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This project is used to relate all units from Delaware who served in the Union Army.
This project is for those who were born, lived, and died in Kent County,Delaware.
This project is for those who were born,lived, and died in New Castle County, Delaware.
This project is part of the State of Delaware Portal. About the Project Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Delaware. You can add profiles for: People born in Delaware People who lived in Delaware People who died in Delaware When you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit. I...
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . This is the master project for Delaware and its history. State of Delaware Nickname(s): The First State; The Small Wonder; Blue Hen State; The Diamond State Motto(s): Liberty and Independence Demonym: Delawarean Capital: Dover Largest city: Wilmington Please do not add profiles to the project. Add them to the appropriate sub...
Links Naming Conventions Delaware Indian Tribe s Delaware Indian Tribes Delaware The Unalachtigo division of the Delaware occupied all of the northern parts of this State when it was first visited by Europeans. Nanticoke Bodies of Indians classed, under this general head extended into the southern and western sections. Unalachtigo and Nanticoke are tw...
This project is for those who were born, lived and died in Sussex County, Delaware.
2nd Delaware Infantry Regiment The 2nd Delaware Infantry Regiment fought in many of the most significant battles in the Eastern Theater. Organized in Wilmington, Delaware, it had a unique mix of soldiers, from Delaware, Philadelphia, PA and Elkton, MD. Initial organization of the regiment started in June, 1861 with Colonel W.H. Wharton in command. The 2nd Delaware would be mustered into Fed...
College is an American private, co-educational, liberal arts college, located in Dover, the capital of Delaware.
The Hall of Fame of Delaware Women was established in 1981 by the Delaware Commission for Women, a division of the Secretary of State of Delaware. The hall of fame recognizes the achievements and contributions of Delaware women in a variety of fields and includes activists, artists, athletes, military personnel and scientists.The Delaware Commission for Women is a state agency with members appo...
This is an umbrella project for all projects related to Jews from Delaware . Although Jewish fur traders were in the territory that became Delaware as early as 1655, only a handful of Jews, including Jacob Fiana, Abraham Judah, and Jacob and Daniel Solis, settled in the area before the middle of the 19th century when Jewish retailers from families in Philadelphia and Baltimore began opening s...
Objective This project brings together the governors of the Delaware Colony in the North American Middle Colonies and of the state of Delaware. Background Before its coastline was first explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south. It was initially colonized by Dutch tr...
United States Senators from Delaware List of United States Senators from Delaware (from U.S. Senate web site--no links) List of United States Senators from Delaware (with wikipedia links)
The Phoenix Ship Disaster (1847) In the middle of the nineteenth century a lot of people from the East of Holland emigrated to the US. One of the most popular destinations was Wisconsin. In 1847 a group of those emigrants were on the propellor Phoenix, which would bring them from Buffalo to Sheboygan and beyond. In the early hours of November 21, 1847 the propellor burnt. About 25 people resc...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature. Place project portals Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. Geographical Australia Canada Europe Al-Andalus Austro-Hungarian-Empire France French Provinces of the "Anc...
WORK IN PROGRESS < BACK Transcribed and annotated by Peter Stebbins Craig. //No.76 and forward Matinicum Island Pieter Alrichs Shackamaxon Petersson Cock 2 Wicaco Sven Svensson 2 Olof Svensson 3 Anders Svensson 4 Moyamensing Anders Bengtsson 6 Olof Stille 7
This is an umbrella project for projects based upon families and local communities of Scots-Irish who settled on the Eastern Shore (also called Delmarva Peninsula) in the late 17th century and early 18th century. As an umbrella project, this project can provide historical and bibliographic information for the entire area and its families. The following historical overview is excerpted from "M...
Founded in the early 1760s by the charismatic preacher Joseph Nichols, the Nicholites shared many similarities with the Quakers, including dedication to nonviolence and antislavery and were one of the first religious groups in America to make the manumission of slaves a requirement of membership. As with Quaker meetings, the Nicholites’ meetings consisted of silent contemplation of the “Inner L...