New Castle County

Genealogy Research in New Castle 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

The Delaware Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society

DEGenWeb Project - African Union Church Cemetery

DEGenWeb Project - African Union First Methodist Cemetery

Free African-Americans of Maryland and Delaware

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware Servitude

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Minority Records

Archives and Libraries

Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library

Delaware Public Archives

FamilySearch Catalog - New Castle County, Delaware

FamilySearch - Family History Center Locator: New Castle County

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Genealogy

Open Library - New Castle County, Delaware

Salisbury University Guerrieri Academic Commons

Salisbury University Nabb Center - Collections

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware

Bible Records

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware Bibles

Biographies

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Biographies

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware Biographies

PA-Roots - New Castle County, Delaware Biographies

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware Bios

Wikipedia - People from New Castle County, Delaware

Cemeteries

Census Records

Church Records

AHGP - Churches of New Castle, New Castle Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Church Records

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware Churches

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Church Records

Old Swedes Historic Site

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware Church

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware Churches

Court Records

Directories

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Directories

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

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County City Directories

Wilmington, DE - Department Directory

Estate Records

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Emigration and Immigration

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware Wills

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Probate Records

PA-Roots - New Castle County, Delaware Wills

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware Wills

History

AHGP - Prominent Families, New Castle, New Castle Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware

DEGenWeb Project - New Castle County Family Group Sheets

DEGenWeb Project - New Castle County Family Web Pages

DEGenWeb Project - New Castle County Surnames

Delaware Roots - New Castle County History

Delaware Roots - History of Delaware

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware Familes

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware History

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Histories and Genealogies

Leslie Dryden Collection - Salisbury University Nabb Center

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware History

Wikipedia - Lists of National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware

Wikipedia - New Castle County, Delaware History

Wilmington, DE - City History

Immigration and Naturalization Records

Delaware Public Archives - Collections Gateway

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Emigration and Immigration

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Naturalization and Citizenship

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - New Castle County, Delaware

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Minority Records

Land Records

AHGP - Property Owners, New Castle, New Castle Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Land and Property Records

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Land Records

PA-Roots - New Castle County, Delaware Deeds

Maps

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - New Castle County, Delaware

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Maps and Gazetteers

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Map Records

Wilmington, DE - City Maps

Military Records

AccessGenealogy - Civil War Records

AccessGenealogy - Delaware Forts

AccessGenealogy - 1903 Delaware Forts

AccessGenealogy - Korean War Casualty List

AccessGenealogy - 1840 Pensioners Census

AccessGenealogy - World War I Records

AccessGenealogy - World War II Records

AccessGenealogy - Vietnam War Casualty List

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Military Records

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware Military

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Military Records

New Horizons Genealogy - New Castle County Military Records

PA-Roots - New Castle County, Delaware Military Records

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware Military

Miscellaneous Records

Municipalities

Native American Genealogy

AccessGenealogy - Delaware Indian Tribes

Delaware Indians - Pencader Heritage Area Association

Delaware's Native American Community Growing

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

“First People of the First State”: Programs Featuring the Lenapé Indian Tribe of Delaware

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Minority Records

Mitsawoket, A Native American Community in 17th Century Delaware

Nanticoke Indian Museum

Official Site of the Delaware Tribe of Indians - Removal History of the Delaware Tribe

Mitsawokett: A 17th Century Delaware Native American Community

Newspapers

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Newspapers

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Periodicals

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware News - People

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware News - General

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware Towns & Hundreds

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Newspapers

The New Castle Crier Newsletter

The News Journal

PA-Roots - New Castle County, Delaware Newspaper Articles

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware Newspapers

Wilmington, DE - City News

Obituaries

DEGenWeb Project - New Castle County Obits

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Obituaries

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware Obituaries

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Obituaries

The News Journal Obituaries - Wilmington, DE

Obits Index - New Castle County, DE

PA-Roots - New Castle County, Delaware Obituaries

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware Obits

Photos

DEGenWeb Project - New Castle County Photos

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware Photos

School Records

AHGP - Schools & Societies, New Castle, New Castle Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware School Records

Genealogy Trails - New Castle County, Delaware Schools

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County School Records

Societies

Tax Records

AHGP - List of Taxable, Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware

AHGP - List of Taxable, Christina Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware

AHGP - List of Taxable, Red Lion Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware

AHGP - Taxable List, St. George Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware

FamilySearch - New Castle County, Delaware Tax Records

LDS Genealogy - New Castle County Tax Records

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware Tax

USGenWeb Archives - New Castle County, Delaware Taxlists

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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