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 This web site is intended for the serious and casual researcher. Click on the Municipalities bar above and select the township or boro you want to look at. There you will find 18th and 19th century tax records, early censuses, cemeteries lists, town directories, maps etc. Then visit the Genealogical Resources link above where there are numerous books on Delaware County history from the 19th and early 20th century. Records are added regularly so please check back often. Most of what you see here and what will be added comes from the thirty-year accumulation of Delaware County Historical memorabilia amassed by Keith Lockhart.This web site has been made possible through the combined efforts of former Delaware County State Representative Ron Raymond, who obtained funding for the web site, and historian Keith Lockhart. Keith is a lifelong Ridley Township resident and a graduate of Penn State University. He has written numerous booklets on the history of the area and for many years penned a history column for Town talk. He has also shared his vast knowledge of local history through articles for both the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily Times Newspapers. Through the dedication and hard work of numerous typists the transcription of the tax and census records took over two years of work to complete. My sincere gratitude goes out to these people. A special thanks to my wife, Mary Lockhart, Donna Greenbarg of Hatboro, Janice Daleandro of Morton, Ethel Dougherty of Norwood, Dawn Beck of Springfield. Keith Lockhart's collection contains many rare books and booklets on Delaware County Pa. History that are not available anywhere else. These booklets run the gamut from the Delaware County Society to Detect Horse Thieves in 1850 to Prospectus's for Delaware County Businesses . Contact Keith Lockhart today.
April 3, 2017- more newspaper articles from the early 20th century have been added to Haverford, Edgmont and Thornbury. These articles are about business, building and important news Please take a look! A new book is out on,
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April 8, 2017- more newspaper articles from the "Giove Trove" have been added to Lansdowne Boro, Thornbury and the Middletown Township pages! April 12, 2017- More" Goive Trove" has been added to the Nether Providence page lots of interesting 100 plus year old newspaper articles!! April 22, 2017- more newspaper articles have been added to the Upper Chichester page . May 2, 2017- on the map page above is the link the 1889 index for the Smith Railroad Atlas has been added. More "Giove Trove" has been added to the Eddystone page. Numerous early newspaper articles of the town's early history. May 9, 2017- more Eddystone articles have been added to that page. May 29, 2017- newspaper articles about Norwood Boro have been added to that page. June 5, 2017- visit my new page Delco Realty News, the link is below. The column begun in April 1912 features information on buildings, builders, architects etc. Please take a look the first 6 months has been added. June 10, 2017- more newspaper articles have been added to Ridley Park, Swarthmore and Upper Darby. All of the Delco Realty News for 1913 has been added to that page, see link below. July 4, 2017- I have added newspaper articles for Concord Twp. and Marcus Hook. Check them out! July 17, 2017- Newspaper articles from Media Boro's early days have been added to that page. July 20, 2017- added more newspaper articles to the Marcus Hook page including a great descriptioin of the Quarentine Station fronm 115 years ago.
This link is to let everyone know what new books and booklets that are out, dealing with Delaware County history. If you would like to make people aware of any new books please let me know.
Just out this month, April, 2017 is another Arcadia Book, , all about the great history of that Delco institution. The book is by Andrew Miller who teaches history at Neumann College.
Just in time for Christmas 2016, Ed Stewart has published, the story of Grover Bergdoll whose well to do family lived in Delaware County. Bergdoll fled to Germany during the First World War rather than be drafted. The story caused national head lines in the day. Read this well done book about a family crisis and what happend to them.
Another new book is out this Spring, 2016 the story of James 'Ted" Meredith by Jack Lemon. Meredith a Delco native set two world and Olympic records in Stockholm, Sweden. The book is by Jack Lemon from Media class of 1964. Click on the link above to order the book and for more information.
The page as it states is to announce upcoming meetings, lectures and historical events throughout Delaware County. If your group is planning something special, or just a meeting, please pass the information on to me and it will be posted on this new page. E-mail keith106@rcn.com
Stan Bowman of Chester County was born and raised in Delaware County and began taking pictures of trolleys in his teens. In the past 50 odd years he has amassed the largest collection of trolley pictures and information around. Stan has been kind enough to share some of his pictures and information with my site and over the next month or so, maps, pictures and information will be added about all the trolley routes and companies that once operated in Delaware County.
A new mill page has been created, to go to it, click the link above. It features the 1826 mill survey, the report of the 1843 flood and a rare mill map for the entire county also from 1843. More will be added to this site in the next few months.
This page has been opened for Delaware County Newspapers. The link for the Chester Times to search it, is now here. The good news after numerous scanning and experimenting the first year of the Morton Chronicle from 1880-1881 is now on the site and can be searched. More years will be added next week most from my personal collection. It has taken allot longer than I thought to do this but it will be well worth it. Take a look and let me know what you think.
The Delaware County Realty News was a column first published in the Chester Times in April of 1913. It was a weekly column that talked of new buildings, developers, architects etc. Even building permits etc. Take a look!
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