Delaware Vital Records (DE Vitals)

Free Delaware Vital Records Resources Online

****How To Obtain Delaware Vital Records****

Delaware Birth Records Search

Located at FamilySearch.org, this database includes historical birth records 1861-1908 statewide in Delaware.

Delaware Probate Records Database

Found at the Delaware Public Archives, the database offers indexes to their holdings of manuscript probate records ca 1680 to 1925 for the entire state of Delaware.  Search by name, date, race and county.

Reverend Joseph Brown Turner Collection

This collection placed online at the Delaware Public Archives, contains approximately 3000 Delmarva Peninsula family notes and correspondence, revealing a plethora of early Delaware vital records.

Sussex County, Delaware Vital Records Index

Sussex County, Delaware Marriages & Bahns Index

Both of these are located on RootsWeb.  These indexes covers early vital records of Sussex County, Delaware and has been published in the history book entitled: "Some Records of Sussex County Delaware" published in 1909.

Wilmington, Delaware Catholic Cemeteries Database

Located at the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington.

Free search of a vast repository of early marriages.

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Obtaining Delaware Vital Records

Delaware Office of Vital Statistics

The Delaware Division of Health offers information on obtaining birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates and divorce records in Delaware.  Currently, they do not offer indexes of vital records online.

Birth records are on file in this office from 1930 to present.  The Delaware Division of Health offers some very nice Heirloom Birth Certificates.

Marriage and death records are on file in this office from 1962 to present. 

Order Vital Records from VitalChek 

VitalChek is the approved, quick and easy way to order Delaware birth records and order Delaware death records online.

Certified divorce records are on file in the county where the divorce was granted. 

For earlier birth, death and marriage records

See: Delaware Public Archives.

Also see:

• Delaware Census at Census Finder
• Delaware Marriages at GenWed
• Delaware Newspaper Obituaries
• Delaware Newspaper List
• Delaware Obituary Indexes and Search Engines
• Free Genealogy
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