These schedules are available for census years of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880:

• Agriculture
• Mortality
• Social statistics

Manufacturing schedules are available for 1820, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Also called Industry schedules.

Nonpopulation Censuses have been microfilmed by the Library of Congress. They are arranged by state, then by county, and then by city or town.

Originals or digital copies may be available

• Library of Congress
• Some state archives or state libraries
• Ancestry.com and Ancestry Library Edition (note: selected states only, does not include Delaware)

Available in Delaware:

University of Delaware Library

• Morris Library Microforms-Microfilm no.6614 (Delaware Agriculture schedules 1850-1880)
• Morris Library Microforms-Microfilm no.6482 (Pennsylvania Agriculture schedules 1850-1880; selected counties)

Delaware Public Archives (originals and microfilm)

More Information

Nonpopulation Census Records (National Archives)

Guide to Census Records (Delaware Public Archives)

Available:

• U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 in Ancestry.com and Ancestry Library Edition
• Library of Congress

For more information

“Atlases.” Geography and Maps: An Illustrated Guide. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/guide/gmilltoc.html

Schiffman, Carol Mehr. “Geographic Tools: Maps, Atlases, and Gazetteers.”  In Kory L. Meyerink, editor. Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Inc., 1998).

The University of Delaware Library does not have access to this. It is available through the Delaware Library Catalog.

Contents: index to books and index to genealogical periodicals (PERSI). Digital collections of: U.S. Census, Revolutionary War materials, Freedman’s Bank records, and U.S. Serial Set (memorials, petitions, and private relief acts).

PERSI

PERSI (Periodical Source Index) is the largest subject index to genealogical and historical periodical articles in the world. Covers genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French (Canada) since 1800. The time period of the articles ranges from the 1700s to the present. More than 1.8 million index entries from nearly ten thousand titles are represented in this index.

Created by the Allen County Public Library Historical Genealogy Department (Ft. Wayne, Indiana).

The University of Delaware Library is a Patent and Trademark Depository Library. There is a Librarian in the Reference department who can explain patents and guide you in a patent search. For further information, see the guide to Patents.

To give you an idea of the information available, see this Extract from a patents presentation on genealogical information in patents.

The complete presentation has information on what patents are and how to find them. Credit to Dawn Rohan, Wyoming State Library.

Presentation: Patents of Invention as Genealogical Resources

Name change in U.S. patent

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Marriages, births, deaths, baptisms or other rites, burials, cemetery records, memberships, and transfers.

Guides

Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources.  Edited by Alice Eichholz. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.
2nd ed., 1992. Location: UD Morris Library – Reference (Ref
CS49 .A55 1992
3rd ed., 2004. Not available at the UD Library.

Delaware Genealogical Research Guide. 3^rd ed. Wilmington, DE: Delaware Genealogical Society, 2002.
Location: UD Morris Library – Reference (Ref F163 .D349 2002)
Location: UD Morris Library – Special Collections (Del F163 .D349 2002)

The most important guide for doing genealogical research in Delaware. It covers specific types of records and where they can be found in the state. Edited by Thomas P. Doherty and published by the Delaware Genealogical Society (http://delgensoc.org).

Delaware Church Records: A Research Guide (UD Library)

Finding Church Records

Most church records are retained by the churches themselves. Some records have been transcribed, abstracted or indexed and published, microfilmed, or scanned.

Library or Archives Catalogs & Databases

Examples: WorldCat Local, DELCAT, Family History Library (FamilySearch)

Ancestry Library Edition (UD Library Databases)

Also available: the New Castle County public libraries (see databases list) and the Delaware Public Archives.

Best viewed using the Internet Explorer browser. Select the Search tab,then “Browse by location,” “Delaware.” Or select the Search tab, then select “Card Catalog” under the Search Resources section. Use Database title or Keywords options to search for the name of a church or for descriptive words, such as church or parish. Also see the Learning Center available free through Ancestry.com.

PERSI

Part of the Heritage Quest Online database. The University of Delaware Library does not have access to this. Available at the New Castle County public libraries (see databases list), the Kent and Sussex public libraries (see the Delaware Library Catalog: Heritage Quest), and the Delaware Public Archives.

PERSI (Periodical Source Index) is the largest subject index to genealogical and historical periodical articles in the world. Covers genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French (Canada) since 1800. The time period of the articles ranges from the 1700s to the present. More than 1.8 million index entries from nearly ten thousand titles are represented in this index.

Search for family names, church names, and descriptive phrases, such as bible records.

Internet Resources

Record Inventory (19th Century Immigrant Roots: Records for Wilmington, Delaware, USA and Vicinity)

Includes: Catholic baptisms, marriages, and burial records and Tatnall & WPA Tombstone Data.

Records of Old Swedes Church, available on Google Books.

Records of Old Swedes Church

Church Histories or Local Histories

Information about the church, contact information. May include where the records are held.

Rose Hill (NC) Methodist Church

Church Organization (local, regional, national)

City or Business Directories

May include listings of associations, churches, schools, government offices, charitable societies, fraternal organizations, and more.

Bible Records

Some records have been transcribed, abstracted or indexed, and published, microfilmed, or scanned.

Delaware Church Records: A Research Guide

Bible records are available on the Internet, usually from individuals or from digital library collections.

Example: Library of Virginia

Online Catalog of the Library of Virginia includes digital images for 6,000 family Bible records. Use the Archives and Manuscripts search.

Page from Turner Bible. Found by searching the Online Catalog of the Library of Virginia.

Death Certificates

Vital Records: state vital records offices, archives; county records offices. Ancestry databases (Ancestry.org and Ancestry Library Edition).

Death Registers

Often kept by towns and counties, prior to mandatory reporting.

Example: Wilmington (DE) Death Register. Available at the Delaware Historical Society and the Delaware Public Archives.

Wilmington Death Register

Obituaries and Death Notices

Newspapers.  Sometimes a feature story, not an obituary.  Also: published transcriptions or abstracts of newspaper notices.

Guide: Delaware Newspapers: A Research Guide (UD Library)

Social Security Death Index

Created from Social Security Administration records. It is a file of persons with Social Security numbers whose deaths have been reported to the Social Security Administration.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the SSDI.

U.S. – Social Security (Cyndislist.com)

Less Familiar Sources:

Mortality Schedules (U.S. Census)

Taken in years: 1850-1880. Note: only cover the 12 months preceding the Census. On microfilm at National Archives and regional branches.

Information: name of person, county and state where died. Age, sex, month of death, state of birth, cause of death, occupation.

Funeral, Memorial, and Prayer Cards

Use the Interlibrary Loan service (ILL).

Interlibrary Loan is a resource sharing system. People who need materials not available at their library can borrow books or other materials and can receive copies of articles from magazines or journals.

ILL is a cooperative service and operates from library to library. Individuals need to contact their local library to use the service.

University of Delaware

People affiliated with the University of Delaware can use Interlibrary Loan through the UD Library.

Instructions are available on the Interlibrary Loan webpage. You will need to set up your own account to use the service.

What Can Be Borrowed?

• Books
• Newspapers on microfilm

Books and microfilm are sent through the mail. Remember to allow time for this.

What Can Be Sent Electronically? (Copies of Pages)

• Articles from magazines and journals.
• Articles from newspapers — if you have the date or page number and if the library that owns it offers this service.

What Cannot Be Borrowed or Copied?

The Libraries that own the items decide if the item is too rare, valuable, or fragile to loan or to photocopy.

The Register of Claims of Delaware Commission contains 114 claims entered before the Delaware Slave Claims Commission in 1864 and 1865. Each claim provides at least the name of the claimant/slave-owner and the name of the slave, providing direct evidence of the final slave-owner of each of the slaves thus claimed. Each entry may include additional information including date and place of enlistment of the slave, events in the processing of the claim, and the amount of award, if any. For rejected claims, one might learn that the claimant was considered disloyal, for example, or that the slave being claimed was not a chattel slave but a free black apprentice. Other information may also be found among the claims. Transcription of records at National Archives.

Hait, Michael. Self-published, 2010.

Available at Delaware Historical Society Library.

See description at: examiner.com

NARA records:

Also by Michael Hait:

African-American Genealogy Examiner –columns

An excellent glossary.

Author unknown. See Woodlawn Cemetery page for complete poem.