Genealogy Lib Guide
Delaware libraries offer an abundance of genealogical resources for patrons.
Delaware libraries offer access to genealogical resources.
Delaware libraries offers access to Family Search, United States Census, and locating United States Census images. Several Delaware libraries offer access to Ancestry Library Edition. This version of Ancestry must be used within the library. The Delaware libraries that offer access to Ancestry Library Edition are:
Sussex County
- Bridgeville Public Library
- Rehoboth Beach Public Library
- South Coastal Library
- Delaware Public Archives
- Harrington Public Library
- LDS Family History Center, Dover
- Appoquinimink Community Library
- Bear Library
- Brandywine Hundred Library
- Claymont Library
- Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library
- Delaware City Library
- Elsmere Library
- Hockessin Library
- Kirkwood Library
New Castle Public Library
- Newark Free Library
- Route 9 Library
- Woodlawn Library
- LDS Family History Center, Newark
- LDS Family History Center, Wilmington
The genealogical individual subscription resources that are offered by Delaware libraries are:
Other genealogical resources that are also available at Delaware libraries are:
- 1940 Census
- Chronicling America
- Ellis Island/Port of New York Records
- Enslaved
- Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874
- Genealogy Guide at the University of Delaware
- Internet Archive Genealogy
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Olive Tree Genealogy
- Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants
- RootsWeb
- Serial Set
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The Delaware CollectionsSearch and download images, postcards, and other resources from libraries, museums, and historical societies throughout Delaware.
Delaware libraries also offer accessibility to books about genealogy. To begin locating these books, you can access them using the Delaware libraries lib guide.