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==History== | |||
In 1638, the first European permanent settlement was founded in Delaware by Swedish immigrants. The colony was named New Sweden, and was conquered by the Dutch in 1655, and the English in 1664. | |||
==Statewide Records and Resources== | |||
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History[edit | edit source]
In 1638, the first European permanent settlement was founded in Delaware by Swedish immigrants. The colony was named New Sweden, and was conquered by the Dutch in 1655, and the English in 1664.
Statewide Records and Resources[edit | edit source]
| Earliest Church Records | Earliest Land Records | Earliest Court Records | Earliest Newspapers |
| 1646 | 1640 | 1642 | 1762 |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Christina K. Schaefer, Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the counties of the Western Hemisphere (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 183, 192. WorldCat (Other Libraries); FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998