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Wills, administrations, and guardian accounts to about 1850 are frequently listed in Orphans' Court records. A statewide index has been prepared to the year 1800: | Wills, administrations, and guardian accounts to about 1850 are frequently listed in Orphans' Court records. A statewide index has been prepared to the year 1800: | ||
Virdin, Donald O. ''Colonial Delaware Wills and Estates to 1800: An Index''. Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, 1994. | Virdin, Donald O. ''Colonial Delaware Wills and Estates to 1800: An Index''. Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, 1994. This contains an alphabetical index of recorded wills of the entire state, listing name, date, county, book and page. | ||
Abstracts of wills up to 1800 have been published in the following volumes. Each volume includes an index that contains every name mentioned in the wills. | Abstracts of wills up to 1800 have been published in the following volumes. Each volume includes an index that contains every name mentioned in the wills. | ||
''A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800''. New York, NY: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1911; Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. | ''A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800''. New York, NY: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1911; Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. | ||
DeValinger, Leon. ''A Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800''. Dover, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1944. ( | DeValinger, Leon. ''A Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800''. Dover, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1944. (Family History Library film 1035860 item 4; fiche 6051248.) Facsimile reproduction of the original | ||
DeValinger, Leon. ''A Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800''. Dover, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1964. | DeValinger, Leon. ''A Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800''. Dover, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1964. | ||
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http://archives.delaware.gov/collections/probate.shtml | http://archives.delaware.gov/collections/probate.shtml | ||
Extracts of Delaware wills are at [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com] which is a subscription website. | Extracts of Delaware wills are at [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com] which is a subscription website. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
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