Contributions of Books and CDs
by and through the
Delaware Genealogical Society
to the Historical Society of Delaware

Jump to DGS' Block Donation of CDs or Judge Robert Taylor's Donation


Each year for over a decade the Delaware Genealogical Society (DGS) has contributed to the Delaware Historical Society (DHS) from $500 to $1,000 for the purchase of books with strong genealogical content to compliment the fine collection of the Delaware Historical Society. Some of the books contain genealogical information specific to Delaware (the main focus of the DHS collection) and some contain genealogical information on nearby counties in surounding states. We have not listed those books here, but they have been a significant resource for researchers. Many of the CDs noted below went beyond these geographic limits to provide genealogical information for all states in the U.S. or data specific to distant regions such as New England, Ohio, etc.


DGS' Block Donation of CD Databases 
Our Magnificent New Resource at HSD

by Ralph D. Nelson, Jr. -- September 4, 2000

Last summer DGS donated to the Historical Society of Delaware (HSD) funds to buy a new computer and a CD (compact disk) reader. Over the past year Norman Thompson used a special DGS fund to buy forty CD databases to form the nucleus of this new collection. These databases provide a significant extension of the genealogical resources at the HSD because they contain information on millions of names outside of the Delaware area.

I have now installed the software required to use the disks, I have written a brief summary of how to put in and take out a CD, and for each database I tell how to open the database, perform a simple search for a name, print the selected information, and close the database.

Following is a summary of the new resources that the DGS has made available for public use. Keep it handy for the next time a friend asks you where to find information on an ancestor. And try it yourself. I found new information on almost every CD I installed!

IMMIGRATION RECORDS

Emigrants (from England) 1607-1776 - Information on 140,000 individuals may include age, residence, occupation, name of ship, parish of origin, data and location of arrival, reason for emigration. This is a single list by date.

Passenger and Immigration Lists 1538-1940 (1999 update, Filby) = Family Tree Maker CD #354 - Info on 2,897,000 individuals who arrived in the U.S and Canada: age, year and place of arrival, names of accompanying family members, where to get more info

GENEALOGIES, CHURCH RECORDS, AND MARRIAGE RECORDS

Church Records: Maryland and Delaware 1600s-1800s

Encylopedia of Quaker Genealogy 1740-1930 = Family Tree Maker CD #192 - Info on 455,000 individuals from the "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy" (Hinshaw): marriages, deaths, etc., as a single alphabetized list.

Marriage Indexes for Selected Counties (lists of names, date, county) for

-- KY, TN, VA, WV, 1728-1850 = Family Tree Maker CD #229 (582,000 individuals)

-- MD, NC, VA 1624-1915 = Family Tree Maker CD #4 (250,000 individuals)

-- Maryland 1655-1850 = FamTree Maker CD #224 (258,000 individuals)

National Genealogical Society Quarterly - full text of 85 volumes; articles on 710,000 people.

New England Families, English Origins of 1500s-1800s = Family Tree Maker CDs #181, 350 - 143,000 individuals: birth, baptism, marriage, death, probate and family histories (much from New Engl. Hist. and Geneal Reg.) This is a single alphabetized list.

New England Families 1600s-1800s = Family Tree Maker CDs #117, 159 - An alphabetized list with genealogical information on 160,000 people.

Ohio: County and Family Histories 1780-1970 = Family Tree Maker CDs #20, 450 - An alphabetized list with genealogical information on 700,000 Ohio residents

Ohio Vital Records 1750s - 1880s = Family Tree Maker CDs #175, 177 - Data on 163,000 individuals: birth, baptism, marriage, death, probate and family histories from several regional genealogy sources

Virginia Genealogies 1600s-1800s = Family Tree Maker CDs #162, 186, 187, 205 - A single alphabetized list of 600,000 individuals from a wide variety of sources.

 

CENSUS AND SOCIAL SECURITY RECORDS AND INDEXES

Colonial America 1607-1789 - This contains 390,000 census records for the Colonial Period.

Social Security Death Index - millions of names, Social Security numbers, and the birth and death dates of people who held SS#s (only issued after about 1930) and died before about 1995.

U.S. Census Bundle (11 CDs, Selected Counties, 1790 to 1860) = Family Tree Maker CDs #310-320. Note: The data are on these CDs are "selected" and do NOT contain all counties or all census records for each county, so don't despair if you fail to find a name here.

-- 1790, 1800 These CDs have the FULL CENSUS LISTING: the head of household, household location, and numbers of people in various age brackets. They contain all nearby states (NJ, PA, DE, MD).

-- 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850 These CDs have only the HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, household location, and the page number where it appears in the census rolls. They contain all nearby states (NJ, PA, DE, MD).

-- 1860, 1870, 1880 These CDs have ALL NAMES IN THE HOUSEHOLD, location, and the page number. The 1860 CD does NOT have data for MD, the 1870 disk does NOT have data for MD, NJ, or PA; and the 1880 disk does NOT have data for DE, MD, NJ, or PA.

1870 Ohio Census Index - data for this state.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Military Records: Revolutionary Patriots of Maryland and Delaware 1775-1783, by Henry Peden (7,000 names in DE, 50,000 in MD) [donated by Mary Emma Wagner]

SAR Patriot Index 1999 (Sons of the American Revolution) - 610,000 names that appear on the 140,000 lineages filed since this lineage society was founded in 1896

SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register 1997 (Sons of the American Revolution) - locations of 69,000 graves of Revolutionary War patriots (and the names of the patriots) are given here. Many names are not in the SAR Patriot Index, so be sure to check both.

GENERAL RESOURCES

Directories of Genealogical and Historical Societies (Iron Gate Publishing, ISBN # 1-870579-21-9): lists of A) Societies, B) Libraries, Archives, & Collections, C) Periodicals

Family Finder Index, Version 5.0 - This is a single alphabetized index to 171,000,000 names on 100 Broderbund CDs.

Periodical Source Index (PERSI) [donated by Jayne McCormick] - references to over 1,000,000 people in articles from 5,000 genealogical periodicals from 1800-1998.

DATABASES THAT ARE ON THE HARD DRIVE

Sussex County (DE) Tombstones, with the Cemetery Index - listings from 1920's and 1930's.

OTHER PROGRAMS:

Microsoft Office 2000, with Word (for writing documents), Excel (for spreadsheets), and Access (for databases). Use these to read files you can't read with older versions of these Microsoft products.

Personal Ancestral Filer - You can try this and see if you like it. If you like it you can download a copy at home for free from <http://www.lds.org>.


Judge Clarence Taylor's Gift of Books and CDs 
Benefits Several Libraries


by Ralph Nelson, president of DGS, 20 Sep 2001

Judge Clarence Taylor was a member of the Delaware Genealogical Society and a fifty-year member of the Delaware Society, Sons of the American Revolution. He had an active interest in family history, and he was actively engaged on research on his ancestors, many of whom lived on the DelMarVa peninsula.

After he died in February 2001, his widow, Janet Taylor, was kind enough to donate many of his recently-purchased items for the benefit of other researchers in this area. The materials were distributed through the Delaware Society SAR to the Delaware Genealogical Society (who had first pick to select books for use at the Historical Society of Delaware), the Delaware Public Archives (second pick), and the genealogical library of the Sons of the American Revolution (whatever remained).

A great part of the joy of genealogy comes from participating in a cooperative effort to develop good resources and in sharing the results of our research with others. This donation is a good example of such sharing.

Resources Donated in 2001 by the Estate of Judge Clarence Taylor
to DGS for use at HSD

Genealogical - Maryland - Dorchester Co.

The Early Settlers of Dorchester County and Their Lands, by C.W. and M.I. Mowbray, 2 vols   (1992, Family Line Publ., Silver Spring MD)

Genealogical - Virginia

English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records 1600-1700, by L. des Cognets, Jr. (1990, Gen. Publ. Co.,Baltimore MD)

Genealogical - Other

United States Census Key 1850, 1860, 1870, by L.H. Smith (1987, Am. Gen. Lending Lib., BountifulUT)

Early American GraveStone Designs, by E. L. Smith (1968, Applied Arts, Witmer PA)

English Adventurers and Emigrants 1661-1733, by P.W. Coldham (1985, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

Emigrants to America -Indentured Servants Recruited in London 1718-1733, by Wareing (1985, Gen.Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

Falaise Roll, by M.J. Crispin (1994, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

History of the Ancient Ryedales, by G. T. Ridlon, 2 vols facsimile reprint (1994, Heritage Books,Bowie, MD)

Parish/Town Guide to the Province of Quebec, ed. R.J. Quintin (1993, author, Pawtucket RI) -Canada

Quebec Catholic Parishes and Published Parish Marriage Records, by J.S. White (1993, FamilyLine Publ., Westminster MD) - Canada

Miscellany

Delaware, the Diamond State (1948 by the State Board of Ag.) - 64 page pamphlet

CD Databases on CENSUS AND INDEXES

1791-1809 U.S. Censuses and Tax Lists NE and NY = Automated Archives CD#138.

1791-1809 U.S. Cenc&Tax Lists Mid-Atlantic, South,Midwest = Auto.Arch.CD#151.

1810 U.S. Census Index NE and NY = AutomatedArchives CD#149.

1810-1819 U.S. Cens.&Tax Lists Mid-Atlantic, South,Midwest = Auto.Arch.CD#150

1820-1829 U.S. Census Index NE and NY = AutomatedArchives CD#139.

1820-1829 U.S. Cens. Index Great Lakes, South, Mid-Atlantic = Auto.Arch.CD#154.

1830-1839 U.S. Census Index Northeast = AutomatedArchives CD#140

1840 U.S. Census Index NE and NY = AutomatedArchives CD#141.

1840 U.S. Census Index Mid-Atlantic = AutomatedArchives CD#142.

1850 U.S. Census Index New England = AutomatedArchives CD#40

1850 U.S. Census Index PA, DE, NJ = AutomatedArchives CD#41

1850 U.S. Census Index DC, MD, NC, WV, VA = Auto.Arch. CD#43

1850-1880 Mortality Index = Automated Archives CD#164.

1860 U.S. Census Index DC, MD, NC, WV, VA =Automated Archives CD#24

CD Databases on OTHER TOPICS:

Family Archives Viewerversion 3.02 - to use Family Archives CDs = Broderbund, no #

Compend. of Am. Gen.(1600s-1800s) =  Gen. Publ. Co.;Broderbund double CD#200

Immigrants to the NewWorld (1600s-1800s) = Gen. Publ. Co.; Broderbund CD#170

Genealogies of the Mayflower Families(1500s-1800s) - from Gen.Publ.Co.;Broder. CD#171

Virginia Vital Records #1 (1600s-1800s) - from Gen.Publ. Co.; Broderbund CD#174

Master Name Index of Automated Archives (1994, allAA CDs in this set)- AutoArch CD#43

Marriage Records MD, NC, VA - Automated ArchivesCD#4


Resources Donated in 2001 by the Estate of Judge Clarence Taylor
to DGS for use at Delaware Public Archives

Genealogical - Delaware

Delaware Bible Records,Vol 2, by D.O. Virdin (1992, Heritage Books, Bowie MD)

Colonial DelawareRecords 1681-1713, by B.A. Bendler (1992, Family Line Publ., WestminsterMD)

Milford Delaware andthe Milford Area after 1776, by E.D. Hitchens and E.M. Hurley, (1985,Delaware Gen. Soc., Wilmington DE)

Genealogical - Maryland - state

To Maryland from Overseas, by H. W. Newman (1991, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD) - Jacobites sold into white slavery) ==>2 copies <==

Maryland Marriages1634-1777, by R. Barnes (1975, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

Maryland Marriages1778-1800, by R. Barnes (1978, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

Maryland Marriages1801-1820, by R. Barnes (1993, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

Maryland Marriage Clues,Vol. 1, by I.S. Harper (1980, Anundson. Publ. Co., Decorah IA)

Settlers of Maryland1679-1700, by P.W. Coldham (1995, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

1776 Census of Maryland,by B.S. Carothers (1992, Family Line Publ., Westminster MD)

Citizens of the Eastern Shore of Maryland 1659-1750, by F.E. Wright (1986, Family Line Publ.,Westminster MD)

Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1648-1725, 2nd ed. by F.E. Wright (1993, Family Line Publ.,Westminster MD)

Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1726-1750, by F.E. Wright (1983, Family Line Publ.,Westminster MD)

Maryland Eastern ShoreVital Records 1751-1775, by F.E. Wright (1984, Family Line Publ.,Westminster MD)

Maryland Eastern ShoreVital Records 1776-1800, by F.E. Wright (1985, Family Line Publ.,Westminster MD)

Old Kent: The EasternShore of Maryland, by G.A. Hanson (1967, Gen. Publ. Co., Balt. MD)

Genealogical - Maryland - Dorchester Co.

Abstracts from the LandRecords of Dorchester County, Maryland - Vol. C, Libers Old No. 9 - Old No. 121732-1745, by J.A. McAllister, Jr. (1986, Family Line, Silver Spring MD)

Land Records ofDorchester County, Maryland 1763-1767, by J.A. McAllister, Jr. (1989,Family Line Publ., Silver Spring MD)

Land Records of Dorchester County, Maryland 1767-1771, by J.A. McAllister, Jr. (1989,Family Line Publ., Silver Spring MD)

Land Records ofDorchester County, Maryland 1763-1767, by J.A. McAllister, Jr. (1989,Family Line Publ., Silver Spring MD)

Genealogical - Maryland - Somerset Co.

Old Somerset on theEastern Shore of Maryland, by C. Torrence (1993, Gen. Publ. Co., BaltimoreMD)

Somerset County,Maryland, Rent Rolls 1663-1723, by R.T. Dryden (no date given, Family LinePubl., Westminster MD)

Land Records ofSomerset County, Maryland, by R.T. Dryden (1985, Family Line Publ.,Westminster MD)

Parish of Somerset,Records of Somerset County, Maryland, by R.T. Dryden (1987, Family LinePubl., Westminster MD) ==>2 copies <==

Somerset County Wills1770-1777 & 1675-1710, Liber EB5, by V.L. Skinner, Jr. (1987, author,Brookfield MD)

Somerset County Wills1667-1748, Liber EB9, by V.L. Skinner, Jr. (1987, author, Brookeville MD)

Genealogical - Maryland - other counties

Caroline County,MAryland - 1800 Census, by MD Genealogical Soc. (1972, MD GenealogicalSoc., Baltimore MD)

Births, Deaths, andMarriages of the Nottingham Quakers 1680-1889, by A.L. Beard (1989, FamilyLine Publ., Westminster MD) - town is in Cecil County, MD

Inhabitants of CecilCounty, Maryland 1649-1774, by H.C. Peden (1993, Family Line Publ.,Westminster MD)

Talbot County MarylandLand Records, 21 vols, by R. B. Leonard (1992, Family Line Publ.,Westminster MD) - cover the period 1662-1790

Land Records of Wicomico County, Maryland 1666-1810, by R.T. Dryden (1992, Family LinePubl., Westminster MD) ==>2 copies <==

Land Records ofWorcestor County, Maryland, by R.T. Dryden (1985, Family Line Publ.,Westminster MD)

Worcestor County Estate Dockets 1742-1820, by V.L. Skinner, Jr. (1993, author, Brookeville MD) -Maryland

Genealogical - Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Marriagesprior to 1790, by Linn and Engle (1968, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

Ulster Immigration toPhiladelphia 1803-1850, by R.D. Adams (1992, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

Genealogical - Virginia

Births, Deaths, andSponsors 1717-1778 from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and SussexCounties Virginia, by J.B. Boddie (1958, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

Encyclopedia ofAmerican Quaker Genealogy - Vol. VI, Virginia, by T.W. Marshall (1993, Gen.Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

 

Genealogical - Other

The Handy Book for Genealogists, 8th ed., by G. B. and L.B. Everton (1991 Everton, Logan, UT)

Netting Your Ancestors,by Cyndi Howells (1997, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

The Complete Book ofEmigrants 1661-1699, by P. W. Coldham (1990, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

The Complete Book ofEmigrants 1700-1750, by P. W. Coldham (1992, Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD)

Original Lists of Persons of Quality 1600-1700, by J. C. Hotten (1986, Gen. Publ. Co.,Baltimore MD)

Hugenot GenealogicalResearch, by C.M. Franklin (1985, author, no place listed)

 

CD Databases on CENSUS AND INDEXES

1850 U.S. Census Index New England = AutomatedArchives CD#40

1850 U.S. Census Index DC, MD, NC, WV, VA = Auto.Arch. CD#43

1860 U.S. Census Index Maine = Automated ArchivesCD#77

1870 U.S. Census Index VA, WV, NC, KY = AutomatedArchives CD#34

CD Databases on OTHER TOPICS:

Marriage Records Southern States Vol 1 (early-1850)- Automated Archives CD#229

CD Database CENSUS AND CENSUS INDEXES

-- Colonial America1607-1789 - Contains 390,000 census records for the Colonial Period.

-- 1790, 1800 TheseCDs have the FULL CENSUS LISTING: the head of household, household location,and numbers of people in various age brackets. They contain all nearby states (NJ, PA, DE, MD).

-- 1810, 1820, 1830,1840, 1850 These CDs have only the HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD,
household location, and the page number where it appears in the censusrolls. They contain all nearby states (NJ, PA, DE, MD).

-- 1860 These CDshave ALL NAMES IN THE HOUSEHOLD, location, and the page number. The 1860 CD does NOT have data for MD



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