GuidedResearch:Delaware

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Birth

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Birth - Where can I find birth records?

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• 1650s-1970s: Delaware Birth Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Delaware, Church Records, 1707-1939
Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records, 1847-1954
Delaware Vital Record Index Cards, 1680-1934
Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974
Delaware State Birth Records, 1861-1922
Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896
Delaware Baptisms, 1697-1886

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• 1800-1932: Delaware, Birth Records at Ancestry ($)

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Marriage

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Marriage - Where can I find marriage records?

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• 1650s-1970s: Delaware Marriage Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Delaware Marriages, 1713-1919
Delaware Marriages and Marriage Licenses, 1683-1894
Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954
Delaware, Church Records, 1707-1939
Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records, 1847-1954
Delaware Vital Record Index Cards, 1680-1934
Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974

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• 1680s-1977: United States Marriages, Delaware at Findmypast ($)

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Death

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Death - Where can I find death records?

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• 1650s-1970s: Delaware Death Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Delaware, Church Records, 1707-1939
Delaware Church Deaths, 1750-1886
Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961
Delaware Deaths and Burials, 1815-1955
Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records, 1847-1954
Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974
Delaware Vital Record Index Cards, 1680-1934
United States Social Security Death Index
Find A Grave Index
BillionGraves Index
GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014

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• 1861-1933: Delaware Death Records at Ancestry ($)

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