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=== Vital Records Reference Dates === | === Vital Records Reference Dates === | ||
Delaware's vital records start the following years: <br> | Delaware's vital records start the following years: <br> | ||
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Marriage Records | |||
State registration of marriages began in 1847 and was generally complied with by 1913. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the marriage bonds for 1744-1836 and 1855-1861, and licenses for 1889-1894. You can obtain marriage records for the most recent 40 years by writing to the Bureau of Vital Statistics. For marriages recorded more than 40 years ago, contact the Delaware Public Archives. | State registration of marriages began in 1847 and was generally complied with by 1913. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the marriage bonds for 1744-1836 and 1855-1861, and licenses for 1889-1894. You can obtain marriage records for the most recent 40 years by writing to the Bureau of Vital Statistics. For marriages recorded more than 40 years ago, contact the Delaware Public Archives. | ||
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*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an '''eloping''' Delaware couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Cecil County, Maryland|Elkton, Cecil, Maryland]], or [[Berks County, Pennsylvania|Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Eakle1"> | *'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an '''eloping''' Delaware couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Cecil County, Maryland|Elkton, Cecil, Maryland]], or [[Berks County, Pennsylvania|Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Eakle1"><span>&lt;span&gt;Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at &lt;a href="<a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have">http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have</a>"&gt;<a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have">http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have</a>&lt;/a&gt;-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).&lt;/span&gt;</span></ref> | ||
Death Records | |||
Although some deaths were recorded as early as 1855, state registration of deaths officially began in 1881 and was generally complied with by 1890. | Although some deaths were recorded as early as 1855, state registration of deaths officially began in 1881 and was generally complied with by 1890. | ||
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*[http://www.genealogybuff.com/de/state/webbbs_config.pl Delaware Obituary Collection] Free from GenealogyBuff.com. | *[http://www.genealogybuff.com/de/state/webbbs_config.pl Delaware Obituary Collection] Free from GenealogyBuff.com. Obits and death notices from Various Funeral Homes in Delaware [with many Maryland obits that are associated with Delaware. Many obituaries from Dover and Rehoboth Beach. | ||
* | *Adoption Records | ||
Delaware Adoptees and Birthparents can request non-identifying information from the adoption agency that handled your adoption. You can also file an affidavit to release your identifying information to a birth family member or adoptee that may contact the agency or family court regarding you. For more information [http://www.publicrecordsinfo.com/adoption_records/Delaware_adoption_records.htm Cick Here]. | Delaware Adoptees and Birthparents can request non-identifying information from the adoption agency that handled your adoption. You can also file an affidavit to release your identifying information to a birth family member or adoptee that may contact the agency or family court regarding you. For more information [http://www.publicrecordsinfo.com/adoption_records/Delaware_adoption_records.htm Cick Here]. | ||
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Divorce proceedings from 1975 to the present are kept by the family court office in the county where the divorce was recorded. For records before 1975 and dating back to the early 1900s, contact the county prothonotary's office (clerk of the court of common pleas). For pre-1900 records write to the Delaware Public Archives or the: | Divorce proceedings from 1975 to the present are kept by the family court office in the county where the divorce was recorded. For records before 1975 and dating back to the early 1900s, contact the county prothonotary's office (clerk of the court of common pleas). For pre-1900 records write to the Delaware Public Archives or the: | ||
'''Delaware Legislative Council'''<br>Legislative Hall<br>P.O. Box 1401<br>Dover, DE 19901 <br>Internet: [http://archives.delaware.gov/default.shtml Delaware Public Archives]<br> | '''Delaware Legislative Council'''<br>Legislative Hall<br>P.O. Box 1401<br>Dover, DE 19901 <br>Internet: [http://archives.delaware.gov/default.shtml Delaware Public Archives]<br> | ||
== Substitute Records == | == Substitute Records == | ||
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*''Index Cards of Delaware . . . Deaths''. <ref>Delaware. Bureau of Vital Statistics. ''Index Cards of Delaware . . . Deaths'' . . . Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. ({{FHL|294868|item}} film 006431-33.) </ref>Indexes from 1855 to 1888. | *''Index Cards of Delaware . . . Deaths''. <ref>Delaware. Bureau of Vital Statistics. ''Index Cards of Delaware . . . Deaths'' . . . Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. ({{FHL|294868|item}} film 006431-33.) </ref>Indexes from 1855 to 1888. | ||
*''Vital Records, . . . Deaths, 1855-1910'' <ref>Delaware. Bureau of Vital Statistics. ''Vital Records, . . . Deaths, 1855-1910''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. {{FHL|786107|item}} films 006360-409]. </ref> | * | ||
=== ''Vital Records, . . . Deaths, 1855-1910'' <ref>Delaware. Bureau of Vital Statistics. ''Vital Records, . . . Deaths, 1855-1910''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. {{FHL|786107|item}} films 006360-409]. </ref> === | |||
=== FamilySearch Historical Record Collections === | |||
Online collections containing these records are located in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list ] | |||
Wiki articles describing these collections are found at: | |||
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Delaware_Births_and_Christenings_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Delaware Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | |||
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Delaware_State_Death_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Delaware State Death Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | |||
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Delaware_Deaths_and_Burials_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Delaware Death and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | |||
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Delaware_State_Marriages_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Delaware State Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | |||
[ | [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Delaware_State_Birth_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) Delaware State Birth Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | ||
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[[Category:Delaware|Vital]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] [[Category:United_States_Vital_Records]] | [[Category:Delaware|Vital]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] [[Category:United_States_Vital_Records]] | ||