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Projects

• Kent County  DEGenWeb Project     (Source: USGenWeb)
• Kent County Genealogy  A Delaware Genealogy Project Website     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Kent County Genealogy and History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Kent DE GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)
• Mitsawokett  The History and Genealogy of the Native American Isolate Communities of Kent County, Delaware and Surrounding Areas on the Delmarva Peninsula and Southern New Jersey

Adjacent counties

• Caroline County, MD  to the west
• Kent County, MD  to the northwest
• New Castle County, DE  to the north
• Queen Annes County, MD  to the west
• Sussex County, DE  to the south

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Kent County Biographies      (Source: PA Roots)
• Kent County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Kent County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Kent County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Kent County  Delaware Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Kent County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Kent County Cemeteries      (Source: Kim's Cemeteries of the United States)
• Kent County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Kent County, Delaware Cemeteries 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (20)

Court and Legal Records

• Kent County Jail  1930 Index of Prisoners     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)

Directories

• Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory  1851-1852     (Source: New River Notes)

Estate Records

• Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Kent County Probate Records  1680-1800     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wills 1680-1709, 1720s, 1730-1739, 1747-1751  Maryland and Delaware Genealogy     ($)

Ethnic

• Joseph Barker's "Negro Ledger Book" 1808-1811 

History

• Kent County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Kent County History Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Kent County Markers      (Source: Delaware Public Archives)
• Kent County, Delaware      (Source: Historic Markers)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Mennonites in Kent County, Delaware      (Source: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online)
  • Old Order Amish Settlement  Dover, Delaware     (Source: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online)

• Histories of specific towns and townships (14)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Dover, DE Cocheco Manufacturing Co Factory Fire, Feb 1902      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Dover, DE Drowned While Skating, Feb 1902      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Dover, DE Train Wreck, Feb 1902      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Kent County Storms      (Source: NCDC Storm Events)
  • Kent County, DE Fires, Jan 1914      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Milford, DE Steamer Delaware Fire, Mar 1900      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Off Dover, DE Military Cargo Plane Missing Off Coast, Sep 1963      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Delaware locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• History and County Records Availability      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Kent County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Kent County Delaware Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research     (Source: Kindred Trails)
• Kent County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Kent Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

Land Records

• Kent County, Delaware Land Records  Volume 2, 1702-1722     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Kent County, Delaware Land Records  Volume 3, 1723-1734     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Kent County, Delaware Land Records  Volume 4, 1735-1743     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Kent County, Delaware Land Records  Volume 5, 1742-1749     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Kent County, Delaware Land Records  Volume 6, 1749-1756     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Kent County, Delaware Land Records  Volume 10, 1772-1775     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Kent County, Delaware, Land Records  Volume 8, 1764-1768     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Kent County, Delaware, Land Records  Volume 7, 1756-1764     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Air Mobility Command Museum  Dover AFB
• Allee House  Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
• Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Kent County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Kent County Museums 
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Kent County Genealogy DataBoards      (Source: PA Roots)
• Kent County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Kent County, DE Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Kent County Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• DEKENT-L Kent County genealogy

  • DEKENT-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • DEKENT-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • DEKENT-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-L The lower Delmarva Peninsula

  • LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (20)

Military Records and Histories

• World War II

  • Honor List of Dead and Missing Personnel      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
  • Kent County, Delaware  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Civil List of Kent County, Delaware      (Source: Mid-Atlantic Archives)
• Joseph Barker's "Negro Ledger Book" 1808-1811      (Source: Delaware Public Archives)
• Kent County Pauper Books  A register of the infirm and poor inmates of the county almshouse. Deaths and births are also included.
• Kent County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Kent County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Kent County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Delaware State Reporter, Dover  6/17/1853 to 10/14/1859     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Kent County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Delaware obituaries  www.newszap.com
• Delaware State News, Dover  5/13/2008 to Current     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Dover Post 
• Dover Post      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kent County Genealogy Project Obituary Board      (Source: PA Roots)
• Lofland Funeral Home and McKnatt, Carpenter & Baker Funeral Home  Milford and Harrington, Delaware
• Smyrna/Clayton Sun-Times      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (23)

School Records and Histories (63)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Kent County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Colonel Haslet Chapter  Dover     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Delmarva Settlers 
• Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (179)

Tax Lists

• Duck Creek Hundred Tax Assessment  1785     (Source: Mid-Atlantic Archives)
• Little Creek Hundred  1782 Tax & Census List     (Source: USGenWeb Delaware Archives)
• Little Creek Hundred Tax Assessment  1785     (Source: Mid-Atlantic Archives)
• North, South Murderkill and West Dover Hundred Tax List  1785     (Source: Mid-Atlantic Archives)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Kent County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Kent County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Kent County, Delaware     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Delaware Marriages  includes Kent County, 1684-1899     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kent County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Marriages 1645-1899      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

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