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=== Colonial and Early State Land Records ===
=== Colonial and Early State Land Records ===


The earliest land grants in [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] were given by the Swedes and Dutch. When the English acquired the area in 1664, land grants were issued by the proprietary of James, Duke of York, in New York. When jurisdiction fell to William Penn in 1682, land was granted by this proprietary until the Revolutionary War. Records of the Penn proprietary have been microfilmed: {{Adoption DEGenWeb}}
The earliest land grants in [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]] were given by the Swedes and Dutch. When the English acquired the area in 1664, land grants were issued by the proprietary of James, Duke of York, in New York. When jurisdiction fell to William Penn in 1682, land was granted by this proprietary until the Revolutionary War. Records of the Penn proprietary have been microfilmed:


*Pennsylvania. Surveyor General's Office. ''Proprietary Papers, 1682-1850''. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976.) ({{FSC|12338|item}} film 1006521 has table of contents; on 25 films.) Microfilm copies of many of the Penn proprietary documents are also at the [https://archives.delaware.gov/ Delaware Public Archives].
*Pennsylvania. Surveyor General's Office. ''Proprietary Papers, 1682-1850''. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976.) ({{FSC|12338|item}} film 1006521 has table of contents; on 25 films.) Microfilm copies of many of the Penn proprietary documents are also at the [https://archives.delaware.gov/ Delaware Public Archives].