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''[[United States|United States]] > [[United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] > [[Portal:Delaware |Delaware ]] > Delaware Vital Records''
''[[United States|United States]] > [[United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] > [[Portal:Delaware|Delaware ]]> Delaware Vital Records''  
 
=== Birth Records  ===
=== Birth Records  ===


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The current fees for this service are listed in ''Where to Write for Vital Records: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces'' (Hyattsville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 1993; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+V24wv book 973 V24wv].) Copies of this booklet are at the Family History Library and many Family History Centers. You can also contact the Vital Records Section (address given above) for current information.  
The current fees for this service are listed in ''Where to Write for Vital Records: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces'' (Hyattsville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 1993; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+V24wv book 973 V24wv].) Copies of this booklet are at the Family History Library and many Family History Centers. You can also contact the Vital Records Section (address given above) for current information.  


Delaware State Birth Records 1861-1908 are available online at [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1534607;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Record Search]
Delaware State Birth Records 1861-1908 are available online at [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1534607;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable Record Search]  
 
=== Death Records  ===
 
Although some deaths were recorded as early as 1855, state registration of deaths officially began in 1881 and was generally complied with by 1890. For indexes see:
 
Delaware. Bureau of Vital Statistics. ''Index Cards of Delaware . . . Deaths'' . . . Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=294868&disp=Index+cards+of+Delaware+marriages%2C+bap++ film 006431-33].) Indexes from 1855 to 1888.
 
Delaware. Bureau of Vital Statistics. ''Vital Records, . . . Deaths, 1855-1910''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=786107&disp=Death+records%2C+1855-1910++ films 006360-409].)


The Delaware Bureau of Vital Statistics has death records for the most recent 40 years. For deaths recorded over forty years ago, contact the Delaware Public Archives.


=== Marriage Records  ===
=== Marriage Records  ===
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Gilbert Cope, ''A List of Marriage License Bonds . . . in New Castle County, Delaware, 1744-1836'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=338677&disp=A+list+of+marriage+license+bonds%2C+so+f++ film 441415]). It also includes a few marriages from other counties in Delaware.  
Gilbert Cope, ''A List of Marriage License Bonds . . . in New Castle County, Delaware, 1744-1836'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=338677&disp=A+list+of+marriage+license+bonds%2C+so+f++ film 441415]). It also includes a few marriages from other counties in Delaware.  


Marriages of Delaware residents may also be recorded in adjoining states, such as Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Marriages of Delaware residents may also be recorded in adjoining states, such as Pennsylvania and Maryland.  


=== Divorce Records  ===
=== Divorce Records  ===
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'''Delaware Legislative Council'''<br>Legislative Hall<br>P.O. Box 1401<br>Dover, DE 19901 <br>Internet: http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/state-leg.htm  
'''Delaware Legislative Council'''<br>Legislative Hall<br>P.O. Box 1401<br>Dover, DE 19901 <br>Internet: http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/state-leg.htm  


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=== Sources===
=== Death Records  ===
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Although some deaths were recorded as early as 1855, state registration of deaths officially began in 1881 and was generally complied with by 1890. For indexes see:
 
Delaware. Bureau of Vital Statistics. ''Index Cards of Delaware . . . Deaths'' . . . Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=294868&disp=Index+cards+of+Delaware+marriages%2C+bap++ film 006431-33].) Indexes from 1855 to 1888.
 
Delaware. Bureau of Vital Statistics. ''Vital Records, . . . Deaths, 1855-1910''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=786107&disp=Death+records%2C+1855-1910++ films 006360-409].)
 
The Delaware Bureau of Vital Statistics has death records for the most recent 40 years. For deaths recorded over forty years ago, contact the Delaware Public Archives.
 
 
 
 
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