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''[[United States]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Delaware]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Delaware_Biography|Biography]]'' {{Adoption DEGenWeb}} The Historical Society of Delaware has a card index to many biographical items, called the Family Surname File, with approximately 500,000 names. (See the "[[Delaware Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section.)  
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The Historical Society of Delaware has a card index to many biographical items, called the Family Surname File, with approximately 500,000 names. (See the "[[Delaware Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section.)  


Some representative biographical publications or collections are:  
Some representative biographical publications or collections are:  


*Bendler, Bruce A. ''Colonial Delaware Assemblymen, 1682-1775''. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1989. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=427388&disp=Colonial+Delaware+assemblymen%2C+1682%2D%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.1 N2b].) The name, death date, county of residence and date, and often the parents, wife, children, and sources are listed.  
*Bendler, Bruce A. ''Colonial Delaware Assemblymen, 1682-1775''. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1989. {{FHL|427388|item}} 975.1 N2b. The name, death date, county of residence and date, and often the parents, wife, children, and sources are listed.  
*''Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware'' . . . Two Volumes. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: J.M. Runk & Co., 1899. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=216908&disp=Biographical+and+genealogical+history+of%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1000155].) This contains biographies from the 1600s to 1890s.  
*''Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware'' . . . Two Volumes. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: J.M. Runk & Co., 1899. {{FHL|216908|item}} 1000155]. This contains biographies from the 1600s to 1890s.  
*Turner, Joseph Brown. ''Genealogical Collection of Delaware Families''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=284349&disp=Reverend+Joseph+Brown+Turner+collection++ On 652 Family History Library fiche starting with 6361460].) This consists of alphabetical files for about 3,000 families. The Delaware Public Archives has the original films.
*Turner, Joseph Brown. ''Genealogical Collection of Delaware Families''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948. {{FHL|284349|item}} On 652 fiche starting with 6361460. This consists of alphabetical files for about 3,000 families. The Delaware Public Archives has the original films.


The Delaware Public Archives has a Book Catalog Index on 3 x 5 cards which indexes names mentioned in genealogies and local histories. This is by surname and does not contain given names. This is not a complete index to all the surnames. They will search it for you, if you include a large, self-addressed, stamped envelope with your request.  
The Delaware Public Archives has a Book Catalog Index on 3 x 5 cards which indexes names mentioned in genealogies and local histories. This is by surname and does not contain given names. This is not a complete index to all the surnames. They will search it for you, if you include a large, self-addressed, stamped envelope with your request.  
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