Milford
SC-26: Town laid out by Joseph Oliver 1787. Village was located on tract then called “Saw-Mill Range.” Named Milford from fording place near mill-dam erected by Rev. Sydenham Thorne across Mispillion Creek, 1787. First incorporated 1807. Old town in Kent County, new town in Sussex County. Home of Governors Rogers, Tharp, Causey, Burton, and Watson. […]
Yearbooks at DPA
The Delaware Public Archives has a small collection of yearbooks researchers can use to learn about academic life through the 20th Century.
Wesley Methodist Church (M.E.), Sussex County
Delaware Public Archives Digital Archive
Board of Trustees Sussex County
Delaware Public Archives
Family Court – Kent and Sussex Counties
Delaware Public Archives
Juvenile Court – Kent and Sussex Counties
Delaware Public Archives
Celebrate Delaware Day!
In recognition of Delaware Day, December 7, being the day that Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States Constitution, the Delaware Public Archives has recently created a shadow box exhibit that celebrates the story of Delaware’s role as the First State to ratify the United States Constitution. This exhibit features facsimiles of […]
Delaware Public Archives Launches Searchable Finding Aids Tool
There’s a new tool now available for online patrons to search the records of the Delaware Public Archives. Known as the Collection Gateway, this new feature searches the databases of nineteen different collections in the Archives. The Collection Gateway will open a treasure trove of information for historians, genealogists, and all citizens who have an […]
Sailing Along The Mispillion
We typically do not collect private papers, but we do have some. One of the collections of private papers we have in our Small Manuscript Collection is the Florence Lewis Papers. There are several series within this collection, from newspapers to genealogical research notes. But the one I want to talk about today is the […]
Wolves Head?
We had a group of students come in the other day that was studying early Delaware. Their assignment was to find interesting tidbits about Delaware. We sent them to the early court records for each of the counties. They were surprised at what they found. For example, there is a list and description of livestock […]
