Delaware Genealogical Publications

DELAWARE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

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Delaware Genealogical Society, 505 Market Street Mall, Wilmington DE 19801-3091

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[NOTE #2: At this time there is no electronic ordering system.]

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Delaware Genealogical Research Guide, 3rd edition (2002))
edited by Thomas P. Doherty and published by the Delaware Genealogical Society, soft cover
A 52-page guide (including cover) on how to do Delaware genealogical research. Lists Delaware hundreds, towns and churches (before 1900) with details on how to find vital records, family genealogies, city directories, church, tax, census, probate, land and military records. Four Delaware maps of hundreds spanning 220 years. Lists of key libraries and record repositories with maps showing their locations, hours, copying charges and important holdings. Identifies valuable references and where to find them. The 3rd edition improves clarity, adds an index and many cross-references for ease of use, includes many new Internet and Web resources.
"For Delaware research problems, start with this guide...packs a lot of information" [from a review of the first edition by D.V. Russell in The American Genealogist
52 pages, $14.00 ($10.00 members) plus postage [ISBN 1-887061-09-6]. To order, click on order form
Delaware 1782 Tax Assessment and Census Lists (1994)
transcribed and compiled by Ralph D. Nelson, Jr., Catherine B. Nelson, Thomas P. Doherty, Mary Fallon Richards and John C. Richards and published by the Delaware Genealogical Society, CD/ROM only (hard cover out-of-print)
This all new publication replaces The Reconstructed Delaware State Census of 1782 (1983) by Dr. Harold B. Hancock. It contains 11,322 names, 31 tax and census lists (including 11 new lists not in Hancock's book) with names in their original order as well as in an overall statewide index, tax assessment amounts and soundex codes. Over one year was spent retranscribing and proofreading the names.
404 pages (CD-ROM only; book no longer available), $20.00 ($15.00 members) + postage [ISBN 1-887061-05-3]. To order and become a DGS member, click on order form.
Sussex Co Delaware Orphans' Court Books: Images with Searchable Database
edited by Margaret David, CD/ROM only
These all new CDs contain pdf images of all the original handwritten pages of the Orphans' Court books + a searchable database of the key information in each entry including an every name alphabetical index. By placing all this information on one CD, the researcher can electronically search the index to find the role a given individual played in the Orphans' Court proceeding, then view an image of the original Orphans' Court book to ensure the reliability of the abstract. NOW AVAILABLE:
-- Books B/C 1777-82 DPA RG4840 (738 pages) microfilm reel 3 (2004)
-- Books D/E 1782-93 DPA RG4840 (603 pages) microfilm reel 4 (2006)
-- Book F 1793-97 DPA RG4840 (433 pages) microfilm reel 5 (2004)
Each CD is $18.00 ($15.00 members) + postage. To order and become a DGS member, click on order form.
Delaware Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers [ISBN 1-887061-05-3]

A volunteer group meeting at the Historical Society of Delaware is abstracting vital records from old Delaware newspapers from a period when there are no official vital records. Records were extracted from "Local Intelligence" columns, Registrar estate notices, executor and estate sales as well as death and marriage notices. This is the first volume which references 4654 names.

Volume 1: Deaths from the Delaware Gazette, 1854-1859, 1861-1864 (1995)
edited by Mary Fallon Richards;
320 pages. $24.50 ($19.00 members) + postage [ISBN 1-887061-06-1]. published by the Delaware Genealogical Society, hard cover, acid free paper To order and become a DGS member, click on order form.

Volume 2: Marriages from the Delaware Gazette, 1854-1859, 1861-1864 (1996)
edited by Mary Fallon Richards and John C. Richards,
published by the Delaware Genealogical Society and Picton Press, hard cover, acid free paper 122 pages. $21.50 ($17.50 members) + postage [ISBN 0-89725-279-9]. To order and become a DGS member, click on order form.

Volume 3: Delaware Marriages and Deaths from Newspapers, 1729-1853 (1997)
edited by Mary Fallon Richards and John C. Richards,
published by the Delaware Genealogical Society and Family Line Publications; over 10,000 names, hard cover, acid free paper 288 pages. $24.50 ($22.00 members) + Willow Bend Books postage/handling charges [ISBN 0-940907-30-5]. For this volume (#3): both members and non-members must purchase from Willow Bend Books on their web site or write 65 E. Main Street, Westminster MD 21157-5026 (1-800-876-6103). A limited number of books will be available for purchase locally from the Delaware Genealogical Society such as at the regular DGS meetings (Sep-May) at the Historical Society of Delaware

Volume 4: Delaware Marriages and Deaths from the Delaware Gazette, 1865-1874 (1998)
edited by Mary Fallon Richards and John C. Richards,
published by the Delaware Genealogical Society and Family Line Publications; over 7,300 names, hard cover, acid free paper 228 pages. $23.50 ($21.00 members) + Willow Bend Books postage/handling charges [ISBN 0-940907-36-4]. For this volume (#4): both members and non-members must purchase from Willow Bend Books on their web site or write 65 E. Main Street, Westminster MD 21157-5026 (1-800-876-6103) A limited number of books will be available for purchase locally from the Delaware Genealogical Society such as at the regular DGS meetings (Sep-May) at the Historical Society of Delaware

Volume 5: Delaware Marriages and Deaths from the Delaware Gazette, 1875-1879 (2000)
edited by Mary Fallon Richards and John C. Richards,
published by the Delaware Genealogical Society and Family Line Publications; over 2,800 names, hard cover, acid free paper 92 pages. $19.00 ($17.00 members) + Willow Bend Books postage/handling charges [ISBN 0-940907-36-4]. For this volume (#5): both members and non-members must purchase from Willow Bend Books on their web site or write 65 E. Main Street, Westminster MD 21157-5026 (1-800-876-6103) A limited number of books will be available for purchase locally from the Delaware Genealogical Society such as at the regular DGS meetings (Sep-May) at the Historical Society of Delaware

Delaware Genealogical Society Surname Index (2006)
edited by Joan Wolf, soft cover.
603 surnames that members are working with county, dates of primary interest, names and addresses of submitters.
20 pages, $3.00 ppd (free to members at a DGS meeting, $1 for postage to have it mailed). Write to Joan Wolf or call her at (302)-998-3901 for a list of surnames in book. To order, click on order form

A History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware ...an Account of the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Swedish Settlers and a History of Wilmington (1846; 1987 reprint with new surname index)
by Benjamin Ferris published by the Delaware Genealogical Society (acid free paper, hard cover).
322 pages, $22.50 ($20 members) + postage [ISBN 1-887061-02-9]. To order and become a DGS member, click on order form.

The Delaware Historical and Genealogical Recall (1936, reprint 1984)
by Matilda Spicer Hart including new 27 page index by Mary Fallon Richards.
Births, marriages, deaths, etc. from various obscure sources; all three counties.
59 pages, $5.50 ($5.00 members), $1.50 postage [ISBN 1-887061-00-2]. To order, click on order form

Delaware Genealogical Society Journal
published by the Delaware Genealogical Society, soft cover, acid free paper
Table of Contents: volume 1 (1980) to volume 11 (2002) [ISSN 731-3896]
Nonmember subscription to current volume: $30.00/2 years (4 issues) postpaid
To order a CD of Volumes 1-10 and issues #1 and 2 of Vol. 11 (1980-2002) [42 issues for $25.00 ($20.00 members)],
click on order form
Single issue: $7.50 postpaid. To order, click on order form
Vol of 4 back issues: $30.00 ($30.00 members) [single issue $7.50 postpaid]. To order, click on order form

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see Delaware Genealogical Research Guide

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