Kent County

Genealogy Research in Kent County, Delaware

Research in Delaware can be an exciting and rewarding experience. With records available for more than 400 years of the state's history, your family is sure to be found in a variety of records available online and at the many archives and libraries located throughout the state.

African American Genealogy

AccessGenealogy - Delaware African American Genealogy

African-American History in DE and MD’s Eastern Shore

Black Americans in Delaware: An Overview

8 Delawareans Re-Create African Americans out of History

FamilySearch Catalog - Kent County, Delaware

Free African-Americans of Maryland and Delaware

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Slavery & Servitude

A History of African Americans of Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pin on Abolition, Emancipation, Reconstruction, Hope and Smashed Hope

Archives and Libraries

Delaware Public Archives

Dover Public Library

Harrington Public Library

HathiTrust Digital Library - Kent County, Delaware

Kent County Public Library

Library of Congress - Kent County, Delaware

Open Library - Kent County, Delaware

Smyrna Public Library

USGenWeb Archives - Kent County, Delaware

Bible Records

Delaware Public Archives - Search Bible Records

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Bible Records

Biographies

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Biographies

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Biographies

PA-Roots - Kent County, Delaware Biographies

Wikipedia - People from Kent County, Delaware

Cemeteries

Census Records

AccessGenealogy - Delaware Census Records

AccessGenealogy - Delaware 1910 Census Map

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Census

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Census

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Census Records

RAOGK - Kent County, Delaware Census Records

The USGenWeb Census Project - Kent County, Delaware

Wikipedia - Kent County, Delaware Demographics

Church Records

Delaware Public Archives - Search Churches

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Church Records

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Churches

Internet Archive - Centennial Services of Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, Wilmington, Delaware, October 13-20, 1889

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Church Records

Court Records

AHGP - Kent County Delaware Coroner and Clerks

AHGP - Kent County Delaware Courthouse and Almshouse

AHGP - Kent County Delaware Jail

AHGP - Kent County Delaware Justice of the Peace

AHGP - Kent County Delaware Levy Court Treasures

AHGP - Kent County Delaware Notaries and Tabelion Public

AHGP - Kent County Delaware Prothonotaries, Recorders and Registers

Delaware Courts - Kent County

Delaware Public Archives - Search Apprentice Indentures

Delaware Public Archives - Search Coroner’s Inquests

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Court Records

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Court and Legal

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Court Records

RAOGK - Kent County, Delaware Courthouse Records

PA-Roots - Kent County, Delaware Court Records

USGenWeb Archives - Kent County, Delaware Court

Directories

AHGP - Gazetteer of Delaware

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Directories

Internet Archive - The medical, Pharmaceutical and Dental Register-Directory and Intelligencer

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE City Directories

Disasters

GenDisasters - Bowers Beach, DE Boat Capsizes In Delaware Bay, May 1937

GenDisasters - Dover, DE (Off Shore) Military Cargo Plane Missing Off Coast, Sep 1963

GenDisasters - Dover, DE Cocheco Manufacturing Co Factory Fire, Feb 1902

GenDisasters - Dover, DE Drowned While Skating, Feb 1902

GenDisasters - Dover, DE Train Wreck, Feb 1902

GenDisasters - Felton, DE Tornado, Jan 1967

GenDisasters - Felton, DE Train Collides With Auto, Apr 1926

GenDisasters - Felton, DE Train Wreck, Oct 1897

GenDisasters - Kent County, DE Fires, Jan 1914

Estate Records

Delaware Public Archives - Search Probates

DEGenWeb Project - Kent County Wills

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Probate Records

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Wills & Probate

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Probate Records

PA-Roots - Kent County, Delaware Wills

Register of Wills - Kent County, Delaware

SAMPUBCO - Kent County, Delaware Naturalization Indexes, Probates

USGenWeb Archives - Kent County, Delaware Wills

History

Immigration and Naturalization Records

Delaware Public Archives - Search Naturalization Records

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Emigration and Immigration

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Naturalization and Citizenship

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - Kent County, Delaware

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Immigration Records

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Minority Records

SAMPUBCO - Kent County, Delaware Naturalization Indexes, Probates

Land Records

BLM GLO Records

Delaware Public Archives - Search State Deeds

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Land and Property Records

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Land Records

PA-Roots - Kent County, Delaware Deeds

USGenWeb Archives - Kent County, Delaware Land

Maps

DEGenWeb Project - Kent County Maps

Digital Commonwealth - Kent County, Delaware Maps/Atlases

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Maps and Gazetteers

Histopolis - Kent County, Delaware Map

Historic Map Works - Kent County, Delaware

Historical Atlases and Maps of U.S. and States - Delaware

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Map Records

Military Records

Miscellaneous Records

Blacksheep Ancestors - Delaware State Hospital for the Insane, Surnames A-J

Blacksheep Ancestors - Delaware State Hospital for the Insane, Surnames J-Z

Blacksheep Ancestors - Executions in Delaware

Blacksheep Ancestors - Kent County Jail

DEGenWeb Project - Kent County Lookups

DEGenWeb Project - Kent County Queries

DEGenWeb Project - Kent County Rent Rolls

DEGenWeb Project - Kent County Surname Resources

DEGenWeb Project - State and General Resources

Delaware Roots - Kent County General Information

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Businesses

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Officials & Politicians

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware People

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Queries

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Real Estate

The History of Death Row - Department of Correction

Kent County, Delaware Message Boards

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Miscellaneous Records

Leslie Dryden Collection - Salisbury University Nabb Center

PA-Roots - Kent County, Delaware Queries

Municipalities

Native American Genealogy

AccessGenealogy - Delaware Indian Tribes

Delaware Public Archives to Host ‘A History of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware’

Delaware Public Archives - A History of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware

The Early Indians of Kent County - Historical Society of Kent County

Edward F. Heite’s Articles on Delaware’s Invisible Indians

Lenape Indian Tribe Delaware, Kent County

Mitsawokett: A 17th Century Delaware Native American Community

National Archives - American Indian Records

The Native Americans of Mitsawokett

Newspapers

Delaware Public Archives - Search Newspapers on Film

Delaware State News

Digital Commonwealth - Kent County, Delaware Newspapers

Dover Post

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Newspapers

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Obituaries

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Newspapers

Historical Eastern Shore Newspapers

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Newspapers

Newspaper Abstracts - Kent County, Delaware

PA-Roots - Kent County, Delaware Newspaper Articles

Obituaries

Delaware State News Obituaries

Dover Post Obituaries

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Periodicals

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Obituaries

DEGenWeb Project - Kent County Obits

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Obituaries

Obits Index - Kent County, DE

PA-Roots - Kent County, Delaware Obituaries

USGenWeb Archives - Kent County, Delaware Obits

Photos

DEGenWeb Project - Kent County Photos

Digital Commonwealth - Kent County, Delaware Postcards/Cards

FamilyOldPhotos - Kent Co DE

School Records

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware School Records

Genealogy Trails - Kent County, Delaware Schools

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE School Records

Old Yearbooks - Dover, DE High School Yearbooks 1965-1972

Old Yearbooks - Harrington, DE High School 1912 Commencement Program

Old Yearbooks - Harrington, DE High School 1914 Commencement Program

Societies

Air Mobility Command Museum

Barratt's Chapel & Museum

Biggs Museum of American Art

Bowers Beach Maritime Museum

The Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation

Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village

Delaware General Assembly

Delaware State Police Museum & Education Center

Downstate Delaware Genealogical Society

The Duck Creek Historical Society

First State Heritage Park - Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs

Greater Harrington Historical Society

John Dickinson Plantation - Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs

Johnson Victrola Museum - Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs

Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society

New England Historic Genealogical Society - Kent County, Delaware

The Old State House - Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs

Smyrna Heritage Association

Woodburn - The Governor's Residence

Tax Records

FamilySearch - Kent County, Delaware Tax Records

LDS Genealogy - Kent County, DE Tax Records

USGenWeb Archives - Kent County, Delaware Tax

Vital Records

Delaware County Records

County

Kent County

New Castle County

Sussex County

Formation Date

1680

1664

County Seat

Dover

Wilmington

Georgetown

Parent County

St. John's County

Original county

Deale County

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