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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Business Records And Commerce
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Slavery And Bondage
Societies
Taxation
Vital Records
Voting Registers
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
PERIODICALS Many family history periodicals publish local records of genealogical value. These may include genealogies; information about local records and archives; queries; census indexes; and transcripts of family Bibles, church records, court records, cemetery records, land records, obituaries, and wills.
The major genealogical periodicals helpful for research in Delaware are:
Delaware Genealogical Society Journal. 1980-. Published by the Delaware Genealogical Society, 505 Market Street Mall, Wilmington, DE 19801-3091, Telephone: 302-655-7161, Fax: 302-655-7844. (FHL book 975.1 D25d; computer number 93243.)
Clark, Raymond B. Jr. Maryland and Delaware Genealogist. Washington, D.C.: Clark, 1959-1990. (FHL book 975 B2m; computer number 167721.)
Most family history periodicals reprint copies of local sources of genealogical value. These may include copies of every kind of record in this outline. For example, researchers often find census indexes, church record, and vital record transcripts in genealogical periodicals.
Indexes. The periodicals listed above have annual indexes in the final issue for the year, or indexes in each issue. For nationwide indexes to these and other family history periodicals see:
Periodical Source Index (PERSI). Ft. Wayne, Ind.: Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1987-. (FHL book 973 D25per; fiche 6016863 [set of 40](1847-1985); fiche 6016864 [set of 15](1986-1990); computer number 658308.) Indexes thousands of family history periodicals. Annual indexes have been published yearly since 1986. For further details see the PERiodical Source Index Resource Guide (34119).
For more family history periodicals, study the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
Probate records Published county court records for the 1600s refer to many probate matters. These can be found in the Library Catalog Locality Search under DELAWARE, [COUNTY] - COURT RECORDS
Wills, administrations, and guardian accounts to about 1850 are frequently listed in Orphans' Court records. A statewide index has been prepared to the year 1800:
Virdin, Donald O. Colonial Delaware Wills and Estates to 1800: An Index. Bowie, Md., Heritage Books, 1994. (FHL book 975.1 P22v; computer number 732153.) This contains an alphabetical index of recorded wills of the entire state, listing name, date, county, book and page.
Abstracts of wills up to 1800 have been published in the following volumes. Each volume includes an index that contains every name mentioned in the wills.
A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800. New York: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1911; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. (FHL book 975.11 S2n; computer number 254188.)
DeValinger, Leon. A Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800. Dover, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1944. (FHL film 1035860 item 4; fiche 6051248; computer number 80700.) Facsimile reproduction of the original (FHL book 975.14 P28d; computer number 791389).
DeValinger, Leon. A Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800. Dover, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1964.
Additional important probate records and indexes can be found in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds For lists of licenses to import and export slaves see Mary Fallon Richards “New Castle County Licenses to Import and Export Slaves, Issued by Superior Court,” Delaware Genealogical Society Journal 1, no. 1 (October 1980): 8- 12. (FHL book 975.1 D25d vol. 1; computer number 93243). The master is listed, with the names of the slaves, their ages, transported from where to where, dates, and other information.
For more information about slaves see the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
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PROBATE RECORDS
have been kept by the register of wills in each county from 1682 to the present. The Family History Library has probate indexes and records for all three counties, including wills, administrations, and guardian accounts to about 1850. Most of the original records are at the Delaware Public Archives.
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SLAVERY AND BONDAGE
(see “Land and Property”), in wills (see “Probate Records”), in tax records (see “Taxation”), and in court order books (see the “Court Records” section of this outline). A few parish registers (“Church Records”) list slaves who attended church with their masters.
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