Genealogy Research in Sussex 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

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

African American Gateway

Archivist Unearths Document Listing Last Sussex Slave Owners

Black Americans in Delaware: An Overview

Delaware African American Genealogy

FamilySearch - African American Resources for Delaware

Free African-Americans of Maryland and Delaware

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

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sussex County Black Population Percentage - Delaware

Archives and Libraries

American Ancestors - Sussex County, Delaware

Bridgeville Public Library

Delmar Public Library

Delaware Public Archives

Delaware Public Archives​ - Collections Gateway

Delaware Roots - Sussex County Data Archives

FamilySearch Catalog - Sussex County, Delaware

FamilySearch​ - Delaware Online Genealogy Records

Frankford Public Library

Georgetown Public Library

Greenwood Public Library

HathiTrust Digital Library - Sussex County, Delaware

Laurel Public Library

Lewes Public Library

Library of Congress - Sussex County, Delaware

Milford Public Library

Open Library - Sussex County, Delaware

Rehoboth Public Library

Seaford District Library

Selbyville Public Library

South Coastal Public Library

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware

Bible Records

DEGenWeb Project - Sussex County Bibles

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Bible Records

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Family Bibles, Histories and News

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Bibles

Biographies

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Biographies

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Biographies

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Local People

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware People of Selbyville

PA-Roots - Sussex County, Delaware Biographies

People from Sussex County, Delaware

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Bios

Cemeteries

Catholic Cemeteries Burial Database Search

Delaware Cemetery Records

DEGenWeb Project - Sussex County Cemeteries

Delaware Roots - Sussex County Cemeteries

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Cemeteries

Find A Grave - Sussex County County Cemeteries

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Cemeteries

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware, Selbyville Cemeteries

GNIS Search Results: List of Cemetery Locations Sussex County, Delaware

Histopolis - Sussex County, Delaware Cemeteries

Histopolis - Sussex County, Delaware Graves

Interment.net - Sussex County, Delaware
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LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Cemetery Records

Political Graveyard - Sussex Co.

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Cemeteries

Census Records

Delaware 1910 Census Map

Delaware Census Records

Delaware Roots - Sussex County Census Records

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Census Records

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Census Data

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Census Records

RAOGK - Sussex County, Delaware Census Records

Sussex County, Delaware Demographics

The USGenWeb Census Project - Sussex County, Delaware

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Census

Church Records

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

DEGenWeb Project - Sussex County Churches

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Church Records

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Church News and Records

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Church Records

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Church

Court Records

AHGP - Sussex County Delaware Clerks of Peace and Dedimus Potestatem

AHGP - Sussex County Delaware Justices of the Peace

AHGP -  Sussex County Delaware Levy Court and Treasurers

AHGP - Sussex County Delaware ~ Notaries and Tabelion Public

AHGP - Sussex County Delaware Prothonotaries and Recorders

AHGP - Sussex County Delaware Registers Chancery and Orphans' Court

AHGP - Sussex County Delaware Sheriffs and Coroners

Delaware.gov - Delaware Courts

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Court Records

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Court and Legal 1

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Court and Legal 2

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Court Records

PA-Roots - Sussex County, Delaware Court Records

RAOGK - Sussex County, Delaware Courthouse Records

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Court

Directories

Delaware.gov - Locations Directory

Delaware.gov - Phone Directory

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Directories

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County City Directories

The Medical, Pharmaceutical and Dental Register-Directory and Intelligencer

Disasters

Delaware Disasters - Delmar, DE Fire Destroys Town, Aug 1892

Delaware Disasters - Delmar, DE Motel Fire, Aug 1976

Delaware Disasters - Delmar, DE Train Wreck, Feb 1909

Delaware Disasters - Dewey Beach, DE Dupont Mansion Burned, May 1950

Delaware Disasters - Laurel, DE Auto Accident, Dec 1919

Delaware Disasters - Lewes, DE Automobile Accident, Sept 1932

Delaware Disasters - Lewes, DE Schooner SEA FOAM Wreck, Oct 1894

Delaware Disasters - Millsboro, DE Train Accident, Dec 1917

Delaware Disasters - Milton, DE Flames Destroy Village, Aug 1909

Delaware Disasters - Milton, DE Fire, Aug 1909

Delaware Disasters - Rehoboth Beach, DE Lighthouse In Danger, Feb 1920

Delaware Disasters - Seaford, DE Fire, Aug 1900

Delaware Disasters - Seaford, DE Hand Crushed in Cider Press, Jun 1908

Delaware Disasters - Seaford, DE Tornado Causes Damage, June 1911

Estate Records

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware, Selbyville Wills

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Wills and Probate Notices

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Probate Records

​PA-Roots - Sussex County, Delaware Wills

Sussex County, Delaware Wills Records

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Wills

History

AHGP - Sussex County, Delaware Almshouse

At The Beach - Georgetown, Delaware History

Family Files Index

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Local Histories

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Family Bibles, Histories and News

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Families of Selbyville

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware History Topics

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware, Selbyville

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Histories and Genealogies

Leslie Dryden Collection Index

Living Places - Sussex County, Delaware

National Register of Historic Places listings in Sussex County, Delaware

Sussex County, Delaware History

Immigration and Naturalization Records

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Emigration and Immigration

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Naturalization and Citizenship

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - Sussex County, Delaware

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Immigration Records

Sussex County, Delaware Naturalization Petitions (Post 1906)

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware History

Land Records

BLM GLO Records

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Land and Property Records

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Land Transactions

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Real Estate Transfers and News

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware, Selbyville Land & Real Estate

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Land Records

PA-Roots - Sussex County, Delaware Deeds

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Land

Maps

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - Sussex County, Delaware

Digital Commonwealth - Sussex County, Delaware Maps/Atlases

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Maps and Gazetteers

Histopolis - Sussex County, Delaware Map

Historic Map Works - Sussex County, Delaware

Historical Atlases and Maps of U.S. and States ​

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Map Records

United States Digital Map Library - Delaware

Military Records

Civil War Pensions Index Cards

Civil War Records

Delaware, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Delaware Frontier Forts Prior to 1902

Delaware Military Forts

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Military Records

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Military Records

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware, Selbyville Military

Korean War Casualty List

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Military Records

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Sussex County, Delaware

PA-Roots - Sussex County, Delaware Military Records

1840 Pensioners Census

Revolutionary War Records

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Military

Vietnam War Casualty List

World War 1 Draft Registration Records

World War I Records

World War II Casualties

World War II Casualty List - Delaware Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard

World War II Records

Miscellaneous Records

DEGenWeb Project - Sussex County Rent Rolls

Delaware Roots - Sussex County General Information

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Businesses and Entrepreneurs

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Officials and Politicians

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Public Institutions

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Queries

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware, Selbyville Eastern Shore Cooking

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Miscellaneous Records

​PA-Roots - Sussex County, Delaware Queries

Municipalities 

AHGP - Baltimore, Delaware

AHGP - Broad Creek, Delaware

AHGP - Broadkiln, Delaware

AHGP - Cedar Creek, Delaware

AHGP - Dagsborough, Delaware

AHGP - Georgetown, Delaware

AHGP - Gumborough, Delaware

AHGP - Indian River, Delaware

AHGP - Lewis & Rehoboth, Delaware

AHGP - Little Creek, Delaware

AHGP -Nanticoke, Delaware

AHGP - Northwest Fork, Delaware

AHGP - Seaford, Delaware

Delaware.gov - Cities & Towns

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Populated Places

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Towns and Cities

Histopolis - Sussex County, Delaware Cities

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Records by City/Town

Living Places - Georgetown, Delaware

Sussex County, Delaware Communities

Native American Genealogy

Am I Part American Indian? - Delaware Public Archives

Delaware Indian Tribes

Delaware's Native American Community Growing

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

Former Native American Reservation in Sussex County Commemorated

Genealogy Trails - Lenape Indians of Delaware

Mitsawokett: A 17th Century Delaware Native American Community

Nanticoke Indian Association

Nanticoke People - Wikipedia

The Native Americans of Mitsawokett

National Archives - American Indian Records

Newspapers

Cape Gazette​

Sussex Countian

Sussex Post

DEGenWeb Project - Sussex County Articles

Digital Commonwealth - Sussex County, Delaware Newspapers

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Newspapers

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Newspaper Gleanings

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Newspapers

Newspaper Abstracts - Sussex County, Delaware

PA-Roots - Sussex County, Delaware Newspaper Articles

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Newspapers

Obituaries

DEGenWeb Project - Sussex County Obituaries

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Obituaries

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Obituaries

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware, Selbyville Obituaries and Death Notices

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Obituaries

Obits Index - Sussex County, DE

Obituaries - Cape Gazette

PA-Roots - Sussex County, Delaware Obituaries

Sussex Countian Obituaries - Georgetown, DE

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Obits

Photos

DEGenWeb Project - Sussex County Photos

Digital Commonwealth - Sussex County, Delaware Postcards/Cards

FamilyOldPhotos - Sussex Co DE

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Photos

School Records

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware School Records

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware, Selbyville Schools, Teachers and News

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Obituaries

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County School Records

Sussex County, Delaware Education

Societies

Bethel Maritime Museum

Bridgeville Historical Society

Delaware Aviation Museum

Delaware Genealogical Society

DiscoverSea Museum

Fort Miles - Delaware State Parks

Fenwick Island Lighthouse

Historical Georgetown Association

Indian River Life Saving Station

Laurel Historical Society

The Lewes Historical Society

Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society

Marvel Carriage Museum

Milford Museum

Milton Historical Society

Nabb Research Center for DelMarVa History and Culture

New England Historic Genealogical Society - Sussex County, Delaware

Ocean View Historical Society

Overfalls Foundation

Rehoboth Beach Museum

Ryves Holt House - First State National Historical Park

Treasures of the Sea

Seaford Historical Society

Sussex County Genealogical Society

Zwaanendael Museum

Tax Records

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Tax Records

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Tax Records

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Tax

Vital Records

DEGenWeb Project - Sussex County Birth Records

DEGenWeb Project - Sussex County Death Certificates

DEGenWeb Project - Sussex County Death Notices

DEGenWeb Project - Sussex County Marriages

FamilyHart - Sussex, Delaware

FamilySearch​ - Sussex County, Delaware Vital Records

GEDCOM Index - Sussex County, Delaware

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Birth Records

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Divorce, Separation and Annulment

Genealogy Trails - Sussex County, Delaware Marriage Records

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Sussex County Marriage Records

PA-Roots - Sussex County, Delaware Birth Records

PA-Roots - Sussex County, Delaware Death Records

PA-Roots - Sussex County, Delaware Marriage Records

RAOGK - Sussex County, Delaware Vital Records

USGenWeb Archives - Sussex County, Delaware Vitals

vitalrec.com - Sussex County, Delaware

Delaware County Records

County

Kent County

New Castle County

Sussex County

Formation Date

1680

1664

1664

County Seat

Dover

Wilmington

Georgetown

Parent County

St. John's County

Original county

Deale County

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