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== How to Use Tax Records for Delaware == | == How to Use Tax Records for Delaware == | ||
=== County Level === | === County Level === | ||
Tax assessments in what is now [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] were first taken in 1693. Family History Library film 441413 has the lists for that year for Kent, New Castle, and Sussex Counties; also a list for 1696 for New Castle County. Tax lists were taken sporadically until 1726, then annually thereafter. Lists for the following years are found in the Family History Catalog: | Tax assessments in what is now [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] were first taken in 1693. Family History Library film 441413 has the lists for that year for Kent, New Castle, and Sussex Counties; also a list for 1696 for New Castle County. Tax lists were taken sporadically until 1726, then annually thereafter. Lists for the following years are found in the Family History Catalog: | ||
'''Kent County''' | '''Kent County''' | ||
*1726-1850 Family History Catalog [https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834262?cat=35124 Kent County] | *1726-1850 Family History Catalog [https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834262?cat=35124 Kent County] | ||
'''New Castle County''' | '''New Castle County''' | ||
*1738-1852 Family History Catalog [https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834264?cat=37404 New Castle County] | *1738-1852 Family History Catalog [https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834264?cat=37404 New Castle County] | ||
'''Sussex County''' | '''Sussex County''' | ||
*1767-1850 Family History Catalog [https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834363?cat=53423 Sussex County] | *1767-1850 Family History Catalog [https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834363?cat=53423 Sussex County] | ||
=== State Level === | === State Level === | ||
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(302) 744-5000<br> | (302) 744-5000<br> | ||
Web page: [https://archives.delaware.gov/ Delaware Archives] | Web page: [https://archives.delaware.gov/ Delaware Archives] | ||
======Published Lists and Indexes====== | ======Published Lists and Indexes====== | ||
The following published lists and indexes may be helpful in locating early residents of Delaware: | The following published lists and indexes may be helpful in locating early residents of Delaware: | ||
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*'''1665-1697''' - Jackson, Ronald Vern, and Gary Ronald Teeples. ''Early Delaware Census Records, 1665-1697''. Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1977. (Family History Library {{FHL|218413|title-id|disp=book 975.1 X2p}}.) This early tax record index is also included in the Accelerated Indexing Systems (AIS) microfiche search 1, available at many Family History Centers in the United States and in the FamilyFinder Index and Viewer (FamilyFinder is a trademark of Brøderbund Software, Inc.) | *'''1665-1697''' - Jackson, Ronald Vern, and Gary Ronald Teeples. ''Early Delaware Census Records, 1665-1697''. Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1977. (Family History Library {{FHL|218413|title-id|disp=book 975.1 X2p}}.) This early tax record index is also included in the Accelerated Indexing Systems (AIS) microfiche search 1, available at many Family History Centers in the United States and in the FamilyFinder Index and Viewer (FamilyFinder is a trademark of Brøderbund Software, Inc.) | ||
*'''1782''' - Nelson, Ralph D. ''Delaware 1782 Tax Assessment and Census''. Wilmington, Delaware: Delaware Genealogical Society, 1994. (Family History Library {{FHL|235977|title-id|disp=book 975.1 X2n 1782}}.) Contains tax lists for 1782 for all the "hundreds" of Delaware and 1782 census for seven of the "hundreds." This has maps on pages 5-6 and a list of the "hundreds" on p. 4. There is a Soundex cross reference list (to surnames) at the end of the book. | *'''1782''' - Nelson, Ralph D. ''Delaware 1782 Tax Assessment and Census''. Wilmington, Delaware: Delaware Genealogical Society, 1994. (Family History Library {{FHL|235977|title-id|disp=book 975.1 X2n 1782}}.) Contains tax lists for 1782 for all the "hundreds" of Delaware and 1782 census for seven of the "hundreds." This has maps on pages 5-6 and a list of the "hundreds" on p. 4. There is a Soundex cross reference list (to surnames) at the end of the book. | ||
== Tax Laws == | == Tax Laws == | ||