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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware_Biography|Biography]]'' | ''[[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. | *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. | *''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. | *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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