of the issues do not include a Table of Contents (except for the first issue of the year). Because it …
Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
The title says it all – lots of great info can be found in Penn State’s history magazine. Their archived editions are online and can be viewed easily.
Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network
The GeoHistory site makes available a large inventory of historic maps and property information of the Philadelphia region and the surrounding counties. What a treasure of a resource!
Chester County Land Records
This interactive viewer for Chester County land records make it easy to learn more about specific properties .
Explore New Castle Land Parcels
I just found out about this marvelous resource – Explore New Castle County. It’s an interactive land parcel map that allows you to find detailed information about property in New Castle county, Delaware. Since a lot of my ancestors were in New Castle county, I’m having a lot of fun finding out more about the …
Quaker Naming Patterns for Children
Of the four migrating groups from England discussed by David Hackett Fischer in his book, Albion’s Seed, the Quakers show the most distinctive pattern in the naming of their children. The Puritans in New England relied heavily on biblical names for their children, and most often named the oldest children of either gender for the …