The following resources have been selected to assist in researching Delmarva.

Featured Sites Libraries Archives Maps & Geography Other Delmarva Resources 17th-century Culture and Daily Life Recommended Reading List

Featured Sites:

American Origins
American Origins, a pilot project and a work in progress, is presented by the Edward H. Nabb Research Center. It is a digital archive, utilizing GIS technology, focusing on the settlement period of 1663 through 1759. The database consists of records pertaining to the inhabitants of the neck of land just south of the Wicomico River in Somerset County, Maryland currently referred to as Mt. Vernon. This area, formerly known as the Hungary Neck district, contained portions of the Monie and Wicomico Hundreds during the colonial period.

State Archives

Delaware Public Archives
Archives of Maryland
Virginia State Archives

Maps

Boundary Line Claimed by Maryland and Virginia between 1632 and 1877
Handley's Eastern Shore Maps
Virginia Maps

Other Delmarva Research Resources

GHOTES - (Genealogy and History of the Eastern Shore of Virginia)
Handley's Eastern Shore
Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

17th-century Culture and Daily Life

Food:
17th-century English Recipes: A collection of late-16th & 17th century English recipes & receipts presented in their original language, all transcribed from primary sources.
Making bread in early America
Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project

Architecture:
Great Hopes Plantation: Photographs showing the process of building a 18th-century Chesapeake house.

Recommended Reading List