Delaware Resources



While much of your family history research may be done in the local courthouse, cemetery and churches, there ARE lots of places on the web to find some more information:

For more Specific Delaware Areas, select a county on the left

Census Records on line
Delaware Census Project by US Census Project
Delaware Census Finder by Census Finder
Delaware Census on line by Census-online
1880 Full Delaware Census by Familysearch LDS

Vital Records
Social Security Death Index by Vital Rec.com

General Delaware Genealogy Sites
Genealogy Forum.COM

Delaware GenForum by Genforum

USGenWeb Delaware by USGenWeb

Delaware Roots Network by Midatlantic Rootsweb

Delaware Genealogy Queries by Cousin Connect

Military Records
Delaware Civil War History Project by Swiftsite

1st Delaware Regiment Civil War Killed & Wounded as Published in NY Times 1864-by USGenweb
3rd Delaware Regiment Volunteer Infantry Civil War Wounded and Killed-USGenweb

Civil War Soldiers from Delaware who were Court-Martialed or Executed by USGenweb

Delaware Civil War Soldiers Buried at Arlington and Harmony Cemeteries by USGenweb

Delaware Korean War Casualities by Distant Cousin

Delaware Vietnam Casualties by Distant Cousin

Taxes - Probates

Delaware Probate Index by Delaware State Library

Early Immigration

Passengers to "New Sweden"/"New Netherlands" prior to (Delaware) Statehood by Rootsweb

Persons to "New Amstel" (Delaware) 1659-1662 by Rootsweb

Settlements on the South Delaware River in the 1600s:
1637 Kalmer Nyckel Passanger List to "New Netherland" by Rootsweb
1637/38 Vogel Grip Passenger List to "New Netherland" by Rootsweb
1649 Kat Passenger List Captured enroute to "New Sweden" off Coast of Porto Rico by Rootsweb
1653/54 Passenger List from Stockholm, Arrived Gotthenburg 1654. Some crew deserted; some transferred to Ship Orn (Eagle) by Rootsweb
Ship Orn (Eagle) arrived "New Sweden" from Gothenburg 1654 by Rootsweb
1654 Ship Gyllene Haj Passenger List Detained at Porto Rico & New Amsterdam; probable migrated to "New Sweden" aft 1655 by Rootsweb
1655/56 Ship Mercurius Passenger List to "New Sweden" by Rootsweb

Local History
Early Settlement of Delaware from 1600s by DE Historical Society

Delaware Families Project (2,718 registered names) by Delaware Gene Society

Delaware Time Line 1609-2002 by USGenweb

Newspapers and Obituaries
Delaware Obituary Project by US Obit Project
Delaware Obituary Database by ObituaryDatabase.com
Delaware Obituary Links by ObitCentral

Delaware Newspapers by Newlink
Delaware Sources to Obtain Newspaper articles by Delaware University Library

Miscellaneous Information
Church locations in Delaware by USGenweb

Delaware Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness by RAOGK.org

Delaware's Original Counties and Hundreds (from 1682) by Delaware Gene Society

Delaware Place Names (Then & Now) by New River.net

Cemetery Information

Delaware Tombstone Project by US Tombstone Projects
Cemetery Stone Transcriptions Delaware by Interment.Net
Delaware Cemetery Junction-Listing of Known DE Cemeteries by Cemetery Junction

Cultural Impact
"300 Years Ago: The Swedes of the Delaware Valley" EBook
Part 1 | Part 2 by Delaware Historical Society
Holy Trinity - Old Swedes Church History by OldSwedes.org
American Swedish Historical Museum by AmericanSwedish.org

"The Delaware Finns" EBook (18 Chapters Total) by Genealogia.fi
Finns in Delaware in the Seventeenth Century by Genealogia.fi

"Delaware's Invisible Indians" Ebook:
Part 1 | Part 2 by Dr. Heite
History of The Mitsawokett Natives of Delaware by Mitsawokett.com

History of African-Americans in Delaware (& Maryland) by University of Delaware
Underground Rail Road in Delaware by Historical Society of Delaware

Historical and Genealogical Societies and Libraries for State of Delaware
Delaware Vital Records
Division of Public Health
P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 744-4549

Historical Society of Delaware
515 Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 655-7161

Delaware Public Archives

Delaware FHC Centers
(hours and locations)

Delaware Genealogical Society

Fort Delaware Historical Society

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