Delaware Genealogy

GUIDES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Delaware Genealogical Research Guide. Wilmington, DE: Delaware Genealogical Society, 1989.
Call No. Local History Ref F163.D349 1989 (2nd floor open shelf).

Virdin, Donald O. Maryland and Delaware Genealogies and Family Histories. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1993.
Call No. folio Z1293.V57 1993.

ATLASES AND GAZETTEERS

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996.
Call No. Local History Ref G1201.F7 A8 1993, Del (2nd floor open shelf).

Gannett, Henry. Gazetteer of Maryland and Delaware. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1976.
Call No. Local History Ref F179.G36 1976 (2nd floor open shelf).

CENSUS

Census microfilm holdings and published statewide indexes for 1790-1870. 1860 slave schedule. All available on 2nd floor; ask at the 2nd floor reference desk.

SOURCE MATERIALS & LOCAL HISTORIES

Be sure to consult both the card and computer catalogs for local histories, vital records, etc. under the subject headings of the town and county in which you are interested. You may also wish to check the International Genealogical Index.

Consult the Family History Library Catalog. Through a loan program, microfilm can be ordered for use at the Newberry.

Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware. Chambersburg, PA: Runk, 1899. 2 vol.
Call No. folio E 4855 .09. Early settlers and prominent citizens.

Clark, Raymond B. Delaware Church Records: A Collection of Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths... from 1686-1880. St. Michaels, MD: R.B. Clark, 1986. Call No. folio F163.C54 1986.
Includes Baptists, Episcopalians, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Quakers.

Delaware Genealogical Abstracts. Wilmington, DE: Delaware Genealogical Society, 1995. 3 vol.
Call No. F163.D4 1995.
Marriage and death abstracts from newspapers, 1729-1864.

Ship Passenger Lists: Pennsylvania and Delaware (1642-1825). Newhall, CA: Boyer, 1980.
Call No. Local History Ref CS68.S56 (2nd floor open shelf).

Virdin, Donald O. Colonial Delaware Wills and Estates to 1880. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1994.
Call No. Local History Ref F163.V567 1994 (2nd floor open shelf).

Virdin, Donald O. Delaware Bible Records. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1991. 4 vol.
Call No. F163.V57 1991.
Information ranges from late 1700s to mid-1900s.

MILITARY

Peden, Henry C. Colonial Delaware Soldiers and Sailors, 1638-1776. Westminster, MD: Family Line Pub., 1995.
Call No. F163.P43 1995.

Peden, Henry C. Revolutionary Patriots of Delaware, 1775-1783. Westminster, MD: Family Line Pub., 1996.
Call No. folio F163.P42 1996.

PERIODICALS

Delaware Genealogical Society Journal. Wilmington, DE: The Society.
Call No. F161.D45. 1980-currently received.

The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist. St. Michaels, MD: R.B. Clark, Jr.
Call No. E 67 .554. 1959-1990 (ceased publication).