State Resource & General Information Sites

Archives, Databases...
• USGenWeb Delaware Archives
  Browse the files, or use the search engine to query the archives.
• Rootsweb Delaware Resource Database
• Delaware Public Archives
• Social Security Death Index Interactive Search
• U.S. City Directories on Microfilm at the Library of Congress
• Rootsweb Town Search
• BLM General Land Office Records

Vital Records

• DPH -- Vital Statistics
          Division of Public Health
          417 Federal Street
          Dover, DE 19901
          302-744-4700 or 1-888-459-2943
          FAX: 302-739-3008
          dhssinfo@state.de.us
• Delaware Vital Records Information
• Delaware Vital Records Resources

Census

• Census Online - Delaware
• USGenWeb Census Project - Delaware
• Delaware - The USGenWeb Census Project
• Delaware Census Records

Cemeteries, Funeral Homes, Churches...

• Delaware Cemeteries part of the USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
• Cemeteries of Kent County, Delaware
• Delaware Obituary Links Check this page of weblinks out!
• Find A Grave - Delaware
• Sources for Church Records

History:

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• • Union Regimental Index -- Delaware part of the Civil War Archives
  • Kent County Jail, 1930 Index of Prisoners
  • Delaware Roster of Union Soldiers
  • Fourth Delaware Regiment Infantry Volunteers
  • Delaware Historical Analysis This is the working website for Heite Consulting; it contains drafts of their historical research.
  • History of Delaware -- 1609 - 1888 by J. Thomas Scharf, A.M., LL.D.
  • Penny Postcards from Delaware
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  • National Register of Historical Places - Delaware
  • Glossary of Ancient Diseases

  Historical Societies:

  • Genealogical and Historical Societies in Delaware

  Libraries & Research Centers

  • Delaware Libraries
  • Family History Centers
  • Delaware's Libraries includes a listing for every public library in the state, as well as access to the libraries' databases on-line.

  Newspapers

  • HomeTownNews -- Delaware Newspapers a directory of local and state newspapers
  • The News Journal Obituaries read the recent obituaries or Search the Archives back to 1999
  • Internet Public Library -- Delaware Newspapers

  Email Lists

  • Rootsweb's Delaware Miscellaneous Mailing Lists
    includes a Cemeteries list, Census-lookup list, NativeAmerican-Delmarva list, Veteran's list, Old Delaware newspapers list, and more.
  • Delaware Genealogy Mailing Lists a listing of not only Rootsweb lists, but others as well, with coding to indicate the focus of the list

  How-to

  • Genealogy Learning Center has such articles as "Taking the Mystery Out of Land Records" and "Where to Obtain Land Patents"
  • Rootsweb Guide for Tracing Family Trees Genealogy Guides for Beginners (caution: guides are graphics intensive)
  • Research Guidance v2.0 a How-to Guide -- scroll down the page to find Delaware files
  • Starting Your Genealogy Research - The Basics  
  • How To Use and Write Queries & About Look Ups  
  • How To Read A 200-Year-Old Document and Other FAQs
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  Genealogy Listings and Compilations

  • Cyndi's List of Delaware Genealogy Sites on the Internet
  • Genealogy Resources on the Internet Compiled and continuously updated by Chris Gaunt and John Fuller
  • Delaware Genealogy on GeneaSearch

  
  

  Don't forget there are more statewide resource links on the Delaware USGenWeb Genealogy Project page.

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