Lewes Genealogy (in Sussex County, DE)

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Lewes Birth Records

1800-1932 Delaware Birth Records (incomplete) Ancestry online

Delaware, Birth Records, 1913-1948 Delaware Public Archives

Lewes Cemetery Records

Bethel Methodist Cemetery Interment online

Bethel Methodist Cemetery Billion Graves online

Bethel Methodist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Coursey-Daisey Nanticoke Indian Burial Grounds Find a Grave online

Delaware church records : a collection of baptisms, marriages, deaths and other records and tombstone inscriptions, from 1686-1880; five important religious groups: Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian and Quaker with historical sketches of the churches or groups ... FamilySearch Library

Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hargroves Cemetery Find a Grave online

Harrison Smith Cemetery Find a Grave online

Holland Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Israel United Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lank Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lewes Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Paynter Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint George's A.M.E. Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Peters Episcopal Churchyard Find a Grave online

St. Peter's Episcopal Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

St. Peter's Episcopal Churchyard Genealogy Trails online

St. Peters Episcopal Churchyard, Lewes US Gen Web Archives online

White's Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lewes US Gen Web Archives online

Wiltbank Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lewes Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Lewes, Delaware LDS Genealogy online

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

Lewes Church Records

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Church records, 1789-1867 (Presbyterian Church (Coolspring, Delaware)) FamilySearch Library

Extracts from the journal of St. Peter's Church, Lewes, Delaware, 1797-1845 Ancestry online

Lewes and Cool Spring Presbyterian Church, record book, 1768-1845 FamilySearch Library

Minutes of St. Peters Protestant Episcopal Church, Lewes, Delaware, from 1708 to 1797 FamilySearch Library

Proceedings of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Lewes, called Bethel, 1846-1901 FamilySearch Library

Records of deaths, marriages, and baptisms of the Lewes Presbyterian Church, Lewes, Delaware, 1737-1856 FamilySearch Library

Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware, 1756-1855 : including gravestone inscriptions after index FamilySearch Library

Records of the parish of St. Peter's Church, Lewes, Delaware, 1728-1925 FamilySearch Library

Register and index of Groome Memorial Methodist Protestant Church, Lewes, Delaware, 1908-1940 FamilySearch Library

Register of Bethel M. E. Church, Lewes Del., 1860-1933 FamilySearch Library

Saint Peters Church, 1691, Lewes, Delaware LDS Genealogy online

Saint Peters Church, 1691, Lewes, Delaware Internet Archive online

Session minutes of the Lewes, Collspring, & Indian River congregations of the Presbyterian Church Sussex Co., Del., 1756-1848 FamilySearch Library

Lewes Death Records

1861-1933 Delaware Death Records Ancestry online

Delaware church records : a collection of baptisms, marriages, deaths and other records and tombstone inscriptions, from 1686-1880; five important religious groups: Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian and Quaker with historical sketches of the churches or groups ... FamilySearch Library

Delaware, Death Records, 1913-1980 Delaware Public Archives

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

Records of deaths, marriages, and baptisms of the Lewes Presbyterian Church, Lewes, Delaware, 1737-1856 FamilySearch Library

Lewes Histories and Genealogies

History of Lewes, Delaware Ancestry online

History of Lewes, Delaware : with historical guide to Lewes and vicinity FamilySearch Library

History of Lewes, Delaware. Read before the Historical Society of Delaware, Nov. 17, 1902 LDS Genealogy online

History of Lewes, Delaware. Read before the Historical Society of Delaware, Nov. 17, 1902 Internet Archive online

Lewes Immigration Records

Certificate of naturalization stubs, 1915-1927 FamilySearch Library

Citizenship petitions granted or denied, 1930-1958 FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention, 1907-1958 FamilySearch Library

Delaware, Federal Naturalization Records, 1802-1943 Ancestry online

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

Petition and record for naturalization, 1907-1958 FamilySearch Library

Lewes Land Records

1677-1947 Delaware Land Records Ancestry online

Deed records of Sussex County, Delaware, 1693-1886; general index, 1682-1949? FamilySearch Library

Land records of Sussex County, Delaware, 1681-1725 FamilySearch Library

Lewes Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, July 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, July 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, June 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, October 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, October 1922 Library of Congress online

Lewes Marriage Records

1744-1912 Delaware Marriage Records Ancestry online

1806-1933 Delaware Marriage Records Ancestry online

Delaware church records : a collection of baptisms, marriages, deaths and other records and tombstone inscriptions, from 1686-1880; five important religious groups: Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian and Quaker with historical sketches of the churches or groups ... FamilySearch Library

Delaware, Marriage Records, 1750-1954 Ancestry online

Delaware, Marriage Records, 1913-1970 Delaware Public Archives

Records of deaths, marriages, and baptisms of the Lewes Presbyterian Church, Lewes, Delaware, 1737-1856 FamilySearch Library

Sussex County, Delaware : marriage references 1648-1800 FamilySearch Library

Lewes Newspapers and Obituaries

Cape Gazette 03/11/2016 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Cape Gazette 1993-2021 Small Town Papers online

Cape Gazette, 2001-2009 Google News Archive online

Offline Newspapers for Lewes

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.

Breakwater Light. (Lewes, Del.) 1871-1890

Lewes Probate Records

1676-1971 Delaware Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

1683-1947 Delaware Wills and Administrations Ancestry online

Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 Ancestry online

Lewes School Records

Cape Henlopen High School yearbook, 1973, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Cape Henlopen High School yearbook, 1973, 1979, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Cape Henlopen High School yearbook, 1973, 1979, 2007, 2009, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lewes High School - Beacon Yearbook (Lewes, DE), 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1954 E Yearbook online

Lewes High School yearbook, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1947, 1950 (Jun), 1952, 1954, 1957, 1963 Classmates online

Lewes High School yearbook, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1947, 1950 (Jun), 1952, 1954, 1957, 1963 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Lewes High School yearbook, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lewes Tax Records

Tax lists of Sussex County, Delaware, before 1767-1850 FamilySearch Library



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