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
          [email protected]
• 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:

• Delaware Family Histories A Research Guide compiled by the University of Delaware Library
• Mid-Altantic Archives history, genealogy, and maps
• 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
• A List of Occupations A listing of the fascinating archaic and obsolete occupational titles of the past
• 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
• Legal Terms in Land Records

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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