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{{Delaware-stub}}''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[United States Directories|U.S. Directories]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware|Delaware]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware Directories|Directories]]''{{Adoption DEGenWeb}}
''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[United States Directories|U.S. Directories]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware|Delaware]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware_Directories|Directories]]''{{Adoption DEGenWeb}} <br>


=== History ===
=== History ===


=== Resources for Delaware Directories ===
=== Resources for Delaware Directories ===


==== Libraries and Archives ====
==== Libraries and Archives ====


The most extensive collections of city and business directories are at the [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ University of Delaware Library], Newark, Delaware 19717-5267. The [http://archives.delaware.gov/ Delaware Public Archives] has directories from 1814 to the 1970s. The [http://www.hsd.org/ Historical Society of Delaware] also has a large collection of directories for Wilmington, the state of Delaware, and the Delmarva Peninsula.  
The most extensive collections of city and business directories are at the [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ University of Delaware Library], Newark, Delaware 19717-5267. The [http://archives.delaware.gov/ Delaware Public Archives] has directories from 1814 to the 1970s. The [http://www.hsd.org/ Historical Society of Delaware] also has a large collection of directories for Wilmington, the state of Delaware, and the Delmarva Peninsula.  


==== Directories Online ====  
==== Directories Online ====


Ancestry.com ($) has Delaware directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection.
Ancestry.com ($) has Delaware directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection.  


==== The Family History Library ====
==== The Family History Library ====


The Family History Library has Wilmington city directories for:  
The Family History Library has Wilmington city directories for:  
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*[http://distantcousin.com/Directories/DE/Wilmington/1889/ Wilmington 1889 City Directory]
*[http://distantcousin.com/Directories/DE/Wilmington/1889/ Wilmington 1889 City Directory]


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History[edit | edit source]

Resources for Delaware Directories[edit | edit source]

Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]

The most extensive collections of city and business directories are at the University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware 19717-5267. The Delaware Public Archives has directories from 1814 to the 1970s. The Historical Society of Delaware also has a large collection of directories for Wilmington, the state of Delaware, and the Delmarva Peninsula.

Directories Online[edit | edit source]

Ancestry.com ($) has Delaware directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

The Family History Library[edit | edit source]

The Family History Library has Wilmington city directories for:

1814, 1845, 1853, 1857
FHL Collection 6044647-50
1859/1860 FHL Collection 6043859
1862-1901 FHL Collection 1377595-605
1934 FHL Collection 1307613 item 10

Websites[edit | edit source]