Dover Genealogy (in Kent County, DE)

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Dover Birth Records

1800-1932 Delaware Birth Records (incomplete) Ancestry online

Delaware, Birth Records, 1913-1948 Delaware Public Archives

Dover Cemetery Records

Amish Cemetery Find a Grave online

Carlisle African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Find a Grave online

Central Mennonite Cemetery Find a Grave online

Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Forest Grove SDA Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fork Branch Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hargadine Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Holy Cross Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jewish cemeteries of the Delmarva Penninsula : a burial index for Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore FamilySearch Library

John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lakeside Cemetery Find a Grave online

Locust Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

M. E. Whatcoat Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Presbyterian Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasonton Abbey Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sharon Hills Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Slaughter Family Plot Find a Grave online

Sunset Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Sunset Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

Wesley Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Whatcoat Cemetery Find a Grave online

Whatcoat Cemetery Billion Graves online

Dover Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Dover Church Records

Church records, 1869-1984 (Catholic Church. Holy Cross (Dover, Delaware)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1893-1966 (Catholic Church. St. Polycarp (Smyrna, Delaware)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1910-1985 (Catholic Church. St. Francis de Sales (Salisbury, Maryland)) FamilySearch Library

Pre-1868 parish registers of the Diocese of Wilmington FamilySearch Library

Dover City Directories

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Dover, Delaware, city directory : including: Camden and Wyoming FamilySearch Library

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Dover, October 1952 thru October 1954 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Dover, October 1955 thru October 1960 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Dover, September 1948 thru September 1951 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Lower Delaware, August 1945 thru September 1949 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Lower Delaware, October 1954 thru February 1960 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Lower Delaware, September 1950 thru October 1953 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Lower Delaware, Summer 1933 thru July 1944 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, State of Delaware thru Wilmington, July 1937 thru October 1913 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Wilmington thru Dover, May 1914 thru September 1947 Library of Congress online

Dover Death Records

1861-1933 Delaware Death Records Ancestry online

Delaware, Death Records, 1913-1980 Delaware Public Archives

Delaware, Death Records, 1974-present Delaware Office of Vital Statistics

Dover Immigration Records

Certificate of naturalization stubs, 1909-1952 FamilySearch Library

Citizenship petitions granted or denied, 1930-1959 FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention, 1906-1957 FamilySearch Library

Delaware, Federal Naturalization Records, 1802-1943 Ancestry online

Naturalization book, 1796-1858 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization papers, A-Z, for Kent County, Delaware FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petition and record, 1858-1958 FamilySearch Library

Dover Land Records

1677-1947 Delaware Land Records Ancestry online

Deed records of Kent County, Delaware, 1680-1887, 1946-1963; general index, 1680-1962 FamilySearch Library

Kent County, Delaware, land grants and surveys, books 1-2, 1680-1783 FamilySearch Library

Kent County, Delaware, land warrants and surveys, 1683-1774; index cards to land warrants and surveys FamilySearch Library

Land grants, 1680-1743, 1793-1800 FamilySearch Library

Dover Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dover, Kent County, Delaware, April 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dover, Kent County, Delaware, August 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dover, Kent County, Delaware, August 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dover, Kent County, Delaware, June 1919 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dover, Kent County, Delaware, March 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dover, Kent County, Delaware, September 1904 Library of Congress online

Dover Marriage Records

1744-1912 Delaware Marriage Records Ancestry online

1806-1933 Delaware Marriage Records Ancestry online

Delaware, Marriage Records, 1750-1954 Ancestry online

Delaware, Marriage Records, 1913-1970 Delaware Public Archives

Dover Minority Records

Jewish cemeteries of the Delmarva Penninsula : a burial index for Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore FamilySearch Library

Dover Newspapers and Obituaries

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Constitutionalist, or, Defender of the People's Rights 09/06/1804 to 07/11/1805 Genealogy Bank online

Delaware State News 11/02/1991 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Delaware State Reporter 04/26/1853 to 10/14/1859 Genealogy Bank online

Delaware State Reporter 1853-1858 Newspapers.com online

Delaware State Reporterᅠ(1853-1859) Newspaper Archive online

Delaware State reporter (Dover, Del.) (from April 26, 1853 to Sept. 24, 1858) MyHeritage online

Delaware State reporter. (Dover, Del.) (from April 26, 1853 to Sept. 24, 1858) Chronicling America online

Delawarean (Dover, Del.) (from April 11, 1900 to Feb. 13, 1901) MyHeritage online

Delawarean 05/26/1900 to 02/13/1901 Genealogy Bank online

Delawarean 1900-1901 Newspapers.com online

Dover Argus and Delaware Advertiser 1804-1804 Newspapers.com online

Dover Delaware State Reporter, 1853-1858 Newspaper Archive online

Dover Delawarean, 1900-1901 Newspaper Archive online

Dover Herald 1800-1800 Newspapers.com online

Dover Post 06/04/2008 to Current Genealogy Bank online

National Recorder 11/23/1820 to 03/22/1821 Genealogy Bank online

The Delawarean. (Dover, Del.) (from April 11, 1900 to Feb. 13, 1901) Chronicling America online

Offline Newspapers for Dover

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Constitutionalist, Or, the Defender of the People's Rights. (Dover [Del.]) 1804-1805

Delaware Intelligencer. (Dover, Del.) 1821-1822

Delaware Republican. (Dover, Del.) 1907-1949

Delaware State News and Maryland State News. (Dover, Del.) 1972-Current

Delaware State News. (Dover, Del.) 1901-1972

Delaware State Reporter. (Dover, Del.) 1853-1859

Delawarean. (Dover, Del.) 1859-1927

Federal Ark. (Dover, Del.) 1802-1804

Index. (Dover, Del.) 1887-1955

National Recorder. (Dover, Del.) 1820-1821

State Sentinel. (Dover, Del.) 1874-1941

Dover Probate Records

1676-1971 Delaware Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

1683-1947 Delaware Wills and Administrations Ancestry online

Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate records, 1680-1800 Ancestry online

Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800 Genealogy Gophers online

Dover School Records

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Delaware State College - Statesman Yearbook (Dover, DE), 1960, 1961, 1965 E Yearbook online

Delaware State College yearbook, 1960, 1961, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Dover Air Force Base High School yearbook, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Dover High School - Doverian Yearbook (Dover, DE), 1915, 1950, 1960, 1961, 1962 E Yearbook online

Dover High School yearbook, 1915, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2001 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Dover High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Dover High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2001 Classmates online

Holy Cross High School yearbook, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Holy Cross High School yearbook, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1987 Classmates online

Holy Cross High School yearbook, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kent Christian Academy yearbook, 1981 Classmates online

Kent Christian Academy yearbook, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Wesley College - Eukairia Yearbook (Dover, DE), 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951 E Yearbook online

Wesley College yearbook, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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