Delaware Research Guide Digital Download

You'll love this if:

• You're getting started tracing your ancestors in Delaware
• You want new ideas and resources to get past a Delaware brick wall
• Your genealogy search is focused mainly on Delaware

Trace your Delaware ancestors with the advice and resources in our State Research Guide! This four-page download includes:

• a how-to article detailing Delaware's history and records, with helpful advice on tracking your family there
• the best websites, books and other resources for Delaware research, handpicked by our editors and experts
• listings of key libraries, archives and organizations that hold the records you need
• timeline of key events in the state's history

Here's a sampling of the helpful tips you'll get in the Delaware guide:

• The Dutch and Swedes were the first Europeans to settle around Delaware Bay. The English seized "New Netherland" in 1664.
• Though the "first state," Delaware doesn't appear in the 1790 US census. Its records have been lost, though researchers have used tax assessments to build a "reconstructed" census.
• The Delaware Genealogical Society holds numerous resources for family historians, including about Black veterans who served the Union in the Civil War.

Plus, each guide contains active web links for one-click access to every recommended online resource. You can view this PDF on your computer and print pages for reference.