Geneology Records

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Delaware Research Sources

Delaware Genealogical Society
505 Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801-3091
http://delgensoc.org/

Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society (LDGS)
P.O. Box 3602
Salisbury, MD 21802-3602
Tel: 410-742-3501
http://bay.intercom.net/ldgs/index.html

Historical Society of Delaware
Old Town Hall
505 Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Tel: 302-655-7161
Fax: 302-655-7844
http://www.hsd.org/

Delaware State Library
43 S. DuPont Highway
Dover, DE, 19901
Tel: 302-739-4748
Fax: 302-739-6787
http://www.state.lib.de.us/Collection_Development/Electronic_Resources/DelAWARE/

Other Deleware Genealogy Resources

Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Delaware 1609–1888. 2 vols. 1888. Reprint. Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1972, and Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1990.

Delaware Genealogical Research Guide. Wilmington: Delaware Genealogical Society, 1989.

Clay, Henry, and Marion B. Reed. A Bibliography of Delaware Through 1960. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1966.

Boyer, Carl, ed. Ship Passenger Lists: Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1641–1825. Newhall, Calif: the author, 1980.

Weslager, Clinton A. Dutch Explorers, Traders and Settlers in the Delaware Valley 1609–1664. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1961.

Johnson, Amandus. The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware 1638–1664. 2 vols. 1911. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969.