Genealogy Blog – Delaware shares that “Delaware County, Pennsylvania’s Records are Now Accessible and online.
There was one upside to the arduous task Robert Plowman took on three years ago when he began burrowing through thousands of boxes as Delaware County’s first archivist since its founding in 1789.
“The county hasn’t thrown anything away,” he said. The downside? “It took me a year and half to discover what we have.”
Plowman’s work means that the public can now easily access genealogical and historic records documenting the evolution of what was once a collection of forest outposts and is now the Philadelphia area’s most congested suburban county.
Delaware County’s new era in document sharing officially began yesterday with dedication of a new public research room that includes an exhibit of 18th- and 19th-century naturalization papers, wills, and civil court cases.
You can learn more about the new research room in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from the Delaware County Archives.
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