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This list is from my own private collection from thirty years of collecting. The Delaware County Historical Society at present has no list available and this list is for people who cannot visit there. This list of over 500 books and pamphlets can be viewed or downloaded by clicking the link below. If there is a booklet you may want to view or get copies of, email me.
Download: Delaware County Bibliography Lockhart Library List
Below is the link to the archives of Delaware County. This link states the hours and what records are available to the public.
Delaware County Archives
The first problem in doing research in Delaware County is finding where ones ancestors lived, which is not always an easy task. Towns such as Oakview, Adele, Howellville, Ridleyville have long faded from memory. All of these towns had post offices at one time, many other small towns did not. I hope to begin to put together a list of Delaware County place names on this site to help researchers. Anyone who would like to add a name or ask a question about one please e-mail me. The above link is a list of all the post offices that once existed in Delaware County.
The 18th Century Tax Lists on this Web Site took several years to transcribe from 60 year old microfilm. The tax records begin in 1715 and on this site will go to 1800. Right now the tax records go to the year 1790. Many tax records are missing in the 1720's thru the 1740's and some are simply unreadable. Every effort was made to decipher the names. In all cases, misspellings were corrected. Dix was changed to Dicks and Nuzum changed to Newsome, for example. In some cases names such as Lindsay and Lindsey were left the same, because both spellings were used. Before 1764, only names and tax amounts paid were recorded. Beginning in 1764, acres, slaves and servants and in many cases occupations were listed for the first time. After 1760 the tax lists are complete with few exceptions. The tax lists can be viewed on each Township web page.
The first Directory for Delaware County was published in 1859 for Chester City. Chester City would have Directories almost every year from then till 1959. The 1859 Directory of Chester City has just been added. In 1870 and 1872 Business Directories were first published for Delaware County both of these directories are on this site under each township web page. Please note only businesses that paid to be put in the directory were listed. Many businesses did not feel the need to advertise. In 1897 and again in 1902, Boyd's Directory of Delaware County included a business directory for the entire county. These Directories are on this site under the township and Borough web page.
In 1936 the Federal Works Project Administration did a survey of all the Delaware County Cemeteries. For any Private, Family or Public Cemetery, that did not have a list of who was buried, the W.P.A. made a list, by copying the tombstones in those cemeteries. Over 13,000 names were recorded. Upper Darby Historian, Tom DiFillippo, transcribed all the last names, and they can be viewed or downloaded by clicking the link below. Cemeteries are now being added to each webpage.
Download: WPA 1936 Cemetery List
The link below features a site that has partial burial records for several large cemeteries in the county.
Other Delaware County Cemeteries
Arlington Cemetery Upper Darby
The Chester County Genealogy Web Site has links to just about every Web Site in the area. The Site features links to Family Website's, Civil War Records, Etc. Well worth the visit. Click on the link Below
Chester County Genealogy
Chester County Roots Web Site
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