The Somerset County Library system has digitized its collection of research materials in order to make the resources more broadly and easily available to researchers. The just released e-products include newspapers from Princess Anne and Crisfield, and records from the county court system. The old, original microfilm was professionally scanned and software was used to allow…
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Nabb Research Center Digitizes Old Newspapers from Lower Delaware & the Eastern Shore of Maryland
It was only some 15 to 20 years ago that researchers were getting excited about being able to access the decennial census data on the World Wide Web. This digital information was going to make Investigations of the past so much easier as the e-schedules would be text searchable and the entire universe of census…
Digital University Collections For Researching Delaware History
The University of Delaware has been working to make digital collections available on the World Wide Web, for some time now. The scope of those efforts is large and covers a vast amount of different resources, which are helpful when investigating Delaware’s past. The diverse body of material has many resources. There are virtual record groups of…
Research Treasures Reside in Delmar Public Library Collection
If you are researching local or family history on the Delmarva Peninsula, there are many fine libraries from Wilmington down to Cape Charles that can help. Some are large, university affiliated repositories, while others are non-profit, stand-alone institutions located in some of the region’s small towns. Traveling from one end of Delmarva to the other,…