Delaware Online Genealogy Records

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Delaware

Online Genealogy Records

Delaware Statewide Online Genealogy Records This table shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a FamilySearch center or FamilySearch affiliate library.
For United States nationwide collections, go to the United States Online Genealogy Records page.
Vital Records Births 1650-1974: Delaware Vital Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1680-1934: Delaware Vital Record Index Cards at FamilySearch; index & images 1680-1971: Delaware Vital Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1710-1896: Delaware Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index only 1800-1908: Delaware Birth Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1861-1922: Delaware State Birth Records at FamilySearch; index & images Marriages 1650-1974: Delaware Vital Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1676-1976: US Marriages – Delaware at Findmypast; index & images ($) 1680-1934: Delaware Vital Record Index Cards at FamilySearch; index & images 1680-1971: Delaware Vital Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1683-1894: Delaware Marriages and Marriage Licenses at FamilySearch; index only 1713-1919: Delaware Marriages at FamilySearch; index only 1744-1912: Delaware Marriage Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1750-1954: Delaware Marriage Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1806-1933: Delaware Marriage Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1912-1954 Delaware Marriages at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1913-1954: Delaware Marriage Records at FamilySearch; index & images Deaths 1650-1974: Delaware Vital Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1680-1934: Delaware Vital Record Index Cards at FamilySearch; index & images 1680-1971: Delaware Vital Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1750-1886: Delaware Church Deaths at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($) 1815-1955: Delaware Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only 1855-1961: Delaware Death Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1861-1933: Delaware Death Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Divorce African American See US African American Online Genealogy Records 1865-1872: Maryland and Delaware Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records at FamilySearch; images only 1890: Selected African Americans in Delaware US Census at Ancestry; index & images ($) Archives and Libraries Digital Archives at Delaware.gov Biography American Biographical Library at Ancestry; index only ($) County and Town Histories, includes biographies Cemetery Records BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch; index & images Cemetery Search at BillionGraves Catholic Cemeteries at Diocese of Wilmington Census See US Census Online Genealogy Records 1660-1820: US Census Reconstructed Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1890: Delaware African Americans in 1890 US Census at Ancestry; index & images ($) Church Records 1697-1886: Delaware Baptisms at FamilySearch; index only 1697-1886: Delaware Baptisms at Ancestry; index ($) 1707-1939: Delaware Church Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1750-1899: U.S., Southern Baptist Church Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Compiled Genealogies 1500-2000: North America Family Histories at Ancestry; index & images ($) GEDCOM Index Delaware at GEDCOMindex Court and Criminal Records 1680-1978: Delaware Orphan Court Records at FamilySearch; images only Directories History County and Town Histories, includes biographies Immigration Records See US Immigration Online Genealogy Records 1500s-1900s: US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index for Delaware at Ancestry ($) 1820-1874: US Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports at FamilySearch; index & images 1895-1956: US Border Crossings from Canada at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Delaware Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild at MyHeritage; index only ($) Cultural Immigration Groups 1638-1664: The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware, Vol 1 at FamilySearch; eBook; Vol 2 Germans Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Delaware Italians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Delaware Russians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Delaware	Indigenous Peoples of Delaware See US Native American Online Genealogy Records Land Records 1600-1850: Mayflower Deeds and Probates at Ancestry; index & images ($) Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary Maps Atlas of Historical County Boundaries at Newberry Library Maps of Delaware at MapofUS Military Nationwide Databases US Military Online Genealogy Records General Records Indian Wars, dates vary See US Military Online Genealogy Records Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1775-1783: US Revolutionary War Rolls at Ancestry; index only ($) War of 1812, 1812-1815 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1812-1815: War of 1812 Service Records at Ancestry; index only ($) British Aliens in the US During the War of 1812 at Ancestry; images only ($) Mexican War, 1846-1848 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Florida War, 1855-1858 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Civil War, 1861-1865 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1861-1865: Delaware Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers at FamilySearch; index & images 1863-1865: Civil War Draft Registrations Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) The Civil War - Search for Soldiers at National Parks Service Spanish-American War, 1898 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1898: Index to Service Records, War with Spain at FamilySearch; index & images World War I, 1917-1918 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1917-1918: World War I Draft Registration Cards at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1917-1919: Delaware World War I Servicemen Records at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at: Ancestry; Index ($) World War II, 1941-1945 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1940-1945: Delaware WW II Draft Registration Cards at FamilySearch; index & images 1942: WW II Draft Registration Cards at Ancestry; index & images ($) Korean War, 1950-1953 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Vietnam War, 1964-1972 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Naturalization See US Naturalization Online Genealogy Records 1794-1995: US Naturalization Records Indexes at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1796-1958: Delaware County Naturalization Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1796-1959: Delaware Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1802-1943: Delaware, Federal Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1840-1957: US Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Newspapers 1800-Current: Delaware, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 's-current at Ancestry; index & images ($) Names and Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com™ (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania) at MyHeritage; index & images ($) Newspaper Archive ($) Obituaries 1980-2014: US GenealogyBank Obituaries at FamilySearch; index & images Obituaries for Delaware at Archives.com ($) US Obituary Collection at Ancestry; index only ($) Occupations 1600-1995: US Craftperson Files at Ancestry; index & images ($) Periodicals PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at Allen County Public Library; index Probate Records 1600-1850: Mayflower Deeds and Probates at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1674 onward: Delaware, Probate Records at MyHeritage; index ($) 1676-1971: Delaware Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1683-1947: Delaware Wills and Administrations at Ancestry; images only ($) Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary Tax Records 1862-1874: US Internal Revenue Assessment Lists at FamilySearch; images only; 1862-1918: US IRS Tax Assessment Lists at Ancestry; index only ($) Voting Records 1900-Onward: Delaware Voter Registrations at MyHeritage; 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