[DGS LOGO] CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF WILMINGTON PARISH REGISTERS

Parish Registers Microfilmed 1991-92 by Genealogical Society of Utah
Available through the LDS Family History Library and Family History Centers
Baptisms Through 1920, Marriage and Other Registers Through 1960 (35 Rolls)
FHL Call#	Parishes and Records Included 
[City of Wilmington]

1787748	Cathedral of St. Peter, 
			Baptisms, Marriages, 8/1796 to 4/1834
		     (includes St. Mary of the Assumption, Coffee Run, 1804-1834), 
			Baptisms 5/1829 to 6/1907, 
			Confirmations 8/1830-10/1849.

1787872	Cathedral of St. Peter, Baptisms from 6/1907, Marriages 5/1829 to 4/1910.

1787873	Cathedral of St. Peter, Marriages from 5/1908, Interments 1849-1853,
		     Confirmations from 1869.

1787874	Cathedral of St. Peter, 1st Comm. from 1833, Trustees Minutes 1845-1900;
		Christ Our King, Marriages from 9/1926;
		Sacred Heart, Baptisms from 6/1875, Transcripts 1875-1910.

1787875	Sacred Heart, Bapt. Transcripts from 1911, Marriages, Other;
		St. Ann (was St. James), Baptisms & Marriages 1870-1890.

1788019	St. Ann, Bapt. Transcripts, Bapt. and Marr. from 1890; Deaths.

1788020	St. Ann, Confirmations from 1891, First Comm. from 1901;
		     see also 1845819, below.;
		St. Anthony, Marriages 12/1924-6/1960.

1788021	St. Anthony, Marriages from 6/1960;
		St. Elizabeth, Baptisms & Marriages from 5/1908.

1788022	St. Hedwig, Baptisms from 1/1891.

1788023	St. Hedwig, Marriages and Deaths.

1788024	St. Hedwig, Confirmations & First Communions;
		St. Joseph, from 10/1889; Blessed Sacrament Mission, 1937-42;
		     see also 1760318, 22E-1, at end of list;
		St. Mary of the Immac. Concept., Baptisms 8/1857-1882.

1788025	St. Mary of the Immac. Concept., Baptisms 1883-1912; see also
		     1819985, and 1845818, items 11 & 12, below.

1819985	St. Mary of the Immac. Concept., Baptisms from 1913,
		     Marriages from 12/1857, Deaths and Confirmations.

1788083	St. Patrick, Baptisms from 7/1881 (1st book is item #2),
		     Marriages 8/1881-5/1942.

1788084	St. Patrick, Marriages from 5/1942, Confirmations & Deaths;
		St. Paul, Baptisms 12/1869-10/1912.

1822155	St. Paul, Baptisms from 10-1912, Marriages from 5/1870. 
1822156	St. Paul, Deaths, Confirmations, First Communions.

1822157	St. Stanislaus Kostka, from 9/1916.
		St. Thomas, Baptisms from 1/1904.

1822158	St. Thomas, Marriages from 4/1904.
		Bishops's Own Chapel, 1902-1943.


[Parish Cemeteries, New Castle County DE & Cecil County, MD]

1822512	Parish Cemeteries:
		St. Joseph, Greenville, Del., Plans and Index Cards;
		St. Francis Xavier, Bohemia (Warwick), Md., Annotated Plan;
		St. Peter, New Castle, Del., Plan and Records;
		Immaculate Conception, Elkton, Md., Plan and Index.


[Suburban New Castle County DE]

1822513	St. Helena, Bellefonte, from 1/1937;
		Holy Rosary, Claymont, from 6/1922;
		St. Joseph on the Brandywine, Greenville, Baptisms and
		     Marriages from 9/1846, Interments, Confirmations to 1889.

1822514	St. Joseph, Greenville, Confirmations from 1895, First Comm.;
		Immaculate Heart of Mary, Liftwood, from 2/1957;
		St. Mary Magdalen, Sharpley, from 1/1952;
		Corpus Christi, Elsmere, from 2/1949;
		St. John the Evangelist, Hockessin (St. Patrick, Ashland, 1880-
		     1887; St. Mary of the Assumption, Hockessin, since 1965),
		     Baptisms, Marriages, Confirmations from 1887,  Burials
		     1940-1958, First Communions to 1958.


[Suburban New Castle County DE and Cecil County MD]

1822515	St. John the Evangelist, Hockessin, Interments 1894-1940, 
		     Deaths and First Communions from 1958;
		St. Catherine of Sienna, Price's Corner, from 4/1961;
		St. John the Beloved, Sherwood Park, from 11/1956;
		St. Joseph, Middletown (St. Francis Xavier ["Old Bohemia"],
		     Warwick, Md., 1704-1908), from 1750;
		St. John the Baptist-Holy Angels, Newark, from 6/1891.

1822516	Immaculate Conception, Elkton MD, Baptisms, Baptism
		     Transcripts, Marriages from 7/1856.

1822517	Immaculate Conception, Elkton Cecil Co MD, Interments;
		Good Shepherd, Perryville MD, (St. Teresa, Port Deposit MD,1866-1949), from 1867;
		Our Mother of Mercy, Belvedere, from 7/1930;
		St. Paul, Delaware City, from 1/1855;
		Holy Spirit, Garfield Park, from 9/1954.


[Suburban New Castle County DE]

1822624	St. Peter, New Castle, Baptisms, Marriages, Confirmations,Deaths from 5/1845.
1822625	St. Peter, New Castle, First Communions from 1905;
		Our Lady of Fatima, Wilmington Manor, from 1949;
		St. Matthew, Woodcrest, from 8/1941.


[Kent County DE and MD Eastern Shore Counties]

1822625	Holy Cross, Dover, Kent Co DE, Deaths, Marriages, Confirmations 1870-1879;
		St. Dennis, Galena, Kent Co MD, 1856-1876; see also 1845817, below;
		St. Joseph, Cordova, Talbot Co MD (Mission of SS. Peter & Paul, Easton, 
		since 1901), Baptisms & Marriages 1803-1878, Deaths 1803-1888.

1845814	St. Rose Missiom, Chesapeake City, Cecil Co MD, Cemetery Records;
		Holy Cross, Dover, from 2/1869, Cemetery Records.


[Kent and Sussex Counties DE]

1845815	St. Bernadette Mission, Harrington, Kent Co DE, from 2/1954;
		St. John the Apostle, Milford, Sussex Co DE, from 2/1911;
		St. Polycarp, Smyrna, Kent Co DE, (St. Joseph, Clayton, 1898-1967), from 1/1914;
		St. Michael the Archange, Georgetown, Sussex Co DE, from 8/1957;
		St. Edmond, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex Co DE, from 6/1952;
		Our Lady of Lourdes, Seaford, Sussex Co DE, from 2/1945.


[Maryland Eastern Shore Counties]

1845816	St. Francis de Sales, Salisbury, Wicomico Co MD, from 5/1910;
		Holy Name of Jesus, Pcomoke City, Somerset Co MD, from 6/1952;
		St. Elizabeth Mission, Denton, Caroline Co MD, from 1/1841;
		Immaculate Conception, Marydel, Caroline Co MD, from 7/1920;
		St. Benedict, Ridgely, Caroline Co MD, from 11/1888.

1845817	St. Mary Refuge of Sinners, Cambridge, Dorchester Co MD, from 7/1902;
		Sacred Heart, Chestertown, Kent Co MD, from 2/1947;
		St. Dennis, Galena, Kent Co MD, from 11/1876, Cemetery Plan.

1845818	Our Mother of Sorrows, Centreville, Queen Annes Co MD, (St. Peter, Queenstown,1871-1898) from 4/1871; 
		     see also St. Joseph Mission, Cordova, 1822625, above.
		St. Christopher, Chester (Kent Island), Queen Annes Co MD, from 6/1954;
		SS. Peter and Paul, Easton, Talbot Co MD, (started at St. Mary Star of the 
		     Sea Mission, Golden Hill), from 4/1869.


[City of Wilmington] 

		St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, original Baptisms
		     1895-1912 (photocopied and retired ca 1940); 1st Communions from 1942.

1845819	St. Ann, Burials 1934-1965, 1st Communions and Confirmations from 1901.


 [Indexed Transcripts by Rev. Edward B. Carley From Pre-1868 Registers]

1846653	St. Joseph, Cordova, Md., Baptisms 1760-1878;
		St. Francis Xavier, Bohemia (Warwick), Md., Baptisms 1750-1868;
		St. Peter, Wilmington, Del., Baptisms 1795-1834;
		St. Peter, New Castle, Del., Baptisms 1845-1866;
		St. Dennis, Galena, Md., Baptisms 1856-1876;
		St. Joseph, Cordova, Md., Deaths, Confirm., 1st Comm., 1787-1888;
		St. Peter, Wilmington, Del., Marriages 1797-1834;
		St. Joseph, Cordova, Md., Marriages 1847-1860;
		St. Francis Xavier, Bohemia, Md., Marriages 1775-1874.

[City of Wilmington]

1760318	St. Joseph, Wilmington, Marriages 1890-1931 (from 1959 film);


[Accomack and Northampton Counties, VA (in Diocese of Richmond since 1974)]

		St. Charles, Cape Charles, Northampton Co, VA from 1890 (from 1959 film);
		St. Peter, Onley (Onancock), Accomack Co, VA from 1943 (from 1959 film).

Baptisms After 1920, Subject to 72-Year Restriction on Access (23 Rolls) Baptisms between 1921 and 1960 were filmed in four ten-year increments. Each ten-year increment will be released for unrestricted use 72 years after its closing year, coinciding with release of the U.S. Census schedules for the same year.

Copies of the restricted access films are held by the Delaware State Archives, the Historical Society of Delaware, and, for parishes in the nine Maryland Eastern Shore counties, by the Maryland State Archives. Each of those repositories has forms by which researchers may request permission from the parish having custody of the original register to search for members of their own families, after agreeing to conditions designed to protect the privacy of others listed in the records. Permission may be extended to an agent of the family member who agrees to the same conditions.


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