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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware_Church_Records|Church Records]]'' | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Delaware_Church_Records|Church Records]]'' | ||
[[Image:Old Swedes Wilmington Delaware.jpg|thumb|right|300px | [[Image:Old Swedes Wilmington Delaware.jpg|thumb|right|300px]] | ||
Many religious groups have kept records of [[Delaware|Delaware]] families. | Many religious groups have kept records of [[Delaware|Delaware]] families. Before 1900 the largest denominations were the [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], [[Episcopal Church in the United States|Episcopal]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]], and [[Society of Friends (Quakers) in the United States|Quakers (Society of Friends)]].<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref> | ||
A transcription of the registers and minutes of nearly 100 church records from the 1680s to the 1930s was made by the Delaware Historical Records Survey. These are at the [[Delaware Public Archives|Delaware Public Archives]] and are on microfilm at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. | A transcription of the registers and minutes of nearly 100 church records from the 1680s to the 1930s was made by the Delaware Historical Records Survey. These are at the [[Delaware Public Archives|Delaware Public Archives]] and are on microfilm at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. | ||