5/16 - May Meeting Of The Downstate Delaware Genealogical Society
6/06 - The Holocaust
7/04 - Caesar Rodney Rides Again!
8/01 – From the Spanish Main to Hollywood; The Evolution of Pirate Dress, Real and Imagined

Vietnam Mailbag: Voices From the War.
Don't miss your last chance to see Vietnam Mailbag, Voices from the War: 1968 - 1972. This exhibit features selected letters sent from Delaware soldiers fighting in Vietnam along with military artifacts from the era. Vietnam Mailbag is on display at the Delaware Public Archives through Saturday, May 16th. A portion of the exhibit will travel to Rehoboth, Delaware where it will be displayed at the Rehoboth Beach Museum during the summer of 2009.

Trustees of the Poor Bastardy Bonds - Entries made on the bastardy bonds show the names of the sureties, father, mother, and justice of the peace; date and amount of bond; sex and date of birth of child; conditions of the bond; signatures of sureties and witnesses; and hundred of residence of the mother. Occasionally the name of the child is given.

New Books in the Research Room
Stop by and take a look at some of the 40+ titles recently added to the Reference Book collection in the Mabel Lloyd Ridgely Research Room. The focus of these new acquisitions is genealogy, including titles of local interest, as well as broader genealogy topics. There are also numerous new books on Delaware history, such as “Ablaze in Lewes Harbour: the last cruise of the SS Lenape” by Bob Kotowski and “Wilmington and Western Railroad” by Gisela Vazquez.