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Hi and welcome to the Delaware County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project. The County Team Associate is Guilio Gaspero.  Any information you have relating to Delaware County would be great, if you could share it.  Every fact, even if you think it is “public knowledge” or “unimportant”, might be the missing fact someone else might need.
We’re really glad you stopped by and I hope that you find this website useful for your genealogical research.
The following links will take you to the various PA-Roots DataBoards and other resources for Delaware County. At last check there are over 4,370 individual data records posted.
Besides the information you find at PA-Roots.com, here are several links to help you find more information.
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Delaware County Newspaper ArchivesSearchable newspaper archives 1870’s to 1977, not all years available
DelawareCountyHistory.comOld Tax Records, Maps, City Directories
OldChesterPA.comUndergoing some cosmetic changes, but all data is still available, new cemetery database coming soon
Delaware County Government ArchivesSearchable indexes of historic county records, excellent resource
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Anyone needing records from Delaware County Government Archives, PLEASE contact me. Â I might be able to get you what you need sooner than it takes it for them to mail it to you.
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Data Boards
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Heads of Families, Census 1790, Birmingham, Delaware County, Pennsylvania Chamberlin, William Chamberlin, Isaac Chamberlin, John Painter, Samuel Weaver, Benjamin Chapman, Samuel Morrison, Joseph Smith, Thomas Frame, Robert Steel, Samuel Reed, John Green, Jesse Hatton, Peter Norrett, Daniel Gibson, Thomas Smith (Widow) Simonson, Will Yearsly, Jacob Twaddle, William Walker, John Maden, Michael Jacobs, Philips Chandler, Thomas … Read more
GIST: – The name of this family was variously spelled Gist, Gest, Geist, Geese and Geise. Henry Geist came from Brighton, England, in the year 1700, and settled in Delaware Co., Penn. He married Mary, daughter of James Clemson. His son Joseph was born in Bethel, Penn., in 1722. The descendants of Henry or Harry … Read more
The following is a list of Surnames from the Elwyn Training School Graveyad, obtained from a 1936 WPA graveyard study. I believe I will be able to obtain the given names of the individuals, but I can’t guarentee that yet. AbyAdamsAgnewAlbertsonAlbrightApplebaumApplerArmstrongAthertonBaddersBainbridgeBaldwinBarnesBarringerBennettBetronBurbexkBirdBitnerBixlerBlountBookmanBoozBowesBowmanBraceBristowBrownBryanBuchananBucklaneBurkeBybeeCaleroCanfieldCansonCareyCarterCathinghamCeragherChambersChandlerCharlesChilsonChristyClareClaytonCohnCollinsComfortConnickConstantCooperCooverCoulterCovertCreasyCroffCrowellDannenhauerDavisDayDeanDicksonDietrickDillonDixtonDobsonDonaldsonDonahueDoranDoughertyDouglassDoveDowlingDuganDunganDurellDurkinEatonElkinsEdwardsEllsworthErwinEsherEvansEvartsEwingFaganFanningFariesFarrowFaughhearFaustFeetsFersterFinnellaFinkFinkleFisherFlommerFlynnFordForstFosterFrielFultonFureyGabrowskyGaraghtyGatesGaytonGillinghamGillonGilmoreGoodnowGoanerGouldGraffGrahamGrayGrossGrouthamelHainesHallettHamiltonHandHardingHarknessHarringtonHarrisHarrisonHartHartmanHarveyHasenemarHassHeckHelmHenleyHensonHeplerHessHaymanHibblerHicksHijerHillHollandHolmesHolyesHooperHopkinsHouserHowellHubbardHuffmanHumphreyHurdIngriskIrwinJacksonJacobyJohnsonJonesJosephKahlerKauffmanKearneyKellyKernKinslerKinslowKitchenKlineKnowlesKochKoenfeldKountzKreiderKristlerKritlerKrotzerKuglerKuhnKurzLeClereLeeLefeverLewisLingafeltLogueLordLoughreyLowLoweLowtherLwellynLunchMcBrideMcCamantMcCueNcCullyMcDowellMcKeoughMcLaughlinMcNeilMcNesbyMcNicholMcPheeMaffettMagillMarahMatlackMaxwinMeaghenMeredithMichiltreeMiffordMilligahanMoneyMooreMorganMorrowMoyerMullikenMurpheyNaylorNazelNiverNoadNobleNortheroftNortonO’GradyOliverO’NeillO’RourkeParishOattersonPerkinsPerryPetersPhilipsPickerPickhamPitardPrinceQuigleyRaeRainesRaineyRamseyRatcliffRehderReynoldsRichterRileRisslerRodhamRodimerRoelkeRoemerRoseRosseaRubinRyanSandersScanlonSchaefferSchiuemanSchneiderScottSealSeiesSellersShafferShanerShawSheetzShieldsShockleyShottsShipleySimpsonSloanSmithSnyderSomervilleStatenSteerSteinbachStewartSticklineStoddartStoresStoutStreaksStrickerSundershafferTaylorTheileThomasThompsonThorneToddTorgaToveyTracyTrainerTroxellTrotterUhlmanVanMoschzeakerVintonVogtVoigtWagnerWalkerWallaceWalshWaltersWaltonWardWatzlerWeaverWebberWeinmanWhitehurstWilletsWilliamsWilsonWolfWolfeWorkmanWornerWrightYardYarringtonYergeyYoungZeiglerZonbathy
Brookhaven Baptist Church415 Edwards DrBrookhaven, Pennsylvania 19015 19 Jun 1977 Pastor Dalton Names Mentioned: Alma Cruspero, Lisa Marie Mrozowski, Marian Mrozowski, Michael Mrozowski, Craig Michael Grant, Jon Grant, Beverly Grant, Edith Hamlin, Robert Mullaney, Lewis Sickman, Gene Cox, Charles McCormick, Henri Van Bergan, Evert Carmichael, Shirley Summers, Dorothy Draper, Helen Harrington, Emma … Read more
Chester High School Class of February 1943 – PDF of page is available Dorothy Mae Aschenbach Carol Elaine Ayers Rose A Babicki Noreen Ballod Bernice Webster Barrowclough Joseph Lee Bradley Theodore Bernard Brodzinski Pearl Elizabeth Brooks Gloria Estelle Brown Susan … Read more
Haverford Township High School Class of February 1932 – PDF of page is available John Armstrong Catherine Bell Helen Bencker John Bower Jr Winifred Broadbent Edgar Brown Peter Buckley Rachel M Cannon Mary I Clark … Read more
Chichester School District Opened in: First Graduating Class: Location of Schools: Chichester High School 3333 Chichester Avenue Boothwyn, PA 19061 Chichester Middle School 725 Meetinghouse Road Boothwyn, PA 19061 Boothwyn Elementry 2128 Blueball Avenue Boothwyn, PA 19061 Opened in: 2010 Hilltop Elementry 400 Cherrytree Road Aston, PA 19014 New building opened in: 2009 Linwood Elementry … Read more
CHAPTER XXXII THE CITY OF CHESTER In 1644 the present site of Chester, east of the creek of that name, was a tobacco plantation, occupied by farm servants in the employment of the Swedish company. About that time many of the colonists began to seek grants of the broad acres on the main land, and … Read more
CHAPTER XXXI BIRMINGHAM TOWNSHIP At the extreme southwestern end of Delaware County is Birmingham township, which in early days was pronounced as though written Brummagen. The Brandywine Creek constitutes the entire western boundary of the township. This stream was called by the Swedes Fiskekill, and the present name, by tradition, is asserted to have been … Read more