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Website improvements

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Major updates

Hopefully, you will enjoy the updates we implemented over the weekend. All of the major updates have been completed, but we are still making other tweaks. This is a list of some of the changes; more to follow.

  • Changed DGS Logo
  • Change font and colors within the website theme
  • Easier to read content pages
  • The menu bar is always available at the top of the page
  • The menu bar will change for logged-in members for easier access to member items
  • Calendar page – Members logged in will see the special Zoom webinar registration links for members only
  • Calendar page – Non-members will display the Eventbrite link to register for the webinars
  • and others….

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DGS News

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We recently informed our Members about changes to our image and logo in the September Newsletter. Over the coming weeks, you will notice updates to our website. We have been working diligently to improve web pages and simplify the menu for a better user experience.

We value your feedback, so please share your thoughts with us!

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Remembering Farnhurst

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Stories from the Delaware State Hospital 1894-1920

Members of several DGS teams have worked with the author Katherine Dettwyler to bring this information to you.

Remembering Farnhurst

Overview:

This book, Remembering Farnhurst, published in 2019, includes a detailed look at the lives of 186 patients admitted to the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst between 1894 and 1920. Despite usually being thought of as having been simply a “mental hospital” or “lunatic asylum,” the institution cared for people with many different conditions. From brain injuries, syphilis, epilepsy, and schizophrenia to deafness, blindness, and age-related senility, a wide variety of conditions were treated because, at a time, there were few or no other options for care.

The Author:

Katherine Dettwyler

DGS Searchable Name Index:

The DGS website has a searchable Name Index. The table is searchable with a list of names with the page numbers on which they appear in Remembering Farnhurst.

The Rememberg Farnhurst page with the searchable Name Index can be found by clicking this link.

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Development Updates

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Delaware Cemetery Updates – 08/17/2022

The Cemeteries in Delaware page is in the process of being updated. Bob Eckman (Website volunteer and DGS member) has created a database of Delaware Cemeteries. Bob has been working on finding additional cemeteries that were not in the original data, removing duplicates, and documenting each one. In addition, he has been referencing the cemetery on the Find-A-Grave website and adding the reference link and a link to google maps.

Update: The table now includes 839 entries. Included are links to Find-a-Grave and google maps where available. This update also includes a notes field where appropriate.

The new table is a work in progress and will be updated occasionally.

Please thank Bob for his hard work.

Updating – Delaware Cemetery – Link

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If you have any ideas for updating existing data on the website or have data that you think we may be interested in or wish to help with the website, please contact us at webmaster@delgensoc.org.

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