Media Genealogy (in Delaware County, PA)

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Media Birth Records

Pennsylvania Births, 1852-1854 Ancestry online

Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Register of births, 1893-1907 FamilySearch Library

Media Cemetery Records

Burial ground account book, 1926-1981, Providence Monthly Meeting of Friends (Media, Pa.). Archive Grid

Calvary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Calvary Cemetery Find a Grave online

Calvary Cemetery, Media US Gen Web Archives online

Christ Episcopal Church - Memorial Gardens; Media US Gen Web Archives online

Cumberland Cemetery Billion Graves online

Cumberland Cemetery Find a Grave online

Delaware County SPCA Pet Cemetery Find a Grave online

Media Cemetery Find a Grave online

Media Cemetery; Media US Gen Web Archives online

Providence Friends Meeting Cemetery Find a Grave online

Providence Meeting House & Burial Grounds (Sandy Bank Graveyard); Media US Gen Web Archives online

Sandy Bank Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Unitarian Universalist Church Memory Garden Find a Grave online

Media Census Records

Federal Census 1860, Media Borough / Middletown US Gen Web Archives online

Federal Census 1860, Upper Providence / Media Borough US Gen Web Archives online

Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Media Church Records

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Burial ground account book, 1926-1981, Providence Monthly Meeting of Friends (Media, Pa.). Archive Grid

Chester Monthly Meeting records [extract] FamilySearch Library

Church Records for First Methodist Episcopal (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1853 [Presbyterian] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1860-1920 [First Methodist] FamilySearch Library

Monthly meeting records, 1827-1934 (Society of Friends. Chester Monthly Meeting (Pennsylvania : Hicksite)) FamilySearch Library

Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1872-1895 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1894-1904 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Register of Rev. Joseph Carlisle : baptisms, 1852-1880, marriages, 1841-1886 FamilySearch Library

Media City Directories

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Boyd's directory of Delaware County, Penna., 1897-'98 : containing a general directory of Chester City, and of the towns of Clifton Heights, Darby, Eddystone, Landsdowne, Media, Sharon Hill, Upland and Wayne, and a business directory of the county, to which is added a large list of farmers and an appendix of useful information FamilySearch Library

Boyd's directory of Delaware County, Penna., 1899-1900 : containing a general directory of Chester City, and of the towns of Clifton Heights, Darby, Eddystone, Lansdowne, Media, Ridley Park, Sharon Hill, Upland and Wayne, and a business directory of the county, to which is added a large list of farmers and an appendix of useful information FamilySearch Library

Chester city directory, 1883-84 : including the boroughs of South Chester, North Chester, Upland, Media, and the village of Eddystone, containing a general directory of the citizens, a partnership directory, a street directory, a record of the city and borough governments, their institutions, corporations, societies, etc. FamilySearch Library

Chester city directory, 1885-86 : including the boroughs of South Chester, North Chester, Upland and Media, containing a general directory of the citizens, a partnership directory, a street directory, a record of the city and borough governments, their institutions, corporations, societies, etc. FamilySearch Library

Chester directory, 1891-92 : consolidated with the borough of South Chester and including the boroughs of Upland, Eddystone and Media, containing a general directory of the citizens, a partnership directory, a street directory, a record of the city and borough governments, their institutions, corporations, societies, etc. FamilySearch Library

Media Directory, 1915-16 including a business and residential directory Ancestry online

Media directory, 1915-16 : including a business and residential directory of the following towns: South Media, Collingdale, Moylan, Sharon Hill, Wallingford, Glenolden, Swarthmore, Moore, Morton, Ridley Park, Aldan, Drexel Hill, Clifton, Garrettford, Norwood, Lima ... containing a record of the county, township, borough and county officials, secret and benevolent societies and other information FamilySearch Library

Media, PA 1917-1918, 1920, 1923-1924, 1926-1931 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Media, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

White and Yellow Pages, Southern Chester County June 1984 through June 1985 Library of Congress online

White and Yellow Pages, Southern Chester County October 1953 through December 1959 Library of Congress online

Media Death Records

1906-1967 Pennsylvania Death Certificates Ancestry online

Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 MyHeritage online

Pennsylvania, Death Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Media Histories and Genealogies

The History of the Town of Media : the County Town of the County of Delaware in the State of Pennsylvania Ancestry online

The history of the town of Media : the county town of the county of Delaware in the state of Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Media Immigration Records

Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1951 Ancestry online

Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 Fold3 online

Naturalization papers, 1795-1906 FamilySearch Library

Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684 Ancestry online

Petitions for roads, Delaware County, 1789-1815 FamilySearch Library

Media Land Records

Deeds, 1770-1866; deed index, 1789-1914 FamilySearch Library

Media Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, June 1887 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, October 1894 Library of Congress online

Media Marriage Records

1700-1821 Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry online

1852-1968 Pennsylvania, Marriages Ancestry online

Marriage license dockets, 1885-1907 FamilySearch Library

Register of Rev. Joseph Carlisle : baptisms, 1852-1880, marriages, 1841-1886 FamilySearch Library

Media Newspapers and Obituaries

News of Delaware County [Boroughs Edition] 05/02/2007 to 06/10/2009 Genealogy Bank online

News of Delaware County [Mid-Delco Edition] 05/30/2007 to 01/28/2009 Genealogy Bank online

Town Talk 02/05/2002 to 12/31/2019 Genealogy Bank online

Town Talk [Central Delaware County Edition] 03/28/2007 to 06/10/2009 Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Media

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Delaware County American and Media Advertiser. (Media, Del. Co., Pa.) 1856-1859

Delaware County American. (Media, Delaware County, Pa.) 1859-1917

Delaware County Record. (Media, Pa.) 1878-1924

Union, and Delaware County Democrat. (Media [Pa.) 1852-1854

Media Probate Records

1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstract of wills of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1789-1835 FamilySearch Library

Media School Records

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Elwyn Institute yearbooks, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Media High School - Median Yearbook (Media, PA), 1953, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960 E Yearbook online

Media High School yearbook, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Notre Dame High School For Girls yearbooks, 1950, 1952 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Penncrest High School yearbooks, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

The Christian Academy yearbook, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades - Mechanic Yearbook (Media, PA), 1909, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1939 E Yearbook online

Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades yearbook, 1917 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades yearbooks, 1909, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1939, 1960, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Media Tax Records

Chester County taxes, 1781-1789, for that part of the county which became Delaware County FamilySearch Library



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