Delaware County, NY Genealogy and History Site

Questions about Delaware County and/or your own personal research?

As developer of this Delaware County website, and coordinator and coder of materials for it, I am unable to answer questions regarding Delaware County or to provide personal research assistance. Aside from not having additional volunteer time available (all my time is spent in managing the thousands upon thousands of pages of data contained here), I have never lived in Delaware County and anything I know about its history is already contained here on the website.

If you are inquiring about a specific family, then write a query and Submit it to me so it may be placed on the appropriate QUERY Page (put DELAWARE QUERY in the subject line). Another great place to find assistance is through the Delaware Mailing LIST. We have nearly 600 subscribers and many are very helpful to those doing their research. The third thing that you can do, is browse through the gigantic collection of materials on this website. The index is set up in an easy to use manner. Keep a little research booklet and record in it all the areas of the website that you have visited. Use the PICO search engine - key in various spellings of the name you are looking for - use the PICO help to gain a better understanding of how to use the search engine. Also, on the Search Engine page you will find links to the search engine for the Delaware County NY Mailing LIST Archives. Run a search or browse through past messages. Finally, in the 'Research Area', towards the bottom of the Table of Contents page, there is a section called Helpful Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Exterior Sites. There you will find links to other websites (how-to guides, list of mailing lists, etc.) That is a GREAT place to start if you are new to genealogy and/or the computer.

And, when all else fails - there is a link on the TOC page to several 'Professional Researchers'.

Visit the site on a regular basis as materials are added several times each week ('new' and 'updated' icons are used on the TOC page to keep you abreast of changes). Enjoy the website and Good Luck with your research! Joyce Riedinger

A note about e-mail addresses: If an e-mail address that you find on this website bounces, check the master addresses page to see if a more recent address for that person is listed.