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==Statewide Records and Resources== | ==Statewide Records and Resources== | ||
The earliest courts in Delaware are: | |||
*'''Chancery Courts (1684-)''': County courts of equity. | |||
*'''Courts of Common Pleas (1701-)''': Civil and criminal county court records, also includes appeals and adoptions. | |||
*'''Orphans' Courts (1728-)''': | |||
*'''Clerk of The Peace (1642-)''': | |||
*Probate records from 1682 are kept at the county level. | |||
* '''1683-1744''' : ''Philadelphia Administrations, 1683-1744'', Vol. 2, Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, n.d. This includes collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, and includes administrations that were granted for residents of the present state of Delaware. | |||
*''Colonial Delaware Wills and Estates to 1880: An Index'' by Donald Odell Virdin, Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1994. | |||
===Land Records=== | |||
The Swedes and Dutch were the first to give land grants. After the English acquired Delaware, propriety deeds were granted by the Duke of York. These can be found in the General Assembly of the State of Delaware. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/216849?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Land Titles in Delaware Commonly Known as the Duke of York Record: Being an Authorized Transcript from the Official Archives of the State of Delaware, and Comprising the Letters Patent, Permits, Commissions, Surveys, Plats, and Confirmations by the Duke of York and Other High Officials from 1646-1679''], Wilmington, DE:Sunday Star Print, 1903, film 0006616. | |||
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<ref>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. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref> | <ref>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. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Delaware,_United_States]] | [[Category:Delaware,_United_States]] | ||
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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]
The earliest courts in Delaware are:
- Chancery Courts (1684-): County courts of equity.
- Courts of Common Pleas (1701-): Civil and criminal county court records, also includes appeals and adoptions.
- Orphans' Courts (1728-):
- Clerk of The Peace (1642-):
- Probate records from 1682 are kept at the county level.
- 1683-1744 : Philadelphia Administrations, 1683-1744, Vol. 2, Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, n.d. This includes collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, and includes administrations that were granted for residents of the present state of Delaware.
- Colonial Delaware Wills and Estates to 1880: An Index by Donald Odell Virdin, Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1994.
Land Records[edit | edit source]
The Swedes and Dutch were the first to give land grants. After the English acquired Delaware, propriety deeds were granted by the Duke of York. These can be found in the General Assembly of the State of Delaware. Land Titles in Delaware Commonly Known as the Duke of York Record: Being an Authorized Transcript from the Official Archives of the State of Delaware, and Comprising the Letters Patent, Permits, Commissions, Surveys, Plats, and Confirmations by the Duke of York and Other High Officials from 1646-1679, Wilmington, DE:Sunday Star Print, 1903, film 0006616.
| 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