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==== Record Loss | Lower Delmarva is comprised of Somerset, Worcester, Wicomico counties in Maryland and southern Sussex County in Delaware. It served as a major center of European immigration into North America. In colonial times, the Peninsula became home to residents whose origin included both Africa and Northern Europe.<ref>http://nabbhistory.salisbury.edu/dho/themes/index.html</ref> The peninsula is bounded on the East Coast by the Atlantic Ocean and the West Coast by the Chesapeake Bay. | ||
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Revision as of 09:31, 7 October 2011
United States 
Maryland Delmarva Peninsula
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
Lower Delmarva is comprised of Somerset, Worcester, Wicomico counties in Maryland and southern Sussex County in Delaware. It served as a major center of European immigration into North America. In colonial times, the Peninsula became home to residents whose origin included both Africa and Northern Europe.[1] The peninsula is bounded on the East Coast by the Atlantic Ocean and the West Coast by the Chesapeake Bay.
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
Places / Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
African American[edit | edit source]
African American Resources ~ Maryland State Archives
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Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Sussex County Delaware Cemeteries ~ USGenWeb
Census[edit | edit source]
- 1850 New Castle County Delaware Census index ~ USGenWeb
- 1860 Kent County Census images ~ USGenWeb Census Project
- 1880 Census ~ FamilySearch.org (searchable)
- 1880 Michigan Census Extracts (people born in Delaware)
Church[edit | edit source]
Sussex County Delaware Bible Records ~ USGenWeb
Court[edit | edit source]
Delaware Slavery Papers ~ State of Delaware
Land[edit | edit source]
Digital Image Retrieval for All Land Records in Maryland ~ Maryland Archives
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
Military[edit | edit source]
- Sussex County Delaware WWI Draft Cards ~ USGenWeb
- Sussex County Delaware WWII Army Enlistment Records ~ USGenWeb
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
Probate[edit | edit source]
Taxation[edit | edit source]
Maryland Debt Book Index 1773-1775 ~ Maryland Archives