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Delaware County Court, Probate, Tax and Other Miscellaneous Records
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On-Site County Court Records Search - Find nearly any Delaware court record online! Many court records are not digitized yet, which signifies the only way to obtain these records is by visiting the actual Delaware courthouses. Someone from our network of court-runners will go retrieve the records and then send you the outcomes. Average response time is 38 hours. Delaware Civil Records include Lawsuits, Bankruptcies, Liens and judgments, Marriage/divorce judicial proceeding, Child custody, Civil rights violations ands Other. Delaware Criminal Records include Violent offenses, Theft and robbery, DUI/DWI's, Drugs and alcohol, Sexual crimes, Some traffic violations, Behavioral.
Delaware Historical Records - Databases include Delaware Court, Land, Wills & Financial Records; Delaware Birth, Marriage & Death Records; Delaware Voter Lists & Census Records; Delaware Immigration & Emigration Records; Delaware Obituary Records; Delaware Military Records; Delaware Family Tree Records; Delaware Pictures; Delaware Stories, Memories & Histories; Delaware Directories & Member Lists and much more....
Delaware Court Records
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- A SHORT HISTORY OF THE DELAWARE COURT OF CHANCERY
- History of Delaware Court of Chancery - Delaware Archives
- History of Delaware Court of Common Pleas- Delaware Archives
- Order County Court, Civil or Criminal Records
- Delaware Court Books at Amazon.com
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- Colonial Courts and Their Records
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- Contents of Court Records
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- Delaware Court Records From All States
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- Delaware County Criminal Records with a Criminal Background Check
- Search for Registered Sex Offenders in Delaware
- Delaware Court, Land, Wills & Financial - Court records are an often overlooked, yet very valuable tool for finding information to assist you in your research. Land records, such as deeds, allow you to tie an ancestor to a specific place at a point in time. Other court records like those dealing with finances and estates often list related family members or give interesting details like the total value of property owned by your ancestors to add interest to your family history.
Delaware Probate Records
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The primary purpose of the Register of Wills office is to record wills and documents pertaining to estate matters in Kent County, Delaware. The office is responsible for overseeing the appointments of personal representatives and for administering estate proceedings. This office is also held accountable for making sure that the estates are in compliance with the Delaware Law. All estate matters are maintained as permanent records.
- History of the Register of Wills
- Research In Probate Records - from The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy.
- How to Locate Printed Probate Records
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- Limitations of Printed Probate Records
- Delaware Probate Books at Amazon.com
- Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800: This database is a calendar of probate records from Kent County, Delaware between 1680 and 1800.
- New Castle County, Delaware Wills, 1682-1800: This database is a collection of will abstracts from New Castle County, Delaware between 1682 and 1800.
- Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800: This database is a collection of some probate records and will abstracts from the county between 1680 and 1800
Delaware Land Records
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The County Register of Deeds Office is responsible for indexing and maintaining copies of legal documents pertaining to land, mortgages, appointments, etc. Only the most recent deeds are in the office, however. Most have been transferred to the archives.
- Delaware Land Books at Amazon.com
- BLM Land Records
- Delaware Land Records: A Research Guide
- Land Records from All States
- Search County Property Records
- Search County Land Patents
Delaware Tax Records
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Assessment Records - Assessment records are the records of the taxable holdings of property owners, on which local taxes were based. Taxes were collected locally for such purposes as financing public schools. In order to base the taxes on the value of the property, tax assessors went door to door recording information on the owner's holdings, such as land, buildings, and outbuildings. In some years, only a monetary value was recorded, but you may find years when buildings, livestock, slaves, and other taxable property was listed. These public records are available for a wide range of years, from the late eighteenth century to the 1940s.
How to use? Look up the homeowner's name (under the first letter of the last name) in the hundred where the home is located. As with other records, you are looking for changes over time. Here, the change may be an increase in tax value from one assessment year to another. Such an increase could mean that a house was built. Or, the rise in value could refer to the construction of an addition or other improvement. It is useful to link the assessment information with other facts about the occupants. Have the occupants recently married? Is their farm producing exceedingly well? Such information assists when making a conjecture that an increase in the assessed value indicates the date of an addition.
Early tax or assessment lists for the three Delaware counties are found at the Delaware State Archives and start in 1726 for Kent, 1738 for New Castle, and 1769 for Sussex. Modern tax information should be sought in the county courthouses.
