Delaware Church Records - Inventory

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This table describes of the content of each collection in Delaware, Church Records, 1707-1939. More complete information on this collection and instructions on how to use it can be found in Delaware Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records See also the Wiki article Delaware Church Records. Additional church records may be located in the FamilySearch Catalog. For more information about searching for church records see "Look for digital copies of church records in the FamilySearch Catalog." in the Wiki article. See also United States Church Records. Clicking the link in the Collection column will open a new window where you can see the images for that film/folder(s).

Delaware Church Records

Town/City	County	Collection	Notes
Broad Creek	Sussex	Register of Christ Church, Broad Creek and St. Phillips Chapel, Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware, 1853-1865, 1835-1887
Bridgeville	Sussex	Record of pastors and official members, 1898-1939, Union M. E. Church, Bridgeville, Del : also marriages, 1912-1939; alphabetical record of members in full connection of Union Methodist Episcopal Church	copied by Works Progress Administration
Bridgeville	Sussex	Register of St. Mary's Chapel (P. E.), Bridgeville, Delaware, 1890-1939	copied by Works Progress Administration
Camden	Kent	Whereas Murderkill Monthly Meeting and Duck Creek Monthly Meeting of "Friends" having united, under the name of Camden Monthly Meeting.	Copied by Works Progress Administration.Contains births 1742-1897 for Murderkill (p. 1-26) and Camden (p.48-63), deaths 1742-1927 for Camden (p. 27-28, 64-74) and Murderkill (p. 29-47), marriages 1789-1922 for Duck Creek and Camden (p. 75-135) and an index at the end.
Cannon	Sussex	Methodist Protestant Church. Register of Cannon Methodist Protestant Church, Cannon, Delaware, 1905-1939	copied by Works Progress Administration
Cecilton	Cecil (MD)	A copy of the records of St. Stephens Parish (Episcopal) Cecilton, Maryland	copied by Matilda Spicer Hart
Clarksville		Register of St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church, Clarksville, Del., 1907-1914	copied by Works Progress Administration
Dragsboro	Sussex	Prince George Church, Dagsboro, Delaware, 1790-1842, 1914	copied by the Historical Records Survey
Frankford	Sussex	Records of Frankford M. E. Church, Frankford, Del., 1868-1900 : also Houston and Omar.	copied by Works Progress Administration ; for the State Archives Commission
Frankford	Sussex	Records of the Blackwater Presbyterian Church near Frankford, Delaware, 1778-1828	copied by Works Progress Administration ; for the State Archives Commission
Glasgow	New Castle	The records of Pencader Presbyterian Church, New Castle County, Delaware, 1796-1877	by Matilda Spicer Hart
Georgetown	Sussex	Presbyterian Church. Minutes of sessions of Georgetown Presbyterian Church, Lewes Presbytery, Georgetown, Delaware, 1859-1913
Georgetown	Sussex	Records of the churches on Georgetown Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1892-1914 : namely, Cokesbury, Sandhill, St. John and Bethesda
Georgetown	Sussex	ST. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church. Records of the parish of St. Paul's Church, Georgetown, Delaware, 1840-1914
Georgetown	Sussex	Register of Georgetown Methodist Protestant Church, Georgetown, Del., 1898-1916	copied by Works Progress Administration
Georgetown	Sussex	Register of the parish of St. Paul's Church, 1840-1905 : baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, communicants
Greenville	Sussex	Register of St. John's P. E. Church, Little Hill, Sussex County, Delaware, 1842-1857 : register of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, Greenville, Delaware, 1889-1912	Copied by Works Progress Administration
Greenwood	Sussex	Register of Greenwood Circuit, Methodist Episcopal Church, Greenwood, Delaware, 1851-1913	copied by Works Progress Administration
Greenwood	Sussex	Register of Greenwood Circuit, Methodist Protestant Church, Greenwood, Delaware, 1838-1931	copied by Works Progress Administration
Indian River	Sussex	St. George's Chapel. Protestant Episcopal Church. Church records, 1708-1899 : baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, communicants, etc.
Laurel	Sussex	Centenary Methodist Church of Laurel, Delaware, being a copy of all record books as to membership, baptisms, marriages, and etc.	compiled by E. C. Hallman
Laurel	Sussex	Register of Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, Laurel, Delaware, 1879-1914	Copied by Works Progress Administration
Laurel	Sussex	Register of St. Phillips Protestant Episcopal Church, Laurel, Del., 1889-1911	copied by Works Progress Administration
Lewes	New Castle	Records of deaths, marriages, and baptisms of the Lewes Presbyterian Church, Lewes, Delaware, 1737-1856
Lewes/Indian River/Coolspring		Session minutes of the Lewes, Coolspring, & Indian River congregations of the Presbyterian Church Sussex Co., Del., 1756-1848	Copied by Works Progress Administration
Milford	Sussex	First Presbyterian Church. Church records, 1852-1887
Milford	Kent	Christ Church. Register of Christ Church, Milford, Kent Co., Del., 1880-1914	copied by the Public Record Survey of the Works Progress Administration
Milford	Sussex	Register of Milford Presbyterian Church, Milford, Del., 1849-1888	copied by Works Progress Administration
Millsboro	Sussex	St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church. Records of the St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church, Millsboro, Delaware, 1848-1929
Milton	Sussex	Register of Milton Methodist Episcopal Church, Milton, Delaware, 1863-1910	Copied by Works Progress Administration
Reliance	Sussex	Register of Gethsemane Methodist Protestant Church, Reliance, Delaware, 1852-1938	copied by Works Progress Administration
Rozanna	Sussex	Methodist Episcopal Church. Roxanna Circuit. Record of Roxanna Circuit M. E. Church, Roxanna, Delaware, 1856-1912
Seaford	Sussex	Register of Cannon Charge Methodist Episcopal Church, later known as Seaford Charge, Seaford, Del., 1896-1913 ; typed by Margaret W. Dickerson
Seaford	Sussex	Register of Seaford Methodist Protestant Circuit, Seaford, Delaware, 1887-1914	copied by Works Progress Administration
Seaford	Sussex	Register of St. Johns Methodist Episcopal Church, Seaford, Delaware, 1866-1920	copied by Works Progress Administration
Seaford	Sussex	Register of St. Luke's P. E. Church, Seaford, Del., 1835-1919	Copied by Works Progress Administration
Wilmington	New Castle	Society of Friends. Wilmington Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) Church records, 1740-1938
Wilmington	New Castle	Newark Meeting House. Index to records and minutes of the Board of Trustees, Newark Meeting House, Wilmington, Delaware, 1845-1939	copied by the Historical Records Survey
Wilmington	New Castle	Society of Friends. Wilmington Monthly Meeting. Orthodox. A List of births, 1707-1851, marriages, 1733-1917, and deaths, 1736-1872 : copied from the records of Wilmington Friends Meeting	copied by the Historical Records Survey
Wilmington	New Castle	Society of Friends. Wilmington Monthly Meeting. Orthodox. Monthly meeting records, 1740-1943
Wilmington	New Castle	Records of Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, Wilmington, Delaware, 1788-1915	copied by the Historical Records Society (Delaware)
Wilmington	New castle	Register and index of East Lake Methodist Episcopal Church, Wilmington, Delaware, 1894-1923	copied by the Historical Records Survey
Wilmington	New castle	Register and index of First Methodist Episcopal Church, Wilmington, Delaware, 1905-1932	copied by the Historical Records Survey
Wilmington	New Castle	Holy Trinity or (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware computer printout; marriages, 1713-1799
Wilmington	New castle	Register of Union Methodist Episcopal Church, Wilmington, Delaware, 1863-1924	copied by Works Progress Administration

Other FamilySearch Collections

These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

• Sunny Jane Morton and Harold A. Henderson, CG, How to find your family history in U.S. church records: a genealogist's guide Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 2019 FS Library 973 K27m
• Frederick Lewis Weis. The Colonial clergy of Maryland, Delaware, and Georgia Lancaster, Mass. : The Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, 1950 reprint. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978 FS Library Book 975 D3w 1978
• Index cards of Delaware marriages, baptisms, births and deaths, ca. 1680-ca. 1934
• Delaware, births-baptisms index, ca. 1700-1960
• Pre-1868 parish registers of the Diocese of Wilmington
• Delaware, Kent, Dover, Holy Cross Catholic Church records, 1869-1984

FamilySearch Historical Records

• Delaware Baptisms, 1697-1886
• Delaware Church Deaths, 1750-1886
• Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896

FamilySearch Digital Library

• Historical Records Survey. Directory of churches and religious organizations in Delaware Dover, Delaware : Public Archives Commission, 1942 FamilySearch Digital Library
• Historical Records Survey. Inventory of the Church archives of Delaware : Lutheran Church and Protestant Episcopal Church. Historical Records Survey, 1938. FamilySearch Digital Library