Delaware, United States Genealogy

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Guide to Delaware ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Delaware Information[edit | edit source]

Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution having done so on December 7, 1789.[1] It is located in the northeast part of the United States and has 3 counties. Delaware was created from the Crown Colony of Delaware and the capital is Dover.[2] See Delaware History for more information.

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Many genealogy records are kept on the county level in the United States. Click on a county below to go to the county Wiki article listing more information.

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Counties[edit | edit source]

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Delaware Migration Routes[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. History of Delaware, 1609-1888. By J. Thomas Scharf. v.1,.p. 269.
  2. Wikipedia contributors, "List of US States by Date of Admission," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union, accessed 1 Nov 2016.