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==== Societies and Libraries ==== | ==== Societies and Libraries ==== | ||
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ldgs/ Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society] | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ldgs/ Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society] | ||
*[http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/links.htm Lower Delmarva Area Genealogy Mailing List] | |||
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Revision as of 10:39, 7 October 2011
United States 
Delmarva Peninsula
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
Delmarva is comprised of portions of Virginia and Maryland, and all of 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, Delaware River and Delaware Bay 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
- Delmarva Cemeteries ~ Cindy's Cemetery Page
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
- Methodist/Protestant Church Records ~ Cindy
- Asbury Church Records ~ Cindy
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
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
- Archives of Maryland
- Delaware Public Archives
- Edward H. Nabb Research Center
- Somerset County MDGenWeb
- Wicomco County MDGenWeb