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Delaware Papers (English Period): A Collection of Documents Pertaining to the Regulation of Affairs on the Delaware, 1664-1682. New York Historical Manuscripts; Dutch. Edited by Charles T. Gehring. Published under the direction of the Holland Society of New York. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1977.
Location: Morris Library (F167 .D384 1977)

New York Historical Manuscripts, Dutch: [1648-1664]. Edited by Charles T. Gehring. Published under the direction of the Holland Society of New York. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., n.d.
Location: Morris Library (Folio+ F167 .N48)

Also known as Delaware papers (Dutch Period). Covers 1648-1664. Consists of Volumes XVIII and XIX of the Colonial Manuscripts in the New York State Archives. Dutch with English translation. Also includes some papers from the Swedish period.

Delaware. Original Land Titles in Delaware Commonly Known as the Duke of York Record: Being an Authorized Transcript from the Official Archives of the State of Delaware, and Comprising the Letters Patent, Permits, Commissions, Surveys, Plates and Confirmations by the Duke of York, and Other High Officials, from 1646 to 1679. Wilmington, DE: Sunday Star Print, 1903.
Location: Morris Library (F167 .D31 1903a)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F167 .D31x 1903)

Referred to as the Duke of York Records.

Hitchens, E. Dallas. Milford, Delaware and Milford Area After 1776: Land Records Study of Upper Sussex and Lower Kent Co., Delaware. Delaware Genealogical Society Special Publication, no. 4. Wilmington, DE: Delaware Genealogical Society, 1985.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .M5 H55x 1985)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .M6 H57 1985)

Kent County. Recorder of Deeds. Deed Book Index. Dover: Public Archives Commission, 1951.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm no. 4123)

Kent County, Delaware Land Records, 1785-1789. Edited by Mary Marshall Brewer. Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2004.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .K3 B74 2004)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F172 .K3 B74 2004)

Land Records of Sussex County, Delaware, 1681-1725. Edited by Mary Marshall Brewer. Westminister, MD: Family Line Publications, 1998.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .S8 B74x 1998)

Land Records of Sussex County, Delaware, 1722-1731: Deed Book F No. 6. Edited by Johnita P. Malone. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .S8 M35 1997)

Land Records of Sussex County, Delaware, 1732-1743: Deed Book G No. 7. Edited by Johnita P. Malone. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2001.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .S8 M35x 2001)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F172 .S8 M35x 2001)

Land Records of Sussex County, Delaware: 1763-1769. Edited by Mary Marshall Brewer. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2001.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .S8 B74x 2001)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F172 .S8 B74x 2001)

Land Records of Sussex County, Delaware, 1769-1782: Deed Books L No. 11& M No. 12. Edited by F. Edward Wright. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1994.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .S8 W75 1994)

Land Records of Sussex County, Delaware, 1782-1789: Deed Book N, No. 13. Edited by Elaine Hastings Mason & F. Edward Wright. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, c1990 (1993 printing).
Location: Morris Library (F172 .S8 M37 1990)

Land Records of Sussex County, Delaware: Various Dates, 1693-1698, 1715-1717, 1782-1792, 1802-1805. Edited by Mary Marshall Brewer. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1998.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .S8 B742x 1998)

Myers, Albert Cook, ed. Walter Wharton's Land Survey Register, 1675-1679, West Side of Delaware River, from New Castle County, Delaware, into Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Wilmington, DE: Historical Society of Delaware, 1955.
Location: Morris Library (F167 .W48)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F167 .W48)

New Castle County. Recorder of Deeds. Deed Books, 1673-1850.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm S 334)

Grantor and grantee indexes are at Microfilm S 334.1 and S 334.2, respectively.

New Castle County. Recorder of Deeds. Land Warrants, 1671-1679, and Penn's Warrants, 1684-1742.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm no. 85)

The Land Warrants is followed by a name index; Penn's Warrants does not have a name index.

New Castle County. Recorder of Deeds. Land Warrants and Land Surveys, 1684-1766.
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm no. 86)

Some plats accompany Land Warrants. Name index precedes Land Surveys.

New Castle County, Delaware Land Records, 1728-1738: Deed Records I-1, K-1 (Missing Pages 1 Through 212 Which Cover the Period, 2 Dec 1731-May 1734), L-1. Edited by Carol J. Garrett. Lewes, DE: Delmarva Roots, 2001.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .N5 G393x 2001)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F172 .N5 G393x 2001)

Transcriptions from the original records at Delaware Public Archives.

New Castle County, Delaware Land Records, 1755-1762. Edited by Carol J. Garrett. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 1999.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F172 .N5 G394 1999)

New Castle County, Delaware Land Records: ... 1770-1777. Edited by Carol J. Garrett. Venice, FL: C. Garrett, 2004.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .N5 G398 2004)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F172 .N5 G398 2004)

Covers Deed Book-Z-1, June 1770-June 1773, Deed Book-B-2, July 1774-Feb. 1777.

Sweeney, Jeremiah. Early Delaware Land Grants, Plantations & Families. Farnhurst, DE: [n.p.], 1958.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F167 .S95)

Turner, Charles Henry Black. Some Records of Sussex County, Delaware. Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, 1909.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F172 .S8 T7)
Location: Library Annex (F172 .S8 T7)

Includes civil, court, church, and Bible records, such as land grants, civil suits, wills, administrations, and marriage records. Also included are vestry records of St. Peter's church for the early 1800's. Some Kent County records are included. Dates of coverage vary, most cover 1600s to 1775. The Index and Marriages list are available online.

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Note: Delaware was part of the Pennsylvania colony. Places now in Delaware may have been in Pennsylvania or Maryland due to boundary changes.

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).

Delaware Court Records: A Research Guide.
Location: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/ctrec.htm)

Delaware Wills and Probate Records: A Research Guide.
Location: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/genealogy/resguide/probate.htm)

Micromedia in Morris Library.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref Z1033 .M5 S68 1980)
Location: Morris Library - Microforms (Z1033 .M5 S68 1980)

Many land records sources are received in microfilm or microfiche. It is especially important to check this listing because not all microform materials in the library collection are included in DELCAT.

Moak, Jefferson M. Bibliography of Delaware and New Jersey Maps and Atlases. Philadelphia, PA: Chestnut Hill Almanac, 1987.
Location: Morris Library (Z6027 .U5 D45x 1987)

A listing of land ownership maps and atlases in the collections of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Schaefer, Christina K. Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas: A Complete Digest of the Records of All the Countries of the Western Hemisphere. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1998.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E18 .S33x 1998)

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