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==Statewide Records and Resources== | ==Statewide Records and Resources== | ||
The earliest courts in Delaware are: | The earliest courts in Delaware are: | ||
*'''Chancery Courts (1684-)''' | *'''Chancery Courts (1684-)''' County courts of equity. | ||
*'''Courts of Common Pleas (1701-)''' | *'''Courts of Common Pleas (1701-)''' Civil and criminal county court records, also includes appeals and adoptions. | ||
*'''Orphans' Courts (1728-)''' | *'''Orphans' Courts (1728-)''' | ||
*'''Clerk of The Peace (1642-)''' | *'''Clerk of The Peace (1642-)''' | ||
*Probate records from 1682 are kept at the county level. | *Probate records from 1682 are kept at the county level. | ||
* '''1683-1744''' | * '''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. | *''Colonial Delaware Wills and Estates to 1880: An Index'' by Donald Odell Virdin, Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1994. | ||
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*'''1646-1679''' - 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. | *'''1646-1679''' - 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. | ||
*'''1682-American Revolution''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/249920?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania Including the Three Lower Counties, 1759'']compiled by Allen Winberg and Thomas E. Slattery under the directory of Charles E. Hughes, Jr., Knightstown, Indiana : The Bookmark, 1975. | *'''1682-American Revolution''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/249920?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania Including the Three Lower Counties, 1759'']compiled by Allen Winberg and Thomas E. Slattery under the directory of Charles E. Hughes, Jr., Knightstown, Indiana : The Bookmark, 1975. | ||
==Tax Records== | ==Tax Records== | ||
*'''1682'''- Delaware was divided by the Penn Proprietary into "hundreds." These were areas created for tax purposes and supposed to be occupied by ten families. Until 1897, the original twelve hundreds were divided and added to. The original twelve were: | *'''1682'''- Delaware was divided by the Penn Proprietary into "hundreds." These were areas created for tax purposes and supposed to be occupied by ten families. Until 1897, the original twelve hundreds were divided and added to. The original twelve were: | ||