Kent County, Delaware:
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Projects
- Kent Co. DE (Source: USGenWeb)
- Kent County DEGenWeb Project (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
- Kent County Genealogy and History (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
- 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 Co, Delaware, USA (Source: Our Family Tree)
- Kent County Biographies (Source: PA Roots)
- Kent County Biography Bibliography (Source: WorldCat)
- Kent County GEDCOM Index (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
Cemeteries
- Billion Graves for Kent County, Delaware (Source: Billion Graves)
- Cemeteries of Kent County (Source: Interment.net)
- Kent County Delaware Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
- Kent County Cemetery List (Source: Find A Grave)
- Kent County, Delaware Cemeteries
- The Political Graveyard (Source: The Political Graveyard)
Census Records and Indexes (26)
Church Records
- Delaware, Church Records, 1707-1939 includes Camden Monthly Meeting (Camden) (Source: FamilySearch)
- Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 includes Kent County, Delaware (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970 includes Dover, Felton and Smyrna, Delaware (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
Court and Legal Records
- Abstracts of the Debt Books of the Provincial Land Office of Maryland Cecil County & Durham County (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company) ($)
- Chancery docket records, 1804-1871; general index, 1816-1948 (Source: FamilySearch)
- Delaware, Kent County, Orphan's Court records, ca. 1680-1978 (Source: FamilySearch)
- General court records, A-D, 1680-1725 Viewing restrictions may apply (Source: FamilySearch)
- Kent County Court Records Directory (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
- Kent County Jail 1930 Index of Prisoners (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)
- Livingston's Law Register, 1851 Kent County Lawyers (Source: Google Books)
- Orphan Court Records 1680-1978 (Source: FamilySearch)
- Orphans Court records, 1766-1850; index, 1766-1947 (Source: FamilySearch)
Directories
- Dover City Directories (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory 1851-1852 (Source: New River Notes)
Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information
- 1850 Slave Schedules Kent County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- 1860 Slave Schedules (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 Kent County (Source: FamilySearch)
Estate Records
- Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 (Source: Heritage Books) ($)
- Delaware Wills and Administrations 1683-1947 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- Delaware Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971 includes Kent County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- Kent County Probate Records 1680-1800 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
History
- Kent County (Source: Wikipedia)
- Kent County Bibliography (Source: WorldCat)
- Kent County Historical Markers (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
- Kent County Markers (Source: Delaware Public Archives)
- Kent County, Delaware (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)
- National Register of Historic Places (Source: National Register of Historic Places)
Churches and Other Religious Institutions
Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events (13)
Immigration and Naturalization Records
- County Naturalization Records 1796-1958 (Source: FamilySearch)
- Kent County, Delaware Naturalization Petitions (Post 1906) (Source: SAMPUBCO)
Introduction and Guides
- Cyndi's List of Delaware locality links (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
- FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide (Source: FamilySearch)
- Kent County (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
- Kent County Public Records (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
Land Records (11)
Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)
Mailing Lists and Message Boards
- GenForum Message Boards (Source: Genealogy.com)
- Kent County Genealogy DataBoards (Source: PA Roots)
- RootsWeb Kent County Message Board (Source: RootsWeb)
DEKENT Kent County genealogy
- DEKENT Mailing List Homepage (Source: RootsWeb)
LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS The lower Delmarva Peninsula
Maps and Gazetteers
- Individual County Chronologies Kent County (Source: The Newberry Library)
- Kent County Gazetteer (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
- Kent County Post Offices
- Kent County Post Offices 1846 (Source: Internet Archive)
- Kent County Postal Covers ($)
- Sussex County Sanborn Maps (Source: The Library of Congress)
Military Records and Histories
- Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841 Kent County (Source: Internet Archive)
- List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Kent County, Delaware (Source: Internet Archive)
World War I
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Kent County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
Miscellaneous Data
- Classic Buildings of Dover (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
- Classic Buildings of Kent County (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
- 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)
Newspaper Records (20)
Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (13)
Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (18)
School Records and Histories (67)
Societies
- Downstate Delaware Genealogical Society
- Harrington Historical Society
- Lower Delmarva Genealogical Society
Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (199)
Tax Lists
- Internal Revenue Assessment Lists 1862-1874 (Source: FamilySearch)
- Kent County, Delaware, tax assessment, 1852-1853 Viewing restrictions may apply (Source: FamilySearch)
- Kent County, Delaware, tax assessment, Sept. 1803-Mar. 1804 Viewing restrictions may apply (Source: FamilySearch)
- Little Creek Hundred 1782 Tax & Census List (Source: USGenWeb Delaware Archives)
- Tax lists of Kent County, Delaware (Source: FamilySearch)
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 N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880 (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
- 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
- 1918 Pandemic Flu Statistics and Records for Delaware Kent County (Source: Families of the 1918 Pandemic)
- Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1932 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- Delaware Death Records, 1861-1933 includes Kent County (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- Delaware Marriage Records, 1806-1935 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- Delaware Marriages includes Kent County, 1684-1899 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($)
- Kent County Vital Records (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
- Marriages 1645-1899 (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
- United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850 Kent County (Source: FamilySearch)
Wiki
- Kent County, Delaware Wiki (Source: RootsWeb)
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