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Delaware Cemetery Records:

A Research Guide


Cemeteries of the U.S.: A Guide to Contact Information for U.S. Cemeteries and Their Records. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref CS44.C46)
Delaware Cemeteries.
Location: Internet (http://www.interment.net/us/de/)
A cemetery transcription library.
Delaware Cemeteries. (USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project)
Location: Internet (http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/delaware/delaware.html)
Clark, Raymond B. Delaware Tombstone Inscriptions: 700 Revolutionary Soldiers in Three Counties; 600 in Small Church and Family Cemeteries, Chiefly in Sussex County. St. Michaels, MD: R.B. Clark, 1989.
Location: Morris Library (F163 .C43x 1989)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F163 .C53x 1989)
Dill, Raymond Walter. Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone: Kent County, Delaware, Cemetery Records. 2 vols. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .K3 D57x 1989)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F172 .K3 D57x 1989)
Goffinet, Pamela. Old Union Methodist Church: Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. Newark, DE: P. Goffinet, 1992.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del Folio F172 .N5 G64x 1992)
Political Graveyard: Index to Cemeteries in Delaware.
Location: Internet (http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/kmindex.html)
Preisler, Julian H. Jewish Cemeteries of the Delmarva Peninsula: A Burial Index for Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995.
Location: Morris Library (F187 .E2 P74x 1995)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F187 .E2 P74x 1995)

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For More Information

Delaware Genealogical Research Guide. 3rd ed. Wilmington, DE: Delaware Genealogical Society, 2002.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref F163 .D349 2002)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F163 .D349 2002)
The most important guide for doing genealogical research in Delaware. It covers specific types of records and where they can be found in the state. Edited by Thomas P. Doherty and published by the Delaware Genealogical Society (http://delgensoc.org). Includes a list of churches. Describes unique resources available at the Historical Society of Delaware (HSD) and the Delaware Public Archives (DPA).
Delaware Genealogical Society. Journal. Semiannual.
Location: Morris Library (F163 .D35x)
Publishes transcripts of original records. Published since 1980. The Tables of Contents are online.
Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo. Your Guide to Cemetery Research. Cincinnati, OH: Betterway Books, c2002.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref CS21 .C36 2002)

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