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Delaware Vital Records
Vital records, as their name
suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and
death. Maintained by civil authorities, they are prime sources of
genealogical information; but, unfortunately, official vital records are
available only for relatively recent periods. These records, despite their
recent creation in the United States, are critically important in
genealogical research, often supplying details on family members well back
into the nineteenth century.
The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy,
by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking.
Event: Birth,
Death
Cost of copy:
$10.00
Address:
Office of Vital Statistics
Division of Public Health
P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE 19903
Remarks:
State office has death records since 1962 and birth records since 1930.
Additional copies of the same record requested at the same time are $4.00
each. For previous years, write to Archives Hall of Records, Dover,
DE (302) 744-5000.
A photo identification is
REQUIRED for all transactions. If submitting by mail, a copy of ID
IS REQUIRED.
Check or money order
should be made payable to Office of Vital Statistics. Personal checks are
accepted. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (302)
744-4549.
Event:
Marriage
Cost of copy:
$10.00
Address:
Office of Vital Statistics
Division of Public Health
P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE 19903
Remarks:
Records since 1962. Additional copies of the same record requested at the
same time are $4.00 each.
A photo identification is
REQUIRED for all transactions. If submitting by mail, a copy of ID
IS REQUIRED.
Event:
Divorce (State)
Cost of copy:
$10.00
Address:
Office of Vital Statistics
Division of Public Health
P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE 19903
Remarks:
Records since 1935. Inquiries will be forwarded to appropriate office.
Certified copies are not available from State office.
Event:
Divorce (county)
Cost of copy:
Address:
See remarks
Remarks:
Prothonotary in county where divorce was granted up to 1975. For divorces
granted after 1975 the parties concerned should contact Family Court in
county where divorce was granted.
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Division of Public Health
P.O. Box 637
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 739-4721
Fax: (302) 739-3008 |
Kent
County
414 Federal Street
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 744-2305 |
Sussex County
2 The Circle, PO Box 589
Georgetown, DE 19947
(302) 855-7742 |
New Castle County
87 Reads Way
New Castle, DE 19720-1648
(302) 395-8383 |
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